The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, which regulates the brokering, export, reexport, retransfer, and temporary import of defense articles and services, has published a manual detailing the essential elements of an effective risk-based compliance program. The guidance offers the A&D industry insights into the regulator’s compliance expectations.
In this report we detail the importance of building and maintaining effective compliance programs.

Authored by Beth Peters, Ajay Kuntamukkala, Anthony Capobianco, Aleksandar Dukic, Stephen Propst, Brian Curran, Julia Diaz, Josh Gelula, and Deborah Wei.