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Web Notice: IT System Outage (11.04.16)
All DDTC systems, including DTrade and EFS, will be unavailable to industry from 5:30PM (EST) Friday November 4, 2016 through 9:30PM (EST) Friday November 4 due to scheduled system maintenance.
Industry Notice: Commodity Jurisdiction (CJ) Submission through EFS (10.21.16)
Effective Wednesday, November 16th at 5PM EST, The Department of State will no longer use the Electronic Form Submission (EFS) application to accept Commodity Jurisdiction (DS-4076) applications. Beginning Monday, November 21st at 8AM EST users will submit CJ applications via the Defense Export Control and Compliance (DECCS) CJ application.
  • Web Notice: IT Modernization Webinar: Commodity Jurisdiction, DECCS Release 1 (10.25.16)
    The webinar presented October 14, 2016 regarding the upcoming deployment of Defense Export Control and Compliance System (DECCS) Release 1 is available for review. The webinar provided a brief overview of the status of the IT Modernization effort and a demonstration of the new Commodity Jurisdiction (CJ) (DS-4076) interface.
    Click here to read | Recorded webinar | Presentation slides
  • Agreement Guidelines Update: Revision 4.4b of the Guidelines, which will become effective November 15, 2016, has been posted and can be found here here (10.21.16)
  • Federal Register Notice: Defense Trade Advisory Group; Notice of Open Meeting
    Click here to read (10.19.16)
  • Federal Register Notice: Final rule: Amendment to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations: Revision of U.S. Munitions List Category XII
    Click here to read (10.12.16)
  • Federal Register Notice: Interim Final rule; Amendment to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations: Policy on Exports to Tunisia, Eritrea, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Cote d'Ivoire, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, and Other Changes
    Click here to read (09.29.16)
  • Federal Register Notice: 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Request for Advisory Opinion (09.20.16)
    Click here to read | Advisory Opinion | Advisory Opinion Instructions