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Obama Administration Moves Full Steam Ahead on Cuban Policies

President Obama and the administration are moving full steam ahead to normalize bilateral relations with Cuba.

The Future is DECCS

The folks at DDTC are beginning a slow roll out of their new electronic interface, DECCS, starting next week. DECCS, which stands for the Defense Export Control and Compliance System, is DDTC’s new modernized IT system.

Deemed Export Risk in the I-129 Visa Petition

With H-1B visa window approaching, there is renewed attention on the I-129 visa application, notably the certification that “[a] license is not required from either the U.S. Department of Commerce or the U.S. Department of State to release such technology or technical data to the foreign person.”

New DSP Forms 5, 6, 61, 62, 73, and 74 (v 8.0)

DTrade DSP forms and forms viewer have been upgraded to support SHA-256 digital certificates as required by federal mandate. Effective November 25, 2013 the use of the new forms (v8.0) will be mandatory and users may begin using SHA-256 digital certificates to access DTrade, as well as digitally sign and submit the DSP forms listed above.

Turbulence After New Fly-By-Wire Entries on the CCL

On June 20, 2013 U.S. Department of Commerce published revisions to the Export Administration Regulations based on the most recent agreements in Wassenaar. These EAR changes to the Commerce Control List (CCL) in Category 7 implementing the Wassenaar agreement significantly reduced the level of technology control for Fly-by-Wire technology in ECCN 7E004b.

‘Cheat Sheet’ on Export Control Reforms

Many of our colleagues in the compliance world already follow the weekday release of Jim Bartlett’s terrific newsletter: The Export/Import Daily Update (“The Daily Bugle”). If you don’t, we recommend that you click our Private Sector page (see grey banner above), find Exporter Resources in the right hand menu, and select “Newsletters & Blogs” for sign-up instructions.

Export Control Assistance in Mongolia

CTP recently managed a cooperative activity in Mongolia, gathering experts from the U.S. Department of State and the Government of Mongolia to further refine their draft law on Strategic Trade Controls. This event, held Nov. 5-7th at the Government House, is CTP’s most recent task in our long running support of the Export Control and Border Security (EXBS) office, totaling over 600 activities in 60+ countries over nearly twenty years.

West African Regional Training Center: Gaining Momentum

In just under a year, our Regional Training Center (RTC) in Accra Ghana has held twenty activities for the sponsor organization, U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics & Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), and four more events for other USG agencies. Already, we are making plans for a slate of more than twenty West Africa regional programs in 2014.

CTP Delivers a Transnational Organized Crime Investigations Course

CTP recently delivered a one-week training program on Employing Special Techniques in Transnational Organized Crime Investigations (TOCI) to delegations from Ghana, Burkina Faso and Senegal at the West Africa Regional Training Center (RTC) in Accra, Ghana. Held on December 9-13, 2013, the course provided participants with an opportunity to apply specialized techniques to effectively detect and investigate suspected transnational organized crime activity.

Technology Part 1: An Overview

“Quotation marks” are often misused. We have all read passages or seen “signs” where someone “clearly” didn’t realize what they were conveying with the “quotation marks.”This may cross your mind when reading the Export Administration Regulations since there are many “words” in quotation marks which seemingly have no business being quoted. But you would be wrong.

Round 2 of Export Control Reform Now in Effect

The next round of ECR amendments went into effect today, albeit with numerous clarifications and cleanups included. It was announced and succinctly explained today by Jim Bartlett in his terrific newsletter which we have excerpted below. We have also included an excellent summary on the same topic which was published in Bartlett’s newsletter on Dec. 27 by Bruce Leeds of Braumiller Schulz.

Exporting to Hong Kong? Don’t Be Caught Flat Footed Come April 19

Starting April 19, 2017, U.S. companies and persons intending to export or reexport certain items subject to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to Hong Kong should make sure you’ve got your import paperwork in order before shipping. Not familiar with this requirement?

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