The Bureau of Industry and Security has issued a final rule, effective April 18, 2011, to implement additional changes to the Entity List (Supplement No. 4 to 15 CFR 744) on the basis of the annual review of the Entity List conducted by the End-User Review Committee (ERC), etc. In this final rule, BIS amends the Entity List to remove one U.K. and one United Arab Emirates (UAE) entity from the List, add addresses or aliases or clarify the names for certain Iran and UAE entities, and correct the list of aliases for one China entity.

The Office of Management and Budget has approved a Bureau of Industry and Security interim final rule entitled "Wassenaar Arrangement 2010 Plenary Agreements Implementation: Categories 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Part I, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the Commerce Control List, Definitions, Reports."

The Bureau of Industry and Security announces that the Materials Technical Advisory Committee will hold a partially open meeting on May 12, 2011. The agenda for the open session includes a report of the Composite Working Group (CWG) and Export Control Classification Number Review Subgroup and an update on regime-based activities.

The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls has announced the following entity name changes for new DDTC license applications. New license applications received after the listed deadline will be considered for return without action for correction to the new name (notices hyperlinked):

The Bureau of Industry and Security announces that the Transportation and Related Equipment Technical Advisory Committee will hold a partially open meeting on May 5, 2011. The agenda for the open session includes a review status on Working Groups and proposals from the public regarding transportation and related equipment or technology.

The Bureau of Industry and Security announces that the Sensors and Instrumentation Processing Equipment Technical Advisory Committee will hold a partially open meeting on May 3, 2011. The agenda for the open session includes industry presentations on sensors and instrumentation equipment and technology.

The Bureau of Industry and Security announces that the Materials Processing Equipment Technical Advisory Committee will hold a partially open meeting on May 3, 2011. The agenda for the open session includes discussion on proposals from the last and for the next Wassenaar meeting; and a report on proposed changes to the Export Administration Regulations.

The State Department has issued a proposed rule to amend the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to revise its coverage of defense services to exclude activities using public domain data and to make other changes with respect to the definition of such services. DOS is also proposing to add related definitions on maintenance levels.

At the recent National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America (NCBFAA) Annual Conference, a Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) official discussed BIS’ compliance measurement of “no license required” (NLR) shipments, its updated list of “best practices” to prevent diversion of dual use exports, and the potential for Automated Export System (AES) changes based on that updated list.

Export.gov has announced a series of domestic and international trade shows that are scheduled for 2011-2012.