Export Control Recordkeeping, Compliance Automation and End-User Screening Update 2021



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It has been a banner year for USG Entity List additions, confusing temporary general licenses, and overall compliance headaches (migraines!).  These developments underscore the importance of recordkeeping and end-user screening, as some regulatory changes literally, happened overnight. 

 

US export enforcement officers are actively monitoring the Automated Export System with the intent of finding transactions which may appear to be in violation of export controls and contacting companies for transaction records.  If this happens to your company, would you be able to comply? Can you prove that your end-user screening is sufficient enough to meet government expectations?

 

As the use of automated systems for export documentation replaces paper records, companies are struggling with being able to retain and produce all of the records that may be required by the Export Administration Regulations, International Traffic in Arms Regulations, Foreign Assets Control Regulations, and Foreign Trade Regulations.

The following topics will be covered:

  • Regulatory requirements for recordkeeping for export control agencies – what do the regulations say?
  • What is the government recommending regarding compliance automation?
  • What transactions and which persons are subject to recordkeeping requirements?
  • How are companies coping with the inherent complexity in screening EAR and OFAC Sanctioned Parties?
  • Export control documents vs. general commercial records
  • Best practices for recordkeeping in the paperless era
  • Challenges of auditing electronic records
  • Advice for maintaining files for shipping documents, classification, and licensing determinations
  • Recordkeeping for reform-related reclassification decisions
  • Internal mini-audits of export paperwork
  • Challenges of dealing with freight forwarders, air couriers, and other third parties who generate documents on your company’s behalf
  • Legal considerations: investigations, discovery, attorney-client privilege

This webinar will provide PowerPoint slides and include live video and commentary from Felice Laird who is a leading export compliance auditor and educator.

 

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Speaker and Presenter Information

Felice Laird

 

 

Export Control Webinars is a service of Export Strategies, LLC, a trade compliance consultancy created by Felice Laird. 

 

Felice has over thirty years’ experience helping companies comply with the US Export Administration and International Traffic in Arms Regulations. Felice specializes in transactional work, reviewing clients’ product lines to establish licensing requirements and then providing guidance on how best to deal with any government restrictions on export. Felice is a subject matter expert in encryption export controls and has helped both large and small firms navigate the complex restrictions on data security technologies.

Prior to becoming a consultant, Felice worked at the Department of Commerce in what is now the Bureau of Industry and Security. She also worked as an International Trade Analyst at the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison and as an Export Compliance Administrator for GTE Corp (now Verizon).

 

Felice served on the encryption working group of the President’s Export Council Subcommittee on Export Administration (PECSEA), as well as serving as a PECSEA member during the Bush Administration. Felice is active in the National Council on International Trade and Development and TechAmerica’s Export Committee. She has a BA from the University of New Hampshire and a MS in International Business from the American University.

 

Consultant, Auditor and Trainer

  • Services offered
    • Commodity jurisdiction and product classification
    • Transaction analysis and licensing determinations
    • Training, auditing and developing internal compliance procedures
    • Technology Control Plans
    • Compliance manuals
    • Strategic planning for supply chain optimization and foreign investment. 

Representative consulting engagements

  • Serving as: external ITAR/EAR/OFAC auditor for two major US defense aerospace contractors (2012-present)
  • Subject matter expert in CFIUS investigation involving a Chinese buyer of a US computer company (2004)
  • Primary liaison for two major US data security companies with the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security and the NSA regarding export licensing and classification (1999- 2015)
  • Due diligence support for US buyer of four semiconductor manufacturer targets for acquisition (2012-2017)
  • Auditor of US sub of foreign EO/IR camera manufacturer (2015)
  • Litigation consultant to a Chinese chemical company in a successor liability case involving unlicensed exports to Iran (2015)
  • Product classification and classification trainer to two global specialty coating and chemical companies (2016)
  • Advisor to non-US manufacturer seeking to implement an IT infrastructure using US origin hardware and software in an Iranian Joint Venture (2017)
  • Technical consultant to US semiconductor company seeking to divest a subsidiary to Chinese buyers (2017)
  • Technical consultant for CFIUS submission on behalf of Fortune 500 US corporation (2018)
  • Advisor to a US start-up in the emerging field of photonics and neural network processors (2019)

Representative training engagements:

  • In-house training for provider of defense services and equipment in Afghanistan on EAR and ITAR regulations (2012)
  • Product classification training for two of the world's largest specialty coating and chemical companies (2014 and 2016)
  • Focused training on US encryption export controls to a major US defense contractor (2016)
  • Training and risk assessment for leading global standards testing service (2018)
  • Webinar presenter, content developer and speaker. Subjects covered: Recordkeeping under ITAR and EAR, Encryption Controls and Encryption Classifications, Fundamentals of Product Classification, Export Compliance Audits, IT Security, Cloud Computing and Export Controls, Technology Export Controls.

Relevant Government Agencies

Army, Intelligence Agencies, DOD & Military, Dept of Commerce, Dept of Energy, Dept of Homeland Security, Dept of State, Dept of Treasury, NASA, State Government, FAA, Federal Government, Foreign Governments/Agencies, NSA


Event Type
Webcast


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When
Wed, Jan 13, 2021, 1:00pm - 2:30pm ET


Cost

Tuition:  $179.00


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Organizer
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