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January 13th, 2016

Federal Regulation Compliance Focus Of ASDEvents EAR/ITAR Boot Camp


[Satnews] ASDEvents has announced their EAR/ITAR Boot Camp is scheduled for January 28 and 29 in Orlando, Florida.

Compliance with the Federal regulations is a critical component of a corporate strategic image—avoid costly fines and penalties through compliance with, and an understanding of, EAR and ITAR.

Basics of the EAR topics include:

  • Understanding Commerce/BIS & the Regulations
  • The Ten General Prohibitions
  • How to Use the Country Charts & Reasons for Control
  • Preparing License & Classification Requests using SNAP-R
  • List Based License Exceptions & Embargoes
  • How to Use the Strategic Trade Authorization (STA)
  • Export Enforcement & Preventing Violations
     

Basics of the ITAR topics include:

  • The New Order: Understanding the Role of State/DDTC and Commerce/BIS
  • Classification & the Order of Review
  • Specially Designed-Catch& Release
  • Understanding ITAR-Controlled Technical Data
  • How to Complete a DSP-5
  • Licensing Non-U.S. Persons
  • Utilizing ITAR Exemptions
  • Recordkeeping
  • Ten steps to Compliance

The speakers are:

Suzanne Palmer: She is the President, Export Compliance Solutions, and is a former Licensing Officer at the State Department, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) and has over 15 years of direct experience in the U.S. defense industry. After leaving the State Department, Ms. Palmer joined Northrop Grumman's Electronic Systems in Baltimore and then went on to work at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab. Ms. Palmer combined this unique experience to found ECS in 2003. The ECS team provides training to help compliance officials successfully apply U.S. export control regulations and establish viable export compliance programs. Ms. Palmer has worked on the Defense Trade Advisory Group (DTAG), was appointed to serve as a Special Compliance Officer (SCO) for a company operating under a Consent Agreement and is an active speaker for various professional organizations.

Mal Zerden: He was the Division Chief of the Aircraft Division in the Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls. During his 27 years in DDTC, Mr. Zerden either licensed or supervised the licensing of almost every category covered by the USML. He reviewed the work of licensing analysts and signed off on Commodity Jurisdiction requests and Agreements. Mr. Zerden interpreted the regulations for U.S. industry, other U.S. Government agencies and foreign governments. He interpreted the ITAR for Customs officials (CBP and ICE) and trained officers from those organizations. He provided support to law enforcement organizations and testified at trials that involved violations of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA).

Register for the event at this direct link...