How to Conduct Remote Export Compliance Audits



INSTRUCTOR:  Felice Laird, Export Strategies, LLC


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The U.S. Departments of State and Commerce expect regular audits as part of their compliance program guidelines - even in challenging times. Despite their sometimes negative image, export compliance audits are one of the most effective tools for improving and validating your compliance program.   A successful audit should not be about digging to see how many violations you can find, but instead, should accurately find any weaknesses in your compliance program and identify clear options for making cost-effective improvements.  Today’s technologies permit on- line collaboration and secure document sharing to make a remote audit smooth and successful. There isn’t a good reason to put off an audit just because it may not be possible to include a site visit in 2021 – and there are many reasons NOT to.

 

Webinar Outline:

  • KEY TERMS: What is the Difference Between Self-Audit, Government Audit, Outside Audit, Desk Audit, and Directed Audit?
  • How to Review and Revise Your Audit Plans to Conduct Audits Without Site Visits
  • Why Should a Company Conduct an Audit?
  • As Ongoing Due Diligence as Part of Your Compliance Program
  • Requested by a Parent Company or New Owner
  • Requested as Part of a Merger or Acquisition
  • Directed by the U. S. Government
  • As a Key Step Before Creating or Finalizing a New Compliance Program
Review of Published Audit Guidelines Remote Options
  • Internal vs. External Resources
  • Vetting Outside Law and Consulting Firms
  • How to Budget and Create a Time-table for an Audit
  • How to Develop an Audit Module
  • What are the Key Areas to be Audited?
  • What Methodology is Going to be Used?
  • Will it Involved Extensive Document Reviews?
  • How to Determine the Documents to Review.

This webinar will provide PowerPoint slides and include live video and commentary from Felice Laird who has 30 years’ experience in training on US export controls. Participants are invited to submit questions during the webinar. The final 30 minutes of the webinar will be allotted to answering participant questions.

 

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Speaker and Presenter Information

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.

Relevant Government Agencies

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


Event Type
Webcast


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When
Tue, Apr 27, 2021, 1:00pm - 2:30pm ET


Cost

Tuition::  $179.00


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Organizer
Export Control Webinars


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