September 2008 Volume 22, Number 9

Features

Jackson Calls for Modernization of BIS Enforcement
BIS Enforcement Chief Darryl Jackson argues that BIS special agents need legislation to give them modern enforcement tools.
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Focus on Enforcement

Lockheed Martin Settles DDTC Charges for Release of Data to UAE Air Force
Lockheed Martin on Aug. 1, 2008, agreed to pay a $4 million civil penalty in a consent agreement with the State Department to settle charges that...
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Denmark's Reson and Subs Fined for Unlicensed Export of Underwater Navigation Gear
Reson A/S of Slangerup, Denmark, and three of its current and former subsidiaries have agreed to pay civil fines totaling more than $130,000 in...
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Professor Convicted on Charges of Releasing ITAR Data to Chinese Student
Former University of Tennessee Professor J. Reece Roth was convicted Sept. 3, 2008, on charges that he released defense-related technical data to a...
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BAX Settles Charges For Forwarding Medical Trays to Syria Without Licenses
The Oak Creek, Wis., office of BAX Global, Inc., has agreed to pay a $20,000 civil fine to settle three Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)...
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AMD Self-Disclosed Deemed Export of Chip Technology to Chinese and Ukraine Nationals
Advanced Micro Devices of Sunnyvale, Calif., made a voluntarily disclosed to the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) that it released controlled...
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Settlement Shows BIS Will Get Tough on Misuse of License Exceptions, Delli-Colli Says
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has signaled that it intends to get tough with exporters that misuse license exceptions to ship...
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Cargoland Pays Fine for Attempted Unlicensed Export of Riot Helmets to Venezuela
By attempting to export 210 riot helmets to Venezuela without license, Cargoland Air and Ocean Cargo, Inc. of Doral, Fla., committed one violation...
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Ingersoll Settles Deemed Export Charges for Releasing Machine Tool Technology
Ingersoll Machine Tools (IMT) of Rockford, Ill. has agreed to pay a $126,000 civil penalty to settle Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) charges...
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Court Fines Allied Telesis $500,000 for Negotiating Telecom Deal with Iran
A federal judge in Elizabeth City, N.C., July 25, 2008, imposed a $500,000 criminal fine on Allied Telesis Labs, Inc., (ATL) for violating the...
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Enforcement Insights by Mark Menefee

A Day at the Games
By Mark D. Menefee* "It is a strange enterprise to make respectable people laugh." -- Moliere I couldn't stay up late to watch the Beijing...
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Regulatory Briefs

Final DDTC Changes to ITAR Rules on 17(c) Get Mixed Exporter Reaction
Most makers of parts and components for civil aircraft are likely to be pleased with the final changes State's Directorate of Defense Trade...
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Early Comments Raise Concerns about Impact of Higher ITAR License Fees
A preview of comments the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) is receiving on its July 28, 2008, proposal to impose new licensing fees on...
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END NOTES:
BIS: Commerce Office of Inspector General notified BIS in July 2008 that it was initiating evaluation of the agency's certification and...
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Policy Briefs

Taking Technical Data in Laptop Overseas Doesn't Qualify for ITAR Exemption, DDTC Says
The Directorate for Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) has advised one exporter that taking controlled technical data overseas in a laptop computer...
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Defense Panel Urges Reform of Export Controls to Improve National Security
The Pentagon's Defense Science Board (DSB) has issued a report that links the protection of the U.S. national security industrial base to reforms...
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Inside BIS

BIS Issues Final Rule Expanding Entity List for National Security
The Bureau of Industry and Security's (BIS) Entity List is likely to become a more commonly used enforcement tool to restrict exports to foreign...
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BIS to Require All Export Licenses and Attachments to be Submitted Via SNAP-R
After years of delays and problems, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) finally is set to make its export licensing system fully electronic....
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BIS, at Last, Agrees to Study Foreign Availability of Night Vision Cameras in China
For nearly eight years, makers of thermal imaging cameras have been trying to get the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) to review the foreign...
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