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Home > Inspector General > Oversight Areas > Bureau of Industry and Security > Management Alert: Certain Communications by Department Officials Suggest Improper Influence in the Section 232 Exclusion Request Review Process

Management Alert: Certain Communications by Department Officials Suggest Improper Influence in the Section 232 Exclusion Request Review Process

Date Issued October 28, 2019
Report Number OIG-20-003-M
Report Type Audits / Evaluations
Description

Attached is a management alert regarding a lack of transparency that contributes to the appearance of improper influence in decision-making for tariff exclusion
requests under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended.
View Report OIG-20-003-M.pdf
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