DDTC Updates Agreement Guidelines, Issues Other Guidance
The State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls this week released an updated version of its guidelines for preparing agreements and several other newly issued or updated guidance documents. The updated agreement guidelines, which were previewed by DDTC’s licensing director last week (see 2202100020), revises and restructures the guidance “in a more logical and orderly fashion,” the agency said Feb. 14.
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Most of the text remains unchanged, but the agency drastically reduced the document’s length -- from more than 200 pages down to 105 -- in an effort to remove or consolidate “duplicative guidance,” DDTC said. The agency said it updated the guidelines to better “assist” the process of agreement adjudication, to better reflect the Office of Defense Trade Controls Licensing’s adjudication practices and to incorporate industry best practices. A summary of the revisions can be found on page 2.
The agency also issued new or updated guidance on the congressional notification process, foreign party general correspondence vetting of dual nationals and third-country nationals, use of law firms and consultants and certification letters.