Per the request of the export controls industry, BIS has designed new updates for the Single Network Application Process-Redesign (SNAP-R), BIS’s electronic system for the submission of license applications, commodity classification requests, License Exception AGR notifications, and License Exception STA eligibility requests. This will be the first in a series of updates meant to make SNAP-R more user-friendly and efficient. Additional updates will be implemented in the future.
Included in the new updates is the introduction of security questions. Before this