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Two Hong Kong Companies and a New Jersey Company Settle Charges of Export Violations, December 22,1999 

Hong Kong Firm Settles Charges of Illegal Shipments, December 21, 1999

Commerce Will Remove 51 Indian Entities from the Sanctions List, December 16, 1999

Increase in Computer Exports and Verifications, December 13, 1999

Statement by William Reinsch on Delay of Encryption Regulation, December 13, 1999

Commerce Issues Offsets Report - 1999, December 9, 1999

Lafayette Instrument Company, Inc. to Pay $10,000 to Settle Allegation of violating License Terms in Sale to China,
December 8, 1999

Wassenaar Arrangement Affirms Importance of Export Control Enforcement, December 3, 1999

McDonnell Douglas, China National Aero Technology Import and Export Corporation Indicted [Department of Justice Press Release], October 19, 1999

John Sopko Named Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Enforcement October 18, 1999

The National Defense Stockpile Market Impact Committee Requests Public Comment on the Potential Market Impact of Proposed Stockpile Material Sales, October 14, 1999

Illinois Firm Fined in Connection with Shipment to Iran
September 30, 1999

Connecticut Firm Settles Charges of Illegal Exports
September 30, 1999

Virginia Non-Profit Settles Charges of Illegal Exports
September 30, 1999

California Exporter Fined in Connection with Attempted Taiwan Export, September 30, 1999

New Jersey Medical Supply Company Pleads Guilty To Submitting False Export Documents, September 20, 1999

Canadian Businessman Pleads Guilty to Illegal Trade with Iran and Iraq, August 24, 1999

Chicago Company Settles Charges Of Unlawful Exports of Chemicals, August 5, 1999

Computer Export Controls Eased, August 3, 1999

Staten Island Man Sentenced For Illegally Shipping Auto Parts to Iran, July 28, 1999

California Manufacturing Company Penalized For Alleged Antiboycott Violations, July 26, 1999

Chemical Weapons Convention Regulation Published, July 21, 1999

Revised Microprocessor Rules Announced by Commerce Department, July 13, 1999

Update 99 - Preparing for the New Millennium, July 12, 1999

Presidential update on export controls on high performance computers (White House Press Statement | Fact Sheet | Press Briefing), July 1, 1999

U.S. Commerce Secretary Daley Shreds Paper to Deliver Digital Department. (Department of Commerce Press Release on the Simplified Network Application Process [SNAP]), July 1, 1999

Interlink Computer Technology Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Export Goods to Iran, June 24, 1999

Civil Penalty imposed on Sun Microsystems of California, a Hong Kong Company, June 21, 1999

Alaris Medical Systems, Inc., formerly IMED Corporation, of San Diego, Calif., pays $35,000 to settle 16 alleged Antiboycott violations, June 14, 1999

Deutsche Bank AG, a New York branch of Deutsche
Bank AG of Germany, pays $5,000 to settle Antiboycott allegations
, June 14, 1999

U.S. Court in Louisiana found Dien Duc Huynh and Dien's Auto
Salvage, guilty of ten counts of violating U.S. export laws
, June 11, 1999

Massachusetts Firm Penalized for Attempted Export to Iran, June 2, 1999

National Defense Stockpile Market Impact Committee Requests Public Comment on the Potential Market Impact of Proposed Stockpile Material Sales, May 25, 1999

Indiana Freight Forwarder Settles Antiboycott Charge, May 20, 1999

Texas Company Settles Antiboycott Charges, May 20, 1999

Department of Commerce Begins Implementing U.S. Industrial Obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention, May 18, 1999

Statement by the Department of Justice regarding the Ninth Circuit Court Decision on the Bernstein Case, (Department of Justice Press Release) May 7, 1999

Appointment of William Crowell to the PECSENC Chairmanship, April 14, 1999

Massachusetts Firm Penalized by Commerce Department, April 13, 1999

Texas Company Settles Antiboycott Charges, April 8, 1999

California Firm Penalized $708,000 in Connection with Biotoxin Exports and Reexports, March 29, 1999

Department of Commerce and the U.S. Navy Enter Partnership Agreement, March 29, 1999

Mexican Firm Penalized to Settle Illegal Export Charges, February 26, 1999

Alcoa Fined $750,000 for Illegal Chemical Exports, February 19, 1999

Chinese National Arrested and Charged with Illegal Shipment of Riot Control Vehicle (Department of Justice Press Release), February 12, 1999

Update West '99 - Progress in Exporting, February 5, 1999

Conspiracy, Money Laundering Scheme Results In Seven-Year Prison Sentence for Portland Man, February 4, 1999

Optoelectronics Industry Commercial Market Booms; Employment Grows, Commerce Report Says, February 4, 1999 

Commerce Issues Warning: Compliance with Export Controls is Key Element of National Security, February 2, 1999

