APPENDIX
L
List of Acronyms
ACDA
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
ACEP
Advisory Committee on Export Policy
AEA
Atomic Energy Act
AECA
Arms Export Control Act
AEN
administrative exception note
ALJ
administrative law judge
APA
Administrative Procedure Act
ASIC
application specific integrated circuit
BMW
Bayerische Motor Werke
BXA
Bureau of Export Administration
CAD/CAE
computer-assisted design/computer-assisted engineering
CAD/CAM
computer-assisted design/computer-assisted manufacturing
CCL
Commodity Control List
CFE
Conventional Forces in Europe (treaty)
CMEA
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
CoCom
Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls
COSEPUP
Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy
CRS
Congressional Research Service
CSCE
Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
CWC
Chemical Weapons Convention
D-RAM
dynamic random access memory
DARPA
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DEC
Digital Equipment Corporation
DoC
Department of Commerce
DoD
Department of Defense
DoE
Department of Energy
DTC
Defense Trade Controls
DTSA
Defense Technology Security Administration
EAA
Export Administration Act
EAAA
Export Administration Amendments Act
EAR
Export Administration Regulations
EARB
Export Administration Review Board
EC
European Community
ECA
Export Control Act
ECCN
export commodity control number
EC/PCC
Export Control/Policy Coordinating Committee
EDAC
Economic Defense Advisory Council
EFTA
European Free Trade Association
FRG
Federal Republic of Germany
G-7
Group of Seven (industrialized nations)
G-CEU
general license for certified end users
G-CoCom
general license for CoCom
G-Com
general license for CoCom and cooperating countries
GCT
general license for intra-CoCom trade
GATT
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GDR
German Democratic Republic
GKNT
State Committee for Science and Technology (USSR)
GNP
Gross National Product
GRU
Chief Directorate of Military Intelligence (USSR)
IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency
IAEL
International Atomic Energy List
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation
IC/DV
import certificate/delivery verification
ICL
International Computers Limited
ICT
intra-CoCom trade
IDA
Institute for Defense Analyses
IEEPA
International Emergency Economic Powers Act
IL
Industrial List
IML
International Munitions List
INF
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (treaty)
ITA
International Trade Administration
ITAR
International Traffic in Arms Regulations
KGB
Committee for State Security (USSR)
LSI
large-scale integration
MCTL
Militarily Critical Technologies List
MITI
Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Japan)
ML
Munitions List
MOU
memorandum of understanding
MTCR
Missile Technology Control Regime
MTEC
Missile Technology Export Control (group on)
MTU
Motoren-und Turbinen-Union GmbH
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASP
National Aerospace Plane
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NIC
newly industrializing country
NNPA
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act
NNPT
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
NRC
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRL
Nuclear Referral List
NSC
National Security Council
NSD
national security directive
NSG
Nuclear Suppliers Group
NSWP
non-Soviet Warsaw Pact (countries)
ODTC
Office of Defense Trade Controls
OFAC
Office of Foreign Assets Control
OSTP
Office of Science and Technology Policy
OTCA
Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
OTPA
Office of Technology and Policy Analysis
PC
personal computer
PC/AT
personal computer/advanced technology, a family of personal computers based on the Intel 80286 chip
PCC
policy coordinating committee
PDR
processing data rate
PECSEA
President's Export Council, Subcommittee on Export Administration
PEEK
polyetheretherketone
PM
Politico-Military Affairs Bureau (U.S. Department of State)
PRC
People's Republic of China
R&D
research and development
SEMATECH
Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology
SNEC
Subgroup on Nuclear Export Controls
SNECMA
Société Nationale d'Etude et de Construction des Moteurs d'Aviation
SSP
Supercomputer Safeguard Plan
START
Strategic Arms Reduction Talks
STEM
Strategic Technology Experts Meeting
SUB-ACEP
Sub-Advisory Committee on Export Policy
SUB-EDAC
Sub-Economic Defense Advisory Council
TAC
technical advisory committee
TCC
Third Country Cooperation
TDO
Table of Denial Orders
TTG
technical task group
TTIC
Technology Transfer Intelligence Committee
TWEA
Trading with the Enemy Act
TWG
technical working group
UN
United Nations
USSR
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
VLSI
very large scale integrated circuitry
VPK
Military-Industrial Commission (USSR)
WTO
Warsaw Treaty Organization
