The State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls issued the following name and address change notifications on Sept. 15:

The State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls issued the following address change notification on Sept. 11:

The State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls published notifications to Congress of U.S. Munitions List-controlled export license proposals. The Arms Export Control Act requires publication in the Federal Register of the proposals, which DDTC approved and were released to Congress from February to May 2014. DDTC is withholding some information about the 38 transaction proposals to protect the firms involved.

The State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls issued the following name change notification on Sept. 5:

The State Department designated Syrian national Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, along with a slew of aliases, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. The designation includes prohibitions against knowingly providing, attempting or conspiring to provide material support or resources or engaging in transactions with the individual. The designations also freeze all property and interests of the entity in the U.S. or in the control of U.S. citizens. Al-Adnani is active in Islamist groups involved in the Syrian conflict, State says (here). The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned Al-Adnani in mid-August (see 14082012).

The State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls issued the following name change notification on Sept. 2:

The State Department is asking for stakeholder comments on a 2014-2017 Work Program for the U.S.-Jordan Joint Forum on Environmental Technical Cooperation. The two sides will meet on Sept. 8 in Amman, Jordan to discuss details of the work program and the broader goal of developing cooperation initiatives designed to improve environmental protection in Jordan. The governments launched the joint forum in 2000 alongside the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement. State is asking for written comments, due on Sept. 4, that focus on inclusion of specific items on both the meeting agenda and work program. The 2012-13 Work Program prioritized the following four areas of cooperation:

The State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls issued the following name change notifications on Aug. 28:

The State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls issued the following name change notifications on Aug. 22:

The State Department designated Syria-based Algerian national Said Arif, along with a slew of the Arif's aliases, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. The designation includes prohibitions against knowingly providing, attempting or conspiring to provide material support or resources or engaging in transactions with the individual. The designations also freeze all property and interests of the entity in the U.S. or in the control of U.S. citizens. Arif joined the militant group al-Nusrah Front in 2013, State said (here).