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The State Department Directorate of Defense Trade Controls has seen a decline in voluntary self-disclosures since 2013, according to an April 20 post on the EU Sanctions blog, which cited a report by the Global Investigations Review. DDTC processed just over 2,000 disclosures in 2013 but only 650 in 2019, the blog said. Since 2014, the number of self-disclosures fell by about 140 disclosures per year, the blog post said, but has remained “consistent” over the last two years. The decrease stems from the removal of certain dual-use items from the U.S. Munitions List to the Commerce Control List, the blog said.

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The State Department’s Defense Trade Advisory Group will hold its May 14 meeting online due to the measures in place to control the COVID-19 pandemic, the agency said in a notice. The meeting will feature discussions on improvements surrounding the Defense Export Control and Compliance System (see 2002190025), improving compliance guidelines for companies and universities, and more. The group, composed of industry representatives in the defense trade sector, advises the State Department on policies, regulations and technical issues impacting defense trade.

The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls will hold an April 16 webinar on tips and tricks for using the Defense Export Control and Compliance System (see 2002190025), DDTC said April 8. The webinar will include commonly asked questions, a best-practices discussion and a question-and-answer session. The webinar will also cover updates to the DECCS enrollment process, registration renewal procedures, setting up license groups and signing a license as an empowered official.

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The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls updated its Defense Export Control and Compliance licensing system (see 2002190025) to reflect changes made by the recent transfer of gun export controls from the State Department to the Commerce Department (see 2001170030), according to an April 3 notice. The change “only applies to new license submissions,” the DDTC said.

The State Department and the Commerce Department issued notices clarifying that they are abiding by a March court order that blocked the transfer of 3D printing software from the U.S. Munitions List to the Commerce Control List (see 2003090029). Exporters of the software “must continue to treat such technical data and software as subject to control on the USML,” State said. Commerce stressed that all 3D printing-related license requests should be directed to the State Department.

The State Department is seeking comments on an information collection related to notifications submitted to the agency concerning changes in registration information, according to a notice. The information collection applies to companies registered with the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls involved in “producing or marketing” goods controlled under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations. The collection also applies to companies who may be involved in a merger, acquisition or divestiture of a company that deals in ITAR-controlled items. Comments are due June 1.

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The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls issued a new frequently asked question designed to help users of the recently released encryption rule (see 2003260005) better understand the “provision of access information to foreign persons,” the agency said in a March 27 notice. The DDTC said violations can occur under this provision if a “regulated person” provides access information to a foreign person who is able to access the encrypted technical data in an “unencrypted form” but is “not authorized to have the technical data.”