BIS Agenda for Next Six Months Outlined
On July 30, 2008, Under Secretary
of Commerce Mario Mancuso delivered a keynote address to the
Washington International Trade Association entitled,
"Sprinting to the Finish - The BIS Agenda for
the Final Six Months."
Highlights of the agenda are:
Highlights of the agenda are:
- BIS will continue to focus on the areas of highest enforcement concern to the agency: nations of illicit trans-shipment concern, proliferators, and terrorists - with Iran being of particular concern. Reauthorization of the EAA is a priority for the agency.
- BIS will work to implement the dual-use directive signed by the President this past January and BIS hopes to make meaningful progress on the following regulatory issues: the intra-company transfer license exception, deemed exports, encryption, thermal imaging, foreign availability, and 17C.
- BIS will continue to support its current work and make a smooth transition to the new administration. BIS is committed to doing its best to attract the best and brightest to public service, better integrate its enforcement and policy functions, improving interagency engagement, upgrading its technology infrastructure and business processes over time, and better aligning its workforce to address BIS's highest priorities.