BIS Outlines Three Significant Upcoming Changes to U.S. Export Control Regulations on Encryption

(Kay C. Georgi, Arent Fox LLP)

At an ABA Export Controls and Sanctions Committee Brown Bag lunch on May 6, 2010, Assistant Secretary for Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Department of Commerce, Kevin Wolf introduced the subject of export control reform and Director of the Information Technology Controls Division, BIS, Randy Pratt outlined three significant changes to US export control regulations coming soon. We describe below the encryption regulation changes that will be coming soon: Read more here.