Export Advisory Panels to Meet Next Month

The Commerce Department will host mostly open meetings of the President’s Export Council Subcommittee on Export Administration (PECSEA) and the Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee (RPTAC) next month. In an open meeting, PECSEA will convene at 10 a.m. on March 16, where presenters will give updates on export control reform, data transmission and security, process improvements and trusted trader programs, and outreach efforts, BIS said (here). Participants will also discuss topics to be presented to Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker for consideration. RPTAC will meet at 9 a.m. on March 23, when presenters will touch on working group reports, and updates on the Automated Export System, export enforcement, and regulations, among other topics, BIS said (here). After the open session, certain participants will discuss "matters determined to be exempt from the provisions relating to public meetings" in private.