How Many TACs are There and What Do They Do?

The following is a list of TACs that currently advise BIS, along with a short summary of each TAC's issue areas. You can access the committee's charter by clicking on its name.

1. Emerging Technology - Identification of emerging technologies and research and development activities that may be of interest from a dual-use perspective, the prioritization of new and existing controls to determine which are of greatest consequence to national security, the potential impact of dual-use export control requirements on research activities and the threat to national security posed by the unauthorized export of technologies.
2. Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee - Articles, materials, and supplies of computers, electronics, and telecommunications equipment.
3. Materials and Equipment Technical Advisory Committee - Articles, materials, and supplies for radar absorption, jet engine turbines blades, super-conductivity, fluids, lubricants, composites, and for nuclear, missile, chemical, and biological weapons, metal-working equipment, numerically controlled machine tools and robots, including technical data on the integration of numerically controlled machine tools and robotics equipment to form manufacturing cells and flexible manufacturing systems and enterprise automation technologies, as well as other information.
4. Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee  - The Export Administration Regulations "EAR" and procedures implementing these regulations.
5. Sensors and Instrumentation Technical Advisory Committee - Articles, materials, and supplies of sensors and instrumentation, including technical data and other information.
6. Transportation and Related Equipment Technical Advisory Committee - Articles, materials, and supplies of transportation and related equipment, including technical data and other information