This page provides a listing of all the BIS press releases issued during 2003 along with the speeches and testimony given by BIS officials.
Honeywell International Inc. Settles
Charges of Unlawful Exports to Mexico
December 30, 2003
Canadian Denied Export Privileges For
Five Years to Settle Charge of Attempted Export to Iran
December 30, 2003
Sun Microsystems, Inc. Settles Charges
over Unlicensed Exports and Failure to Comply with Export Licenses
December 15, 2003
Minnesota Company -- TLC Precision Wafer
Technology-- Settles Charges
Relating to Illegal Exports
December 15, 2003
ABO of Miami, Florida, Settles Allegations
of Illegal Export of Night Vision Equipment to Japan
December 15, 2003
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Company Settles
Charges of Illegal Exports
December 5, 2003
Florida Company - Future Metals - Settles
Allegations of Illegal Exports to India,
November 12, 2003
Omega Engineering, Inc., and its Chief
Financial Officer Settle Charges For Illegal Exports to Pakistan,
November 12, 2003
BIS Seeks Comments on the Impact
of Proposed Stockpile Disposals
October 22, 2003
Canadian Company and Its Owner Denied
Export Privileges for Twenty Years
October 9, 2003
Texas Company, Dosmatic U.S.A., Inc., Settles
Charges of Export Control Violations
September 30, 2003
BIS Proposes Penalty Guidance
for Settlement of Administrative Enforcement Cases,
September 17, 2003
Freight Forwarder -- Expeditors International
of Washington, Inc.-- to pay a civil penalty for Dealing with a Denied
Person,
September 3, 2003
Fine Imposed on Massachusetts Company
(W.R. Grace & Co.) to Settle Allegations of Chemical Exports Without
Licenses,
August 28, 2003
Bushnell Corporation fined $650,000
as part of sentence for illegally exporting night vision equipment, Department
of Justice Press Release
August, 5, 2003
Connecticut Company Settles Charges Concerning
Unlicensed Pump Exports to China, Taiwan, Israel, and Saudi Arabia
July 28, 2003
Illinois Company Fined for Alleged Antiboycott
Violations
July 28, 2003
Freight Forwarder DSV Samson Transport
Pleads Guilty and Sentenced for forwarding 30 Illegal Shipments to India
July 17, 2003 [Department of Justice Press Release]
United States and India
hold talks on Stimulating High-Technology Commerce
July 2, 2003
California Firm Settles Allegations
of Illegal Exports of Medical Equipment to Iran
June 24, 2003
Bassem Alhalabi Settles Charges Concerning
the Illegal Export of Thermal Imaging Camera to Syria
June 24, 2003
California Company, President Penalized
for Making False Statements in Connection with an Attempted Export to
Iraq
June 24, 2003
New Jersey Freight Forwarder (Jagro Customs
Brokers) Settles Antiboycott Allegations
June 24, 2003
Missouri Manufacturer (Cook Composites
and Polymers Company) Settles Antiboycott Allegations
June 20, 2003
Freight Forwarder (Kamino) Settles Export
Control Allegations
June 10, 2003
Illinois Company Fined
For Alleged Illegal Exports to Iran
June 3, 2003
Commerce Department Fines Kansas Firm
for Unlicensed Petroleum Exports
June 3, 2003
U.S. Parent Company and Two Subsidiaries
Fined for Alleged Antiboycott Violations
May 22, 2003
Commerce Department Seeks Comments
on Export Control “Best Practices” for Industry
May 16, 2003
Bushnell Corporation Pleads Guilty to
Illegally Exporting Night Vision Equipment
April 16, 2003
Three-Year Denial of Export Privileges
Imposed for Attempted Export of Shotgun,
April 16, 2003
Industrial Scientific Corporation Fined for
Illegal Export to Iran,
April 16, 2003
Wheeling Firm Charged with Violating
the Export Ban on Iran, (Department of Justice Press
Release)
April 10, 2003
New Regulation to Strengthen Export
Controls on Explosives Detection Equipment,
April 3, 2003
Illinois Company Fined $65,000,
April 1, 2003
United States and India Sign a
Statement of Principles for Bilateral High-technology Commerce,
February 5, 2003
Commerce Department Welcomes
Court Decision on Export Data Confidentiality,
February 3, 2003
New Export Regulation Streamlines
Export Controls,
January 14, 2003
Silicon Graphics Settles Criminal
and Civil Charges that Computer Shipments Violated U.S. Export Controls,
January 7, 2003
Testimony of Peter Lichtenbaum Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration - Designate before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, September 16, 2003
Testimony of Julie L. Myers Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Enforcement – Designate before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, September 16, 2003.
Testimony of Deputy Under Secretary Karan
K. Bhatia on Reauthorization of the Defense Production Act before
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs,
June 5, 2003
Testimony of Deputy Under Secretary Karan K. Bhatia on Reauthorization of the Defense Production Act before the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology of the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, March 19, 2003
Testimony of Deputy Assistant Secretary
Matt Borman on the state of the nation’s defense industrial
base and manufacturing capabilities before the House Small Business Committee,
July 9, 2003
BIS Foreign Policy Report 2003