Three Raytheon Settlements Provide Insight into Evolving Perspectives on Compliance and Enforcement at the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC

If you only read the most recent Raytheon-DDTC settlement documents you do not get a complete picture of their compliance culture, history over the last 15 years, how the State Department used to handle cases and how they approach them now, especially in the area of mandated compliance measures.

If you want some valuable additional insight and telling trend information, check out the one page Raytheon-DDTC Settlements Summary/Comparison at http://www.scribd.com/doc/152123272/Raytheon-DDTC-Settlements-Summary
or http://www.slideshare.net/jpriecko/raytheon-ddtc-settlements-summary-070613.

It provides an interesting side-by-side comparison of the April 2013, February 2003 and October 1999 Raytheon settlements with the DDTC. A few significant differences are worth noting. Is there one thing in particular that seems most obvious?

What do you attribute the differences over time to? What do you think are the most important takeaways when considering all three of the Raytheon-DDTC settlements?