DDTC Applying Data ID Marks to CJs, Advisory Opinion Submissions

The State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls is starting to apply “data identification markings” to all documents attached to commodity jurisdiction and advisory opinion submissions, which will identify documents that are “SBU” (sensitive but unclassified) or as “PII” (personally identifiable information). DDTC said the change will “better manage the information being stored and transmitted within” the agency’s Defense Export Control and Compliance System (DECCS). “This will not impact requests in progress,” DDTC said. “If you receive an email from ‘Auto Classification User’, this is a notice that a document you have submitted was updated. No action is required.”