The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technology Security (DAS/TS) leads the Bureau of Industry and Security’s Export Administration (EA) analysis and development of policy related to U.S. technological leadership, including as relates to critical and emerging technology, foreign availability of technology, strategic trade flows, the U.S. defense industrial base, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States process, and the effectiveness of export control measures.
  
Reporting to the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) for EA, the DAS/TS implements the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (ECRA), the Export Administration Regulations, sections 232 and 705 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, and defense industrial base work including provisions under the Defense Production Act of 1950.  The incumbent is responsible for the effective operations of EA’s Technology Security branch, which comprises the Office of Technology Evaluation (OTE) and the Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security (SIES).