Oversight

Beyond Control: Reforming Export Licensing Agencies for National Security and Economic Interests

Date: April 24, 2008
Time: 2:00pm
Location: Senate Dirksen Building, SD-342
Agenda:

In January 2007, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued an update of its High-Risk List, which included U.S. government programs that identify and protect critical weapon and military useful technologies. The GAO report revealed that while each program within the Federal government has its own set of challenges, poor coordination, inefficient operations, and lack of systematic evaluations risked U.S. national security and economic interests. In light of the ongoing export control system management challenges, the hearing will examine the structure of Federal government agencies that are responsible for licensing controlled exports, the processes in place for licensing, how those structures help or hinder decision making for licenses, human capital challenges of the export control bureaucracy, and recommendations for improving the export control processes and personnel.

Witnesses

Panel 1

The Honorable

Stephen D.

Mull

Acting Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs

Department of State

Panel 1

Ms.

Beth M.

McCormick

Acting Director

Defense Technology Security Administration, Department of Defense

Panel 1

Mr.

Matthew S.

Borman

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce

Panel 1

Ms.

Ann

Calvaresi Barr

Director

Acquisition and Sourcing Management, Government Accountability Office

Panel 2

The Honorable

William A.

Reinsch

President

National Foreign Trade Council

Panel 2

Mr.

Daniel B.

Poneman

Principal

The Scowcroft Group

Panel 2

Mr.

Edmund B.

Rice

President

Coalition for Employment through Exports, Inc.