The departments of State and Commerce have moved space-related equipment from the U.S. Munitions List to the Commerce Control List as part of revisions to the May 2014 export control rules, Space News reported Thursday.

Jeff Foust writes the revised rules took effect Jan. 15 and were published in the Jan. 10 issue of the Federal Register.

Space-related items that were removed from USML and will no longer be subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations include remote sensing systems for satellites with an aperture threshold of 0.5 meters, up from 0.35 meters in 2014, and NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.

Foust reports industry called for the government to increase the aperture threshold of optical systems for satellites from 0.35 to 1.1 meters.

The State Department said in its notice that the approved threshold increase seeks “to reflect the current status of technology that provides the United States with a critical military or intelligence advantage and warrants control on the USML.”

The updated rules also retained to the munitions list space vehicles with integrated propulsion systems and designed for human space flight missions, the report added.

The General Services Administration has changed the name of its Integrated Technology Service to the Office of Information Technology Category and modified the ITC’s framework to align with agencies and industry partners.

Mary Davie, assistant commissioner of the ITC, wrote in a blog post published Jan. 5 the new office will look to bolster deliveries of products and services to its customers as well as support agency missions and foster innovation through IT category management.

ITC’s priorities include collaborations with agencies to cut procurement action lead times, use of qualitative and quantitative data analytics, support for category management to foster best practices and partnerships with suppliers and agencies to distribute emerging technology government-wide.

“Our realignment into ITC directly supports the IT category, which gives us purview over the IT marketplace,” said Davie.

GSA’s ITC office includes a supplier management and compliance division, acquisition and category management support division, innovation division and customer engagement division.

The General Services Administration has kicked off its search for an acquisition management specialist to work in the office of information technology category at GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service.

A USAJOBS notice posted Tuesday says the chosen candidate will develop strategies to procure products and services for the ITC business portfolio.

The acquisition management specialist will also advise and guide ITC managers on the preparation, coordination and implementation of contract plans.

The incumbent will also suggest acquisition strategies to meet client requirements; establish best acquisition practices; create, implement and evaluate quality control systems for procurement activity management; and oversee projects to address the needs of organizations within ITC.

The specialist will establish metrics and benchmarks for assigned tasks and perform contract administration activities as a contracting officer’s representative.

ITC works to provide federal, state and local government agencies access to private sector IT and telecommunications products and services.