New License Exception STA is now announced

Long awaited new license exception Strategic Trade Authorization ("STA") was announced on June 16, 2011 from BIS, and implemented immediately. 

http://www.bis.doc.gov/news/2011/bis_press06162011.htm

This rule is part of the Administration's Export Control Reform Initiative, undertaken as a result of the fundamental review of the U.S. export control system that the President announced in August 2009.