AT: No Link – Security Restrictions – Apply to Domestic Hires

AT: No Link – Security Restrictions – Apply to Domestic Hires

“A Special Report: Launching the 21st Century: American Aerospace Workforce”, December,

http://www.aia-aerospace.org/assets/report_workforce_1208.pdf) access 7/8/11

Regarding the difficulty of finding clearable talent, the task force notes that American youth are often unaware of the necessity for and rigors of security screenings and clearances before employment in national security-related occupations. American youth need to be made aware of “disqualifying life events” — drug abuse, arrest and even activities presented on social networking sites, such as Facebook and MySpace, that depict the candidate engaging in activities that could prohibit employment in national security-related occupations.

Every year tens of thousands of aerospace industry personnel are subjected to security clearance and renewal processes in order to perform many critical national security services. The current system is often backlogged for a year or longer and produces security clearances that are not portable among departments, agencies, from government to industry, industry to industry and so forth. As a result, industry and government suffer a myriad of problems in recruitment and from increased costs due to the unavailability of personnel.

AT: No Link – Export Controls

(Melissa, George Zaharatos, Senior Manager - Trade & Customs Services at KPMG and Heidi Miller, Senior Manager at KPMG , KPMG is a global network of professional firms providing Audit, Advisory and Tax services , “Innovating Aerospace and Defense: Road Map to US Export Compliance from Design to Realization”, Presented at 2009 Aerospace Industries Association/Supplier Management Council, September, http://www.aia-aerospace.org/assets/smc_wp-export_compliance.pdf) access 7/9/11

By nature, companies dealing primarily with defense articles are aware of export compliance risks and responsibilities relating to their products. ACME Defense screens new and existing employees against the restricted party lists and grants security clearances based on member grade level and function. In this case, it has become evident to ACME Defense during the design stage that the software application is listed on the United States Munitions List (USML)b and is subject to the jurisdiction of the DDTC. An initial product jurisdiction assessment is integral to the success of any defense article launch and defense-related company generally, since it is the basis of registration with the DDTC All manufacturers, exporters, and brokers of defense articles, defense services, or related technical data are required to register with the DDTC.6

The principal regulatory document relating to the control of the export and temporary import of defense articles, including the furnishing of defense services, is the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). which implements the legislative authority and provisions of the Arms Export Control Act ITAR contains the USML which is a list of all designated defense articles and defense services, organized into categories.

By determining the correct USML category of the software application. ACME Defense can subsequently identify each of the members of the development team that are subject to a DDTC license or whether a license exception may be afforded for the release of the technology. Successful planning of this phase of the development process can mean significant gains related to product launch time and costs, since obtaining DDTC licenses may reach or even exceed 60 days. It is also important that licenses are maintained and monitored for the duration of the development period. It would be advisable for ACME Defense to have the company's global export compliance administrator participate at all levels of the product launch process.

AT: Link Turn – Spurs Student enter Aerospace field

(“Launching into Aerospace: Industry’s Response to the Workforce Challenge”,p.2, http://www.aia-aerospace.org/assets/workforce_report_1_sept08.pdf) access 7/8/11

“A Special Report: Launching the 21st Century: American Aerospace Workforce”, December,

AIA, therefore, is striving to become a key participant in a grand “coalition of coalitions” dedicated to solving our national STEM workforce crisis. Aerospace companies intend to do their part among a coalition of stakeholders from government, business, academia, workforce development entities, education nonprofits and others.

workforce challenge and its impact on our nation. But most of the work must be done and many of the