The Defense Trade Advisory Group posted minutes of its May 9 plenary session. The DTAG, which advises the Bureau of Military-Foreign Affairs on defense trade regulation, discussed Export Control Reform, fundamental research and cloud computing. The latter is the attempt to analyze how to handle and store technical data under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and the Arms Export Control Act. The minutes of the meeting, along with the documents presented at the meeting, are available (here).

State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls issued one address change notification June 5:

The State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls issued one name change notification June 3:

The effective date for the defense trade treaty between the U.S. and Australia was May 16, the State Department said. The Department published a final rule amending the International Traffic in Arms Regulations to implement the 2007 treaty in April (see 13041017).

The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls gave notice of name and address change announcements May 28:

State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls issued one name change notification May 24:

The State Department Directorate of Defense Trade Controls announced May 21 it has received enough volunteers for DTrade testing support (see 13052031). DDTC will review the list, select a cross-section of customers to test, and send an email message to those selected in the next two days.

The U.S. Trade and Development Agency is accepting applications from foreign project sponsors for energy project development and preparation activities in the Asia-Pacific region. The funding supports the U.S.-Asia-Pacific Comprehensive Energy Partnership, a project of the U.S. government, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations that aims to address access to reliable energy in the region. U.S. companies working with a foreign project sponsor in Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines or Thailand interested in USTDA funding can submit project concepts by July 31. Learn more (here).

State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls issued two name change notifications and one address change notification May 16:

State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls wants industry representatives to help "End-to-End" testing of the new DTrade system configuration, supporting Export Control Reform initiatives. Industry users who submit DSP forms, as well as those who use third-party tools, are invited to participate. Testing will take place May 28-June 3. If your organization is interested, and registered with DDTC, contract dtradehelpdesk@state.gov or 202-663-2838.