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Investigative criminal analysis is a valuable tool for identifying criminal associations and activities, generating investigative leads, and identifying patterns and trends in criminal activity. The Criminal Justice Group at CTP, led by Director Bill Kuhn, is working alongside the State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) to deliver an upcoming course on Fundamental Investigative Criminal Analysis (FICA).
In just the few short months since CTP opened the Regional Training Center (RTC) in Accra, the dividends are already appearing for the host Ghanaian government, the neighboring regional countries, and the funding agency: International Narcotics & Law Enforcement (INL) within the State Department.
DDTC has released the minutes and presentations from their busy May 9th DTAG meeting. You have to sift but there is lots of reform-related information provided. In her introductory remarks, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Beth McCormick, told attendees to expect new Cat.VI, VII, XIII, XV, XX definitions before July.
First, the news: DDTC has just proposed to revise Category XV (Spacecraft Systems and Related Articles) of the USML to describe more precisely the articles warranting control. The revised definition of “defense service” is to include, among other things, details on the furnishing of assistance for certain spacecraft related activities. 78 Fed. Reg. 31444.
BIS is ramping up its outreach efforts to raise awareness and solicit feedback on the export control reform measures scheduled to go into effect on October 15. Regular webinars are being held on Wednesdays to present different aspects of the reform and to field industry questions.
Be careful what you ask for. That is what some exporters are saying when deciphering the new BIS definition of “Specially Designed.” See language pasted below. Yes, this language is useful and long overdue, but it is certainly not intuitive or user friendly for those not well-versed in the terminology and logic of the EAR.
Last week the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) held its 3rd International Trade Symposium at the Convention Center in Washington DC. Adam Szubin, OFAC’s Director, opened the Symposium with descriptions of sanctions efforts regarding Iran, Syria and North Korea. He also highlighted two important new resources: a fuzzy logic Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List search tool and an online application system for OFAC licenses.
On April 24, during a hearing entitled: “Export Control Reform: The Agenda Ahead, ”Acting Assistant Secretary of State Tom Kelly, Assistant Secretary of Commerce Kevin Wolf, and Defense Technology Security Administration Director James Hursch all testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. They discussed the goals and status of the President’s Export Control Reform (ECR) Initiative and answered questions on a variety of related topics.
As we blogged on Tuesday, the final rules for the initial implementation of the President’s Export Control Reform (ECR) Initiative have finally been published. They will come into force on October 15, 2013, forcing exporters to get their compliance methodologies in order rather quickly. In the coming weeks, we will be blogging steadily, describing the reforms and how they can benefit our clients.
Major reforms are officially under way in the United States export control system. Many items that were considered Military in nature, and thus subject to stringent controls, will soon be re-classified. The aim of the reform is to move less significant Military items from State Department control to the Commerce Department where they will be subject to more liberal controls.
The time has come. As promised, the Departments of Commerce and State have just published the final rules that will guide the initial implementation of the Obama Administration’s Export Control Reform.
In another indicator that the reform initiative is heating up, BIS announced a special two hour Webinar will be held next Wednesday at 2:30PM EST, hosted by Assistant Secretary for Export Administration Kevin Wolf. The first hour will describe the structure of the initial implementation rule and the second hour will describe the structure of the definition of “specially designed,”
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