Export Control Reform 2009: AIA President and CEO

AEI Event: "Export Control Reform 2009: Enhancing National Security and Economic Competitiveness," October 5, 2009 http://www.aei.org/event/100143

The U.S. export control system is a fifty-year-old piecemeal relic of the Cold War. The lengthy controlled products and technologies lists and the overly complex licensing systems often hamper U.S. high-tech business interests abroad and have only a limited ability to protect U.S. national security. In early August, the White House initiated a full scale review of the U.S. export control system. Congress has also been actively pursuing various export control reforms through statute. At this AEI event, think tank, government, and industry experts will offer their thoughts on how best to reform the export control system so that it can more effectively protect U.S. national security and economic interests.

Marion C. Blakey is president and chief executive officer of the Aerospace Industries Association, where she has worked since 2007. Before that, she served a five-year term as administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). As FAA administrator, Ms. Blakey regulated the nation's airways as well as operated the world's largest air traffic control system managing 44,000 employees and a $14 billion budget. Under her leadership, she launched NextGen − a satellite-based system that will modernize air transportation and decrease delays. Prior to being named FAA Administrator, Ms. Blakey served as chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board. Including her service at the FAA and NTSB, Ms. Blakey has held six presidential appointments, four of which required Senate confirmation. Ms. Blakey has also served as administrator of the Transportation Department's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and held key positions at the Department of Commerce, the Department of Education, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the White House, and the Department of Transportation. From 1993 to 2001, Ms. Blakey was the principal of Blakey & Associates, now Blakey & Agnew, a Washington, D.C. public affairs consulting firm with a particular focus on transportation issues and traffic safety.

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[joelvanderhoek]

This is great- had I know this conference was occurring, I would have been there!!