Both State and Commerce Departments recommend regular audits as part of their compliance program guidelines -- the mere thought of which strikes fear into compliance professionals who have been struggling just to keep up with changing rules as a result of Export Control Reform. Despite their negative image, export compliance audits are one of the most effective tools for improving and validating your compliance program. Whenever possible, aud...

Don't get caught unaware of new license requirements! While Export Control Reform continues to garner much of the exporting community's attention, export control and sanctions regulations continue to change in other important ways. Over the past few months, the Departments of State, Commerce and Treasury have introduced a number of significant changes to the export controls on countries and regions including Crimea, Cuba, Hong Kong, India, Ru...

The Department of Defense has fallen behind in its transition from IPv4 to IPv6. A December 2014 report published by Department of Defense Inspector General (DODIG) indicates that the Defense Department is lagging in it’s adoption of IPv6 and needs to make it a priority for reasons of cyber security and for supporting it’s plans for future operations. The DODIG report finds that DOD has lacked a clear transition plan and coordinate...

It is more important than ever to get this right. Your company likely is exporting technical data/technology and software more frequently and in more ways than ever before. The more you export, the more important it is to make sure you have the accurate classification in the Commerce Control List (CCL). If you get the wrong Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) for the items you export, you could easily have hundreds of people in your or...

Export Controls on Electronic Components, Telecom & Infosec: 2015 Update California CLE Credit Approval (1.5 Credit Hours) Pending Learn More ECoP®EAR or ITAR renewal credits = 1 BIS published several important regulation changes at the end of December 2014 that affect product classification and licensing requirements for certain electronic components. These changes included those that had already been changed once by Export Control Re...

If you get this wrong, you’ll have to be lucky to get your exports right. One of the most difficult and important export compliance tasks is determining the classification in the Commerce Control List (CCL) for the items you export. If you get the wrong Export Control Classification Number (ECCN), there is a good chance that will cause you to make other compliance mistakes, including determining when you need an export license. Finding...

Export Control Reform has presented companies with a number of challenges and benefits. But like all things related to export controls, there are many gray areas and companies are making regulatory interpretations and new classification and licensing decisions all the time. At the same time, companies are under the gun to reduce paper and go electronic, so how do you go about re-creating paper files in the digital world? How can you maintain...

Does being beyond US shores mean relief from US export controls? Not as far as the US Government is concerned. This webinar is designed for non-US companies and US companies desiring a better understanding of how the US regulations impact their foreign affiliates, customers and distributors . US restrictions on reexports and other transactions (EAR, ITAR & OFAC) apply to companies physically located outside of the United States. This incl...

Don’t Be RWA’ed: Get Your Licensing Right the First Time Export control reform has altered the licensing landscape for all of us. With the transition of many items and related technical information from the ITAR to the EAR, items which previously required a license from the State Department may now require a license from the Department of Commerce. Or, you may need to alter the information you present in your State Department lice...

What You Need to Know and Do Now Over the past six months, the US has pieced together a complex and continuously expanding combination of export and trade controls on Russia that are unlike any US rules on any other countries. No one wants to be the first enforcement poster child and face all of the publicity that would come with a critical violation of the new rules. That means compliance personnel worldwide have two tasks. First, to learn a...