Doing disclosures can be costly both in man hours and legal fees and usually result in no monetary penalties. Find out how to establish a policy on disclosures with an eye toward cost savings. Even the most compliant companies can make mistakes and whether or not to file “voluntary disclosures” relating to these errors is often a difficult decision. Companies have options when dealing with violations and should have a policy on wha...

Get Your Jurisdiction Right, Or Else! USML vs. CCL Jurisdiction Advanced Analysis One of the most critical export compliance issues is determining whether a product or technology is subject to the jurisdiction of the US Munitions List or the Commerce Control List. If you get that decision wrong, just about everything else you do related to exporting or reexporting the item will likely not comply with the applicable regulations. The ITAR does n...

Tech Data Export Controls 2011 Update--There Are No Easy Answers Doing business in 2011 while trying to comply with export control rules largely crafted 20-30+ years ago is difficult, needless to say. Despite government adjustments to certain aspects of the technical data export control rules, export compliance challenges are growing and changing at a pace far faster than the government changes the export control rules. 100% compliance is impo...

Stay Informed...On the Reform It’s essential for export compliance professionals to stay up to date with the continuously changing US export regulations. When the president released the Export Controls Reform Initiative last year the industry took notice. So far some regulations have changed and the Administration has publishes several proposed changes to the regulations that no doubt will enter into force before you know it. The Adminis...