Are you having trouble applying the Fundamental Research Exclusion (FRE) in trickier situations?Does your understanding of the FRE end with the definition itself? This important exclusion is very useful in a university research environment where many times (but not all times) results are intended to be shared. Sometimes, though, it’s not always clear exactly how the FRE applies – and to what part of a project it applies. In this w...

Determining your product’s export classification is one of the most important steps toward export compliance. How else will you know what restrictions might be on any given international transaction if you have not assigned the correct ECCN or USML Category? This webinar will address the differences behind Commodity Jurisdiction determinations and Commodity Classifications and will help you create effective processes to classify and docu...

Mastery of the Rules and Strategies for Compliance The United States maintains a complex web of embargoes and economic sanctions programs levied against various countries, entities, and individuals. These programs are constantly evolving as evidenced by the many developments of 2017 impacting Russia, Iran, North Korea, Venezuela, Cuba, and key industry sectors. Despite the complexity of these programs and the fact that they are constantly chan...

International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Export Administration Regulations (EAR), and Office of Foreign Assets Controls & Embargoes (OFAC) Explained - complete with all Export Control Reform Changes and New Administration Priorities: This seminar series provides both novice and experienced export compliance professionals with a comprehensive education on complying with United States export regulations. We will review recent ECR ch...

International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Export Administration Regulations (EAR), and Office of Foreign Assets Controls & Embargoes (OFAC) Explained - complete with all Export Control Reform Changes and New Administration Priorities: This seminar series provides both novice and experienced export compliance professionals with a comprehensive education on complying with United States export regulations. We will review recent ECR ch...

Does being beyond US shores mean relief from US export controls? Not as far as the US Government is concerned. US restrictions on reexports and other transactions (EAR, ITAR & OFAC) apply to companies physically located outside of the United States. This includes parents, subsidiaries and affiliates of US firms, as well as wholly non-US companies.US strategic trade controls impact companies that use, purchase, and resell US-origin products...

International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Export Administration Regulations (EAR), and Office of Foreign Assets Controls & Embargoes (OFAC) Explained - complete with all Export Control Reform Changes and New Administration Priorities: This seminar series provides both novice and experienced export compliance professionals with a comprehensive education on complying with United States export regulations. We will review recent ECR ch...

BIS issued new export compliance guidelines in 2017 which includes a new section on recordkeeping.The new guidelines include specific requirements for electronic communications and document retention and retrieval. BIS also implies in the new guidelines that a company's export compliance officer should support their organization's efforts to manage the disposal of data storage devices along the lines of the DOC/NIST “Guidelines for Medi...

Risk Based Self-Assessment as a Critical Element to Measure Risk, Performance, and Improvement “A hands-on approach to implementing and leveraging a risk assessment to increase compliance program effectiveness and lean performance.” A proactive, systematic risk assessment is an essential first step to developing and implementing an effective compliance program. Performance culture, sound economics, and regulator expectations all re...

International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Export Administration Regulations (EAR), and Office of Foreign Assets Controls & Embargoes (OFAC) Explained - complete with the latest updates on Export Control Reform (ECR): This seminar series provides both novice and experienced export compliance professionals with an in-depth education on export control regulations administered by the US Departments of State, Commerce & Treasury. Ex...