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The Advisory Opinions Application is now live on the Defense Export Control and Compliance System (DECCS). For now, you may only submit your inquiries...

With news that the Government has been funded for the next three weeks, both Commerce and State will resume reviewing licenses and agreements. Because...

Industry Notice: Lapse in Funding Update Effective Thursday, January 24, 2019, the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) will temporarily retur...

As the government shutdown drags into its fourth week we, like you, are getting frustrated. Commerce export activities, most importantly BIS license a...

The Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) is an agreement between 35 nations aimed at limiting the transfer of missile technology. Each member stat...

Due to the ongoing partial government shutdown, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is no longer accepting license applica...

Due to the lapse in funding affecting the Department of State that occurred on Saturday, December 22, 2018, services at the Directorate of Defense Tra...

On December 12 the former CEO of a consolidation and shipping service pleaded guilty to felony smuggling and admitted to 166 administrative violations...

  In this climate of every changing regulation, it is more important than ever to perform a yearly review your export compliance program and addr...

If you have foreign national employees, you are required (with very few exceptions) to secure BIS (Bureau of Industry and Security) or DDTC (Departmen...