GAO: State Department Must Improve Efficiency Of Defense Export Control Applications

By John Liang / January 10, 2002 at 5:00 AM
The State Department must improve the efficiency of its arms export license evaluation process, the General Accounting Office concludes in a new report. "License applicants have long complained that they cannot predict how long a license review may take and are frustrated by delays," the report reads. The State Department -- whose Office of Defense Trade Controls is responsible for licensing the export of weapon systems and services -- said in comments on an earlier draft of the report that...

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