A Blog about Export Law, Requirements & Regulations

Visiting Orlando in February? Join us for a two-day seminar presented by the U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) in partnership with the National Entrepreneur Center. On February 15 and 16, Export Solutions will be a Breakfast Sponsor company for “Complying with U.S. Export Controls.”

Many clients are surprised when they start working on their export policy by the amount of flexibility there is – particularly when it comes to how they comply with the regulations. This most often occurs during the development or improvement of a company’s export compliance procedures.

Whoever said freight forwarders weren’t responsible for export compliance? A recent settlement from the BIS seems to point at a new trend in government enforcement of U.S. export regulations. Namely, holding all parties accountable for their actions.

We get a lot of questions from clients about what to do if they use suppliers who are not registered with DDTC to perform ITAR-related work. What does the government say about this dilemma? And what do we recommend?

Recently, I’ve been involved in a lot of ITAR compliance training sessions for employees. If your company spends time and resources to develop an effective compliance program, but you fail to train your employees in the management of that program, then all of your hard work will go to waste. Here are four tips I try to follow whenever I’m leading a training session for employees: