Security News > 2010 > August > Obama to loosen rules on technology exports

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/30/AR2010083004278.html By Howard Schneider Washington Post Staff Writer August 30, 2010 The Obama administration is overhauling the decades-old rules for the export of sensitive military and other technology, jettisoning what industry groups criticize as an antiquated "Cold War" set of regulations for a more streamlined approach. After a year-long review by officials at the State, Defense and Commerce departments, President Obama is scheduled to announce plans Tuesday to consolidate some enforcement activities in a single agency and develop a clearer list of products whose sale is restricted. U.S. export controls cover tens of thousands of products and services and are overseen by three agencies. It is a system U.S. businesses say often leaves them hamstrung, even when it comes to selling less-sensitive items that are readily available in other industrialized countries. Over the years, different parts of the federal government have developed "very different control lists, with agencies fighting over who has jurisdiction," Obama said in remarks released by the White House and scheduled to be delivered by video to an export conference Tuesday. "Decisions were delayed, sometimes for years, and industries lost their edge or moved abroad." [...] _______________________________________________________ Subscribe to InfoSec News - www.infosecnews.org http://www.infosecnews.org/mailman/listinfo/isn

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