The State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls changed how certain submitted forms are displayed in the Defense Export Control and Compliance System, the agency said in a notice this week. DDTC said submitted forms in the Registration, Commodity Jurisdiction and Advisory Opinion applications will be displayed as PDFs “as opposed to a webform view,” which will allow DDTC to “store the request exactly as it was submitted, and the form will remain unaffected by any future policy changes or system updates.” Questions should be directed to the DDTC Help Desk.
The State Department sent a final rule for interagency review July 25 that will make certain corrections and clarifications to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations. The rule was mentioned in the agency’s spring regulatory agenda (see 2207050015).
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The Bureau of Industry and Security recently revoked export privileges for two people after they illegally exported controlled items from the U.S.
The State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls posted its two new open general licenses on its website and issued a fact sheet to describe the new pilot program (see 2207190008). Open General License No. 1 and Open General License No. 2 will be valid for one year -- Aug. 1 through July 31, 2023 -- as DDTC tests the “viability and appropriateness of the open general license concept.”
The Bureau of Industry and Security this week published two public comments it received on a May rule that proposed unilateral export controls on four dual-use biological toxins (see 2205200017). One comment, from Raytheon BBN, addresses the “feasibility of regulating access” to nodularin, brevetoxin, palytoxin and gonyautoxin, the four toxins that BIS said can be weaponized to kill people or animals, “degrade equipment” or damage the environment. The second comment, from Bill Root, a frequent public commenter during the agency’s technical advisory committee meetings, includes recommendations for revisions to the rule. Root also said the controls must be accompanied by “major changes” to the State Department’s International Traffic in Arms Regulations and “the regulations of other affected U.S. agencies.”
The State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls this week published two open general licenses to authorize reexports and retransfers of certain defense items and services to Australia, Canada and the U.K. The two authorizations, which are the first open general licenses issued by DDTC, will be valid starting Aug. 1 through July 31, 2023, as part of a new pilot program.
The Bureau of Industry and Security recently revoked export privileges for four people after they illegally exported defense items or weapons ammunition.
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Thomas Krueger, former director of strategic trade and nonproliferation on the National Security Council, has joined Akin Gump as a senior policy adviser, according to a LinkedIn post from firm partner Kevin Wolf. Krueger worked for a decade at the State Department, most recently as a senior policy adviser, before joining the NSC, where he served from 2020 to June 2022. Per his new firm, Krueger advises clients on compliance with the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and the Export Administration Regulations, along with transfer policies for emerging technologies.