The Fish and Wildlife Service has issued a notice to the wildlife import/export community announcing amendments to Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Appendices I and II.

The International Trade Commission has instituted a new investigation to provide information and advice on adding over 700 pharmaceutical products and chemical intermediates to the Pharmaceutical Appendix to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule.

On June 8, 2010, Office of Management and Budget Director Orszag sent memoranda to the heads of executive departments and agencies asking them to trim their FY 2012 discretionary budgets and identify low-priority programs and high risk information technology projects, etc.

The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls has posted a report entitled "End-Use Monitoring of Defense Articles and Defense Services Commercial Exports FY 2008," which describes actions taken by the Department of State during fiscal year 2008 to implement the “Blue Lantern” end-use monitoring program.

The Foreign Agriculture Service issued the following GAIN reports:

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has posted notice to the motor carrier industry and the public of regulatory guidance and policy changes regarding the retention of supporting documents and the use of electronic mobile communication/tracking technology in assessing motor carriers’ and commercial motor vehicle drivers’ compliance with the hours of service regulations. According to FMCSA, this change in policy will take effect 30 days after its publication in the Federal Register. Written comments are due by July 9, 2010.

Commissioner Nord of the Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a statement expressing disappointment that the other Commissioners do not want to use a portion of CPSC's unallocated FY 2010 funds for a cost-benefit analysis of the recently issued proposed rule on testing and labeling pertaining to product certification. Commissioner Northup also blogged expressing regret that the unused funds were not returned to the Treasury.

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Manufacturing and Services Lamb-Hale highlighted the importance of supply chain efficiency in supporting the President’s National Export Initiative at the June 4, 2010 opening of a new cement plant in Bloomsdale, Mo., which will make the material needed to build the roads, buildings, and other structures that will make the U.S. productive.

The Food and Drug Administration has posted revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

The Office of Foreign Assets Control has issued its civil penalties enforcement information for June 3, 2010. KLM Cargo was assessed $5,336.26 for violating the Sudanese Sanctions Regulations.