The State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls announced March 29 that new 6.0 versions of DSP PureEdge Forms 5, 6, 61, 62, 73, and 74 are available for use. Users should download and use that version of those forms for submission to DTrade2. Form version 5.0 or earlier submissions will be rejected after March 29, the agency said.
The State Department, World Health Organization, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued the following travel warnings, travel alerts, country specific information sheets, and disease outbreak-related information. State Department Travel Warnings are issued when the Department decides, based on all relevant information, to recommend that Americans avoid travel to certain countries.
The State Department, World Health Organization, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued the following travel warnings, travel alerts, country specific information sheets, and disease outbreak-related information. State Department Travel Warnings are issued when the Department decides, based on all relevant information, to recommend that Americans avoid travel to certain countries.
State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls announced three name change notifications March 27:
Public comments on proposed changes to Category XVI of the U.S. Munitions List -- which covers nuclear weapons and related articles -- are now available on the State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls website (here). The Department received minimal comments on changes to the category: clarification on what simulation tools are transitioning to Department of Energy control, for example, and clarification on whether accessories of such simulation tools would remain on the USML. The proposed changes are part of the Obama Administration’s Export Reform Initiative. Read the proposed rule on Category XVI changes (here).
The State Department, World Health Organization, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued the following travel warnings, travel alerts, country specific information sheets, and disease outbreak-related information. State Department Travel Warnings are issued when the Department decides, based on all relevant information, to recommend that Americans avoid travel to certain countries.
The State Department granted waivers of restrictions on assistance to Cambodia (here), Vietnam (here), and Myanmar (Burma) (here).
The State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls released its report on end-use monitoring of defense articles and defense service commercial exports in 2012. For that fiscal year, the agency conducted 820 “blue lantern checks,” which monitor licenses and shipments to verify the legitimacy of proposed transactions. The number was only a slight increase from 2011. In 2012, the Near East had the lowest amount of unfavorable checks -- when findings weren’t consistent with the authorization request -- a change from 2011, when that region had the highest amount of unfavorable checks. Europe and South Central Asia had the highest rate of unfavorable checks, about 27 percent, the report said. Europe typically has the lowest; the increase was largely due to a single entity, the report said.
The State Department named one groups as Foreign Terrorist Organization:
The State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls posted a warning on its website on sequestration's effects to the agency. The notice says: "Due to Sequestration, travel will be limited until further notice to those activities and events that are considered to be "mission critical" for the Department of State. While DDTC takes its commitment to outreach very seriously we cannot guarantee that we will be able to support requests for speakers outside of the greater Washington DC area at this time."