State's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) reportedly is reconsidering and redrafting a planned change in the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) on the Commodity Jurisdiction …

The U.S. will make another attempt to get the Wassenaar Arrangement to adopt "catch-all" controls on dual-use goods at technology at the organization's annual plenary meeting in December, according …

Enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which imposed strict new corporate governance requirements on top company managers, has also intensified industry attention to compliance with the Foreign Corrupt …

China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) appears to have gained the confidence of the Bureau of Industry & Security (BIS), as well as State and Defense, as a reliable customer …

A new report from the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Inspector General on the current separation of border and investigative authority between Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and …

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has responded in part to industry requests to bring technology and software controls for computers and microprocessors in line with control levels for the …

U.S. firms that export to the Middle East may see a reduction in the number of requests they receive from customers in the region for information on their relationship with Israeli companies. …

Most congressional hearings on U.S. export controls usually end up criticizing licensing agencies for being lax in restricting exports of sensitive goods and technologies to potential enemies, …

Walter Lachman and his associates at Fiber Materials, Inc. (FMI) have asked the full First Circuit Court of Appeals en banc to review and reverse the ruling of a three-judge panel which had sided …

Even though certain U.S. Munitions List (USML) exports will be able to go to the United Kingdom license-free under the recently signed U.S.-UK Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty, the U.S. will be able …

The annual plenary meeting of the Wassenaar Arrangement on multilateral export controls in Vienna Dec. 8-9 failed again to reach agreement on a no-undercut policy to prevent members from approving …

China has made significant strides in recent years to improve its export controls on products of concern for proliferation, but its system still lacks transparency and adequate resources, the …

Norinco, the Chinese conglomerate, has embarked on a concerted effort to improve its export control compliance so it can get off the State Department's sanctions list, but those measures have gotten …

How the White House will react to industry proposals for reforming the export control procedures at State and Commerce may be known by the end of summer or early fall, according to industry sources. …

Defense exporters appear increasingly willing to file voluntary self-disclosures (VSD) of possible violations of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) with State's Directorate of …