BIS Appoints Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tech Security

The Bureau of Industry and Security named Eric Longnecker, former head of the agency’s Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security, the new deputy assistant secretary for technology security, he announced on LinkedIn. Longnecker, who has worked at BIS for nearly 20 years, announced his new role May 6.

BIS recently created the role as part of a restructuring of its export administration offices. Thea Kendler, assistant secretary for export administration, said at the annual BIS conference in March that the deputy assistant secretary for technology security will oversee work on emerging and foundational technology export controls, foreign technology analysis and research to assess the effectiveness of BIS export controls.

At the conference, Kendler also announced BIS would be creating a new deputy assistant secretary for strategic trade, who will oversee the BIS Office of National Security and Technology Transfer Controls, Office of Nonproliferation and Treaty Compliance, and the Office of Exporter Services. A BIS spokesperson declined to comment about whether the agency has filled that position.