Managing ITAR/EAR Complexities

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Critical Compliance: How to classify your products as a result of Export Control Reform (ECR). 2 Days of hands-on training with scenarios and exercises to assist the student in learning jurisdictional classification. Topics include 8 Steps to Self Classify on the EAR Scenario/Exercise, Order of Review, Specially Designed, Utilizing CCAT's, Self Classify on the ITAR, Conducting Internal Audits and a Comprehensive Technical Assistance Agreement (TAA) workshop.

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Compliance With the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) Are the Keys to Succesful Business Operations.

Avoid Costly Fines & Penalties Through Your Compliance with and Understanding of the ITAR and EAR.

Agenda/Topics

DAY 1: Tuesday, March 23rd:
10AM - 4PM with 30 minute break for lunch at 12:30

• ITAR/EAR Developments & Trends-Status of ITAR Revisions, ITAR Rewrite, RWA's and Consent Agreements
• China Review-Sanctions and & the Effect of the New Export Control Law
• Developing Export Compliance Policies, Procedures and Work Instructions
• The Importance of a Technology Control Plan & How to Maintain Compliance
• Exercise 1 – "Winning the Contract: Follow-On Actions That Must be Taken"
• Advisory Opinions & Reexports
• Comparison of ITAR Exemptions & EAR Exceptions
• Information Technology Controls

DAY 2: Wednesday, March 24th:
10AM - 4PM with 30 minute break for lunch at 12:30

• Agreements Workshop" Elements of an Agreement and required attachments
• Exercise: Drafting Your Technical Assistance Agreement (TAA)
• Are You Secure: Compliance Risks in the Cloud
• The Elements of a Voluntary Self Disclosure (VSD)
• Reporting Voluntary Disclosures Under the ITAR & EAR & Corrective Actions
• Exercise 4: Determining Corrective Actions

*agenda topics and timing are subject to change

Instructors

Suzanne Palmer, President, Export Compliance Solutions, a former Licensing Officer at the State Department, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), with 20 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.

Lisa Bencivenga has has over twenty years of varied experience in export/import licensing and compliance issues with major defense contractors. She has had the leading role in developing and implementing internal compliance programs, providing regulatory guidance, instituting license databases, training personnel at all corporate levels, conducting audits requested by clients and/or directed by the U.S. Department of State, coordinating investigations and working closely with legal departments while administering the full spectrum of corporate international export/import activities. She has several years of experience in space-related export issues which includes obtaining and implementing complex licensing arrangements related to spacecraft and launch activities as a result of her employment with Orbital Sciences Corporation and The Boeing Company.

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