Freight Forwarder Settles Antiboycott Charges, February 1, 1999

China's Demand for Commercial Technology Poses Dilemma for U.S. Companies:  Commerce Report Finds, January 28, 1999

Commerce Report: Growing Demand for U.S. High Performance Computers, January 8, 1999

Commerce Updates Export Controls on Encryption Products, December 30, 1998

Indianapolis Company Settles Antiboycott Charges, December 23, 1998

Report on Offsets in Defense Trade, December 3, 1998

The National Defense Stockpile Market Impact Committee Requests Public Comment on The Potential Market Impact of Proposed Stockpile Material Sales, November 18, 1998

India/pakistan Sanctions List Published by Commerce Department, November 13, 1998

Nashville Paper Broker Settles Antiboycott Charges, October 22, 1998

The National Defense Stockpile Market Impact Committee Requests Public Comment on the Potential Market Impact of Proposed Stockpile Material Sales, October 9, 1998

Northville Firm Ordered to Produce Flat Panel Displays, September 28, 1998

Commerce Dept. Posts Online Edition of Defense Priorities And Allocations System Booklet, September 24, 1998

Business Executives Enforcement Team (BEET) Townhall Meeting Announced for Portland, OR, September 22, 1998

Chicago Company Manufacturer Settles Antiboycott Charges, September 18, 1998

Text of White House Briefing on Strong Encryption, September 16, 1998

Boston Chemical Company settles charges of illegal exports, September 4, 1998

Massachusetts Company settles charges of illegal exports, September 3, 1998

Taiwanese Firm settles charges of illegal shipments, September 3, 1998

Commerce Department Penalizes Mexican Firm, Freight Forwarders, to settle charges of illegal exports, September 3, 1998

National Institute of Standards and Technology Press Release on The Announcement of Candidates for New Data Scrambling Standard, August 20, 1998

Belgian Technology Company Settles Charges of Illegal Reexports , August 20, 1998

Dexter M. Price Named Director Office of Antiboycott Compliance, August 5, 1998

IBM East Europe/Asia Ltd. Fined $8.5 Million for Illegal Exports to Russian Nuclear Weapons Laboratory (Department of Justice Press Release), July 31, 1998

Georgia Carpet Company Agrees to Settle Antiboycott Charges, July 24, 1998

Commerce Secretary William Daley on Encryption Export Control Guidelines for Financial Institutions. , July 7, 1998

Commerce Secretary William Daley to Keynote Symposium on National Security and International Trade, July 1, 1998

T. Scott Bunton Named Commerce Deputy Under Secretary, June 30, 1998

Commerce Department Publishes Revision of Defense Priorities and Allocations System , June 29, 1998

The National Defense Stockpile Market Impact Committee Requests Public Comment on the Potential Market Impact of Proposed Stockpile Material Sales , June 29, 1998

Gateway 2000 Settles Computer Export Control Charges , June 19, 1998

Commerce's Business Executives' Enforcement Team To Hold Town Hall Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia , June 9, 1998

Hitachi Data Systems Pays $6,000 to Settle Charges of Illegal Computer Exports, June 5, 1998

German Subsidiary of Dell Computer Corporation Settles Antiboycott Charges,  June 2, 1998

Georgia Carpet Company Charged with Antiboycott Violation, May 28, 1998

Republic-lagun Machine Tool Company Penalized $20,000 to settle Charges of an Illegal Export to the PRC (China) , May 15, 1998

Commerce Department Imposes Fine in Connection with Iran Air Case, May 12, 1998

Advances in Computer Technology Make Export Controls More Difficult , May 4, 1998

Media Advisory * on the release of the Joint Study on High Performance Computers -- Availability and Strategic Importance, April 30, 1998

Rashidian Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Export Goods to Iran , April 23, 1998

Austin Meeting Set to Explore International Trade Picture for Defense Industry Subcontractors, March 24, 1998

New Jersey Company Pleads Guilty to Illegal Export to China , March 17, 1998

Louisiana Freight Forwarder Settles Anitboycott Charges , March 16, 1998

Taiwanese Company Settles Export Charges , March 2, 1998

Freight Forwarder Pays Penalty to Settle Charges of Making False Statements on Shipping Documents, March 2, 1998

Trojack Found Guilty of Conspiracy to Export Goods to Iran, February 27, 1998

Freight Forwarder Settles Charges of Making False Statements on Shipping Documents, February 26, 1998

New Jersey Freight Forwarder Settles Export Control Charges, February 26, 1998

Japanese Businessman Sentenced to Prison For Illegal Computer Equipment Re-export , February 24, 1998

Helco Company, Inc. settles charges of illegal exports to Libya, February 19, 1998

