An empowered official is a U.S. person (or for a foreign broker, a foreign person) directly employed by the applicant or a subsidiary in a policy or management position, legally empowered in writing to sign applications and requests, who understands the export statutes and regulations and the criminal, civil and administrative penalties, and who has independent authority to inquire into any aspect of a proposed export, temporary import or brokering activity, verify its legality and the accuracy of information, and refuse to sign without prejudice or adverse recourse (120.67).
The graph holds this control, the 0 it maps to, and the evidence behind each claim, over MCP and REST.