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Bureau of Industry and Security  

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  • The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is responsible for regulating the export of sensitive goods and technology for reasons of national security, foreign policy, and compliance with nonproliferation agreements. Formerly known as the Bureau of Export Administration, BIS has an Office of Export Enforcement (OEE), sometimes referred to as the export police, to help prevent proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and conventional arms, to combat international terrorism, and to implement U.S. economic sanctions and embargoes. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement; Bureau of Industry and Security]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-KW2MVCMX-J

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