Settlement Reached with Manufacturer of titanium Alloy , February 9, 1998

Update West '98 -- Progress on Exporting , February 5, 1998

New Orleans Shipping Agent Settles Antiboycott Violation Charges , February 3, 1998

Commerce Implements the National Defense Authorization Act Provisions on High Performance Computers , February 2, 1998

$20K penalty imposed on Santa Clara Company to settle charges for Plasma Tube Exports, February 2, 1998

Connecticut Company Settles Charges of Illegal Exports to Iran Air , January 30, 1998

Allergan, Inc. Penalized $824,000 for Alleged Biotoxin Exports, January 26, 1998

International Paper Company Settles Antiboycott Charges, January 23, 1998

Commerce Implements Wassenaar Control List, January 15, 1998

Speeches

Practising Law Institute, Coping with U.S. Export Controls, December 6, 1999, by William A. Reinsch

COMDEF'99 Washington, DC Conference, November 9, 1999, by William A. Reinsch

Update'99 - The State of BXA, July 13, 1999, by Under Secretary William A. Reinsch

Update'99 -  Remarks by Amanda DeBusk, Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement, July 13, 1999

Update'99 - Remarks by Roger Majak, Assistant Secretary for Export Administration, July 13, 1999

Present and Future Challenges of Export Controls before the University of Georgia and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, May 25, 1999, by Under Secretary William A. Reinsch

Future of Export Controls to the 2nd NSG International Seminar, April 9, 1999, by Under Secretary William A. Reinsch

Acceptance of the Administration Leadership Award by the Semiconductor Industry Association, March 16, 1999, by Under Secretary William A. Reinsch

Update West 99 Keynote Speech, February 8, 1999, by Under Secretary William A. Reinsch

Update West 99 Speech, February 8, 1999, by Assistant Secretary Amanda DeBusk

Update West 99 Speech, February 8, 1999, by Assistant Secretary Roger Majak

Trends in Export Contols, Key Note Speech  for the Silicon Valley Forum of the Commonwealth Club, January 14, 1999, by Under Secretary William A. Reinsch

Defending National Critical Infrastructure, December 7, 1998, by Under Secretary William A. Reinsch

Practicing Law Institute, Coping with U.S. Export Controls Speech, December 7, 1998, by Under Secretary William A. Reinsch

Update98 Speech, July 7, 1998, by Secretary of Commerce William M. Daley

Update98 Speech, July 7, 1998, by Under Secretary William A. Reinsch

Update98 Speech, July 7, 1998, by Assistant Secretary Roger Majak

Testimony

Testimony of Assistant Secretary Roger Majak on June 29, 1999, before the House Committee On Government Reform, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources.
Subject: Impact of Offsets on the U. S. Economy and National Security

Testimony of Under Secretary William A. Reinsch on June 24, 1999, before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion
Subject: U.S. Export Control Policies on Satellites and U.S. Domestic Launch Capabilities

Testimony of Under Secretary William A. Reinsch on June 23, 1999, before the Senate  Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Subject: Export Administration Act Reauthorization

Testimony of Under Secretary William A. Reinsch on June 10, 1999, before the Senate Commerce Committee
Subject: Administration's Policy on Encryption

Testimony of Under Secretary William A. Reinsch on May 18, 1999, before the House Committee on International Relations Subcommittee International Economic Policy and Trade
Subject: Encryption: Security in a High Tech Era

Testimony of Under Secretary William A. Reinsch on May 11, 1999, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Subject: U. S. Agricultural Sanctions Policy for the 21st Centry

Testimony of Assistant Secretary R. Roger Majak on April 14, 1999, before the Senate Committee on the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance
Subject: Export Licensing for Dual-Use Technology

Testimony of Assistant Secretary R. Roger Majak on March 16, 1999, before the Senate Committee on the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance
Subject: Nonproliferation Regimes

Testimony of Under Secretary William A. Reinsch on March 4, 1999, before the House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.
Subject: The Security and Freedom through Encryption Act

Testimony of Under Secretary William A. Reinsch on March 3, 1999, before the House International Relations Committee, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade
Subject: Reauthorization of the Export Administration Act

Testimony of Under Secretary William A. Reinsch on January 20, 1999, before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Subcommittee on Trade and International Finance
Subject:  Reauthorization of the Export Administration Act

Testimony of Under Secretary William A. Reinsch on September 17, 1998, before the Senate Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services, Government Affairs Committee
Subject: High Performance Computer Export Policy

Testimony of Under Secretary William A. Reinsch on June 18, 1998, before the International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services Subcommittee of Senate Governmental Affairs
Subject: The Adequacy of Commerce Department Satellite Export Controls

Testimony of Under Secretary William A. Reinsch on April 28, 1998, before the Joint Economic Committee
Subject: U.S./China Technology Transfer

 

                          

 
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