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Rapid Fire Feb. 28, 2012: ITARred and Feathered
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* No less than four congressional hearings are scheduled today to review the FY13 Pentagon budget. See our full schedule. Opposition to base closures continues with this letter [PDF] written by Vicky Hartzler (R-MO) and co-signed by 41 other members of Congress. Meanwhile representatives from districts with a small defense footprint can afford to sound virtuous about cuts. * The US Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) published the public comments [PDF] they received in response to proposed amendments [PDF] to ITAR Part 129 on brokering licensing and activities. The British Export Group for Aerospace and Defence (EGAD) captured well the pushback expressed by many other parties against the overreach that the proposed changes would translate into: “[T]he brokering regulations have been under review since 2003. It is, therefore, unfortunate that the proposed new rule falls at the very first fence by failing to produce a remotely clear, concise and acceptable definition of what exactly constitutes an act of ‘brokering’. […] In our view, the new proposed drafting is so broadly drawn as to raise a significant need for detailed legal interpretation even for Industry’s own highly experienced practitioners – especially given the extended gestation period for […]
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