BIS Lays Off Some Employees, Sources Say
Multiple Bureau of Industry and Security employees working for the agency's Western regional office were recently laid off, two people with knowledge of the situation told Export Compliance Daily. The employees, who received "reduction-in-force" notices, were mostly export control analysts, compliance specialists and outreach specialists. A BIS spokesperson didn't respond to a request for comment.
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One Western regional office employee, Brian Rothblatt, announced on LinkedIn last week that his time at BIS had "come to a close as part of a recent reduction in force." Rothblatt had worked as a senior export specialist for BIS since 2020.