Did You Miss It?

The US Department of Commerce (DOC), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), finished their annual three-day 2013 Update Conference on Export Controls and Policy in Washington DC today on a high note.  The concluding Roundtable Discussions and the Q&A at many of the Main Conference Sessions were particularly outstanding! 

The theme of Update this year is “Fulfilling the Promise.”  Perhaps a more appropriate title is “Fulfilling the Promise-A Work in Progress.”  Nevertheless, DOC and BIS leadership along with a dedicated conference team did a great job coordinating, executing the event and laying important groundwork for Export Control Reform (ECR) and the migration of thousands of articles from State Department to Commerce Department jurisdiction.

Most of the presentations are already available on the newly designed BIS website at http://www.bis.doc.gov/.  Do yourself and your organization a big favor-- download them, review them and share the information broadly with counterparts.  They include a great deal of excellent, timely and useful ECR related material that will help you and your organization make what could be a very turbulent transition!