DTCL
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DTCL is the Office of Defense Trade Controls Licensing within the U.S. Department of State that reviews and authorizes exports of defense articles and services under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DTCL canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2672770 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DTCL Context triple: [Office of Defense Trade Controls Licensing, abbreviation, DTCL]
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A.
DTL
DTL is a type of linear accelerator structure that uses a series of drift tubes within an RF cavity to efficiently accelerate charged particle beams.
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B.
LDCL
LDCL is the stock ticker symbol under which Loudcloud, a former cloud services and web hosting company, was traded on public markets.
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C.
TCC
TCC is the abbreviated name for the Technical Cooperation Committee, a body typically responsible for overseeing and guiding international technical assistance and capacity-building activities.
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D.
TCC
TCC is a public community college in Tallahassee, Florida, offering two-year degrees, workforce training, and transfer programs to four-year universities.
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E.
TCC
TCC is the commonly used abbreviation for the Tax Court of Canada, a federal court that specializes in resolving tax-related disputes between taxpayers and the Canadian government.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DTCL Target entity description: DTCL is the Office of Defense Trade Controls Licensing within the U.S. Department of State that reviews and authorizes exports of defense articles and services under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).
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A.
DTL
DTL is a type of linear accelerator structure that uses a series of drift tubes within an RF cavity to efficiently accelerate charged particle beams.
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B.
LDCL
LDCL is the stock ticker symbol under which Loudcloud, a former cloud services and web hosting company, was traded on public markets.
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C.
TCC
TCC is the abbreviated name for the Technical Cooperation Committee, a body typically responsible for overseeing and guiding international technical assistance and capacity-building activities.
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D.
TCC
TCC is a public community college in Tallahassee, Florida, offering two-year degrees, workforce training, and transfer programs to four-year universities.
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E.
TCC
TCC is the commonly used abbreviation for the Tax Court of Canada, a federal court that specializes in resolving tax-related disputes between taxpayers and the Canadian government.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. federal government organization
ⓘ
export control authority ⓘ office ⓘ |
| acronymFor | Office of Defense Trade Controls Licensing ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Department of Defense
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of Defense
United States Intelligence Community ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. intelligence community
other U.S. export control agencies ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| fullName | Office of Defense Trade Controls Licensing ⓘ |
| goal |
prevent unauthorized proliferation of defense technology
ⓘ
protect U.S. national security ⓘ support U.S. foreign policy objectives ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| legalAuthority |
AECA
ⓘ
Arms Export Control Act (firearms provisions) ⓘ
surface form:
Arms Export Control Act
|
| oversees | compliance of licensed exports with ITAR conditions ⓘ |
| parentAgency |
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
ⓘ
United States Department of State ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of State
|
| partOf |
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
ⓘ
Office of Defense Trade Controls Licensing ⓘ
surface form:
Directorate of Defense Trade Controls
United States Department of State ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of State
|
| regulatesUnder |
International Traffic in Arms Regulations
ⓘ
surface form:
ITAR
International Traffic in Arms Regulations ⓘ |
| regulatoryDomain |
U.S. Munitions List items
ⓘ
defense articles ⓘ defense services ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
adjudication of ITAR license requests
ⓘ
authorization of exports of defense articles ⓘ authorization of exports of defense services ⓘ issuance of export licenses for U.S. Munitions List items ⓘ review of brokering authorization requests under ITAR ⓘ review of export license applications for defense articles ⓘ review of export license applications for defense services ⓘ review of manufacturing license agreements ⓘ review of retransfer and reexport requests of defense articles ⓘ review of technical assistance agreements ⓘ |
| sector | government ⓘ |
| subAgencyOf |
Office of Defense Trade Controls Licensing
ⓘ
surface form:
Directorate of Defense Trade Controls
|
| subjectArea |
arms export licensing
ⓘ
defense trade controls ⓘ export controls ⓘ |
| usesSystem | electronic licensing systems for ITAR applications ⓘ |
| website | https://www.pmddtc.state.gov/ ⓘ |
| worksWith |
U.S. defense industry exporters
ⓘ
foreign defense companies ⓘ foreign governments ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: DTCL Description of subject: DTCL is the Office of Defense Trade Controls Licensing within the U.S. Department of State that reviews and authorizes exports of defense articles and services under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.