The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia has announced that two Chinese nationals, Hong Wei Xian and Li Li, were sentenced to 24 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to violate the Arms Export Control Act and smuggle radiation-hardened microchips from the U.S. for an agency controlled by China responsible for the development of missiles and launch vehicles.

The State Department has sent a final rule to the Office of Management and Budget entitled "International Traffic in Arms Regulations: Sudan."

The Department of Defense has issued a final rule, effective October 4, 2011, amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to revise the definition of “qualifying country end product.” This final rule eliminates the component test for qualifying country end products that are commercially available off-the-shelf items.

On September 23, 2011, the Office of Foreign Assets Control issued General License No. 8A to replace and supersede General License No. 8 (dated September 19, 2011). GL No. 8A authorizes all transactions involving the Government of Libya, its agencies, instrumentalities, and controlled entities, and the Central Bank of Libya, provided that certain requirements are met.

On September 27, 2011, the Office of Foreign Assets Control issued two new General Licenses for Syria. General License No. 11 authorizes the export or reexport of certain services in support of nongovernmental organizations' non-profit activities, provided they do not benefit certain blocked persons. General License No. 12 authorizes third-country diplomatic and consular funds transfers provided the transfer is not to certain blocked persons.

The Census Bureau has issued an AES broadcast regarding issues related to its recent AESDirect platform change. According to Census, changes to the AESDirect platform have generated error messages that filers may not be familiar with. (In September 2011, Census announced that it would be migrating the AESDirect database to a new platform and servers, which was expected to bring minor changes and improvements.) In order to facilitate the submission of Electronic Export Information to AES, Census has answered some of the most common questions it has received regarding the AESDirect platform change.

The Census Bureau has issued an AES broadcast announcing that the following Port of Unlading Code has been added to the Automated Export System:

The Bureau of Industry and Security has issued an order denying for a six year period certain export privileges against Bahram Maghazehe a.k.a. Benjamin Maghazehe a.k.a. Ben Maghazehe in settlement of allegations that he worked with a U.S. company to arrange for the export without the proper authorization from the U.S. through the United Arab Emirates to Iran of a Varian Ximatron oncology system.

The Census Bureau has issued an AES broadcast announcing that the following Port of Export Code has been added to the Automated Export System:

The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls has announced that it is rescinding the web notice posted on July 18, 2011 regarding a name change for Ontic Engineering and Manufacturing UK.