Commerce Dept.’s Bureau of Industry & Security (BIS) vowed to crack down on violators of U.S. antiboycott regulations, following last week’s pledge by Arab League’s Boycott Office to reactivate its ban on trade with Israel. Commerce Undersecy. for Industry & Security Kenneth Juster issued reminder Mon. that U.S. businesses and citizens were prohibited from participating in unsanctioned govt. boycotts. He said BIS, formerly known as Bureau of Export Administration, had long history of enforcing antiboycott rules and had levied tens of millions of dollars in civil penalties on and denied export privileges to violators.
Bureau of Industry & Security (BIS) scheduled it annual agenda-update conference Oct. 9-11. Sessions will include defense technology export advocacy and encryption export controls. Event will be at Hilton Washington Hotel -- 202- 482-6031.
Export regulation and enforcement will continue to be core function of Bureau of Industry & Security (BIS), but agency increasingly will take action in areas of cybersecurity and homeland security, Undersecy. Kenneth Juster told Commerce Dept. advisory panel Tues. BIS until last month was known as Bureau of Export Administration. In response to growing national and economic security concerns, BIS this fall will release cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection policy guidelines, Juster told BIS Regulations & Procedures Technical Advisory Committee.