CTP experts work for public and private clients around the globe. See below for our latest papers, articles, and announcements.
On October 5th, CTP and several of our staff members took part in the annual Irish Open held at the Waverly Woods golf course in Marriottsville, Maryland, with the purpose of raising money for Habitat for Humanity. CTP has sponsored this tournament for nine years and our COO, Dave Claybaugh, is the event organizer with assistance from several other Notre Dame alumni.
Exporters and compliance experts have a keen eye on the export control reforms that have been gathering momentum in recent months. The Reform Initiative was a key topic during the “Update 2012 Conference on Export Controls and Policy”, held July 17-19, 2012 in Washington. Several key speakers and sessions were focused on different proposals, notably the re-definition of the term “specially designed” and the proposed plans for the orderly transition of select items from the U.S. Munitions List (USML) to the Commerce Control List (CCL).
CTP recently continued its tradition of supporting community events and charities as one of our team members, Rick Phipps, puffed (sorry Rick) his way around the Dog Days Triathlon in Ashburn, VA. This August 25th event featured a 400 meter swim, a 12 mile bike course, and a 5K run, but the real purpose is to raise funds for local school groups and facilities.
Compliance practitioners know that commodity classifications are the essential first step in determining export control requirements, responsibilities and risks.
This week the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an advance notice of proposed rule-making (ANPRM) seeking comments from the public on criteria for identifying “emerging technologies” essential to U.S. national security.
We’re back with Part III of our blog series in understanding “technology” controlled under the EAR. In Part I, we explored the concept of controlled technology.
As technical specialists, we often get asked about Commodity Jurisdiction. The questions are simple but important and the answers are invaluable for newcomers to export control.
The goal of all good systems is incremental improvement. This is as true in export control compliance as it is in other corporate activities.
Compliance is a constant challenge. Once you have invested the time and money to develop or update an Export Compliance Program (ECP)—complete with commodity classification, comprehensive policies, effective procedures, and tailored training—you must persistently guard your system against the potential damage of external and internal transitions.
By popular demand, here is the fourth and final installment in our “technology” series.
Last week the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that it had reached an agreement with Apple, Inc., to resolve apparent violations of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations (“FNKSR”).
It is fitting that the first should be last. The long-awaited revisions of USML Categories I, II, and III are now imminent and will bring the Export Control Reform (ECR) initiative, which began under the Obama Administration, very close to completion.
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