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purpose of exporting, retransferring, or 

furnishing defense articles, technical 

data, or defense services, and causing 

the unauthorized export of technical 

data and provision of defense services, 

all in violation of section 38 of the 

AECA and section 127 of the ITAR. 

Ms. Lesmeister, by and through her 

position of authority as an export 

compliance officer and empowered 

official at Honeywell International, Inc., 

created export control documents 

purporting to be authorized by the 

Department of State and presented those 

fabrications to her employer as valid 

Department of State authorizations. In 

this manner, Ms. Lesmeister caused her 

employer to rely on the falsified 

authorizations in the export of defense 

articles, including technical data, and 

provision of defense services without 

the requisite authorizations, all in 

violation of the AECA and ITAR. 

Due to Ms. Lesmeister’s failure to 

answer the charges as provided in 

section 128.5(a) of the ITAR, the 

Department referred the case to an 

Administrative Law Judge for 

consideration, in accordance with 

section 128.4 of the ITAR. Pursuant to 

section 128.3 of the ITAR and the 

Default Order of the Administrative Law 

Judge, dated October 29, 2013, Ms. 

Lesmeister’s failure to answer the 

charges constituted an admission of the 

truth of the charges. 

Section 128.4 of the ITAR provides for 

a respondent’s ability to petition to set 

aside defaults upon showing good 

cause; however, the filing of such a 

petition does not in any manner affect 

an order entered upon default and such 

order continues in full force and effect 

unless a further order is made 

modifying or terminating it. 

On November 25, 2013, as the result 

of the established violations and 

pursuant to section 127.7 of the ITAR, 

LeAnne Lesmeister was 

administratively debarred by the 

Assistant Secretary of State for PoliticalMilitary Affairs for a period of three 

years, until November 25, 2016; 

Reinstatement after November 25, 2016 

is not automatic. At the end of the 

debarment period, Ms. Lesmeister may 

apply for reinstatement. Until licensing 

privileges are reinstated, Ms. Lesmeister 

will remain debarred. No civil penalties 

have been imposed at this time. 

This notice is provided to make the 

public aware that the person listed 

above is prohibited from participating 

directly or indirectly in any brokering 

activities and in any export from or 

temporary import into the United States 

of defense articles, related technical 

data, or defense services in all situations 

covered by the ITAR. 

Further, pursuant to section 120.1(d) 

of the ITAR, persons with knowledge 

that another person is ineligible must 

obtain authorization from the 

Directorate of Defense Trade Controls 

prior to, directly or indirectly and in 

any manner or capacity, applying for, 

obtaining, or using any export control 

document for such ineligible person, or 

ordering, buying, receiving, using, 

selling, delivering, storing, disposing of, 

forwarding, transporting, financing, or 

otherwise servicing or participating in 

any manner in any transaction that may 

involve any defense article, which 

includes technical data, defense 

services, or brokering activities, where 

such ineligible person may obtain any 

benefit therefrom or have any direct or 

indirect interest therein. 

Exceptions may be made to this 

denial policy on a case-by-case basis at 

the discretion of the Directorate of 

Defense Trade Controls. However, such 

an exception would be granted only 

after a full review of all circumstances, 

paying particular attention to the 

following factors: Whether an exception 

is warranted by overriding U.S. foreign 

policy or national security interests; 

whether an exception would further law 

enforcement concerns that are 

consistent with foreign policy or 

national security interests of the United 

States; or whether other compelling 

circumstances exist that are consistent 

with the foreign policy or national 

security interests of the United States, 

and law enforcement concerns. 

This notice involves a foreign affairs 

function of the United States 

encompassed within the meaning of the 

military and foreign affairs exclusion of 

the Administrative Procedures Act. 

Because the exercise of this foreign 

affairs function is highly discretionary, 

it is excluded from review under the 

Administrative Procedures Act. 

Dated: November 25, 2013. 

Tom Kelly, 

Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 

Political-Military Affairs, Department of 

State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8539] 

Activities of the International 

Telecommunication Advisory 

Committee and Preparations for 

Upcoming International 

Telecommunications Meetings 

This notice announces a meeting of 

the Department of State’s International 

Telecommunication Advisory 

Committee (ITAC) to review the 

activities of the committee over the last 

quarter and prepare for activities in the 

next quarter. 

The ITAC will meet on December 19, 

2013 at 2 p.m. EST to review the 

preparations for and outcomes of 

international telecommunications 

meetings of the International 

Telecommunication Union, the InterAmerican Telecommunications 

Commission, the Organization for 

Economic Cooperation and 

Development, and the Asia Pacific 

Economic Cooperation 

Telecommunications and Information 

Working Group over the last quarter, 

and announce preparations for similar 

activities for the next quarter. 

In particular, preparations for the 

World Telecommunications 

Development Conference, the 

Plenipotentiary Conference, and the Ten 

year review of implementation of the 

World Summit on the Information 

Society outcomes will be discussed. 

Details on this ITAC meeting, 

including the meeting location, will be 

announced on the Department of State’s 

email list, ITAC@lmlist.state.gov. Use of 

the ITAC list is limited to meeting 

announcements and confirmations, 

distribution of agendas and other 

relevant meeting documents. 

Subscription to the ITAC list is open. 

Persons wishing to participate in the 

ITAC list, desiring further information 

on this or other preparatory meetings, 

including those wishing to request 

reasonable accommodation to attend the 

meeting, should contact the Secretariat 

at minardje@state.gov. 

Attendance at these meetings is open 

to the public as seating capacity allows. 

The public will have an opportunity to 

provide comments at these meetings at 

the invitation of the chair. A conference 

bridge will be provided to those people 

outside the Washington Metro area who 

request it from the secretariat. 

Dated: November 25, 2013. 

Cecily Holiday, 

Foreign Affairs Officer, International 

Communications & Information Policy, U.S. 

Department of State. 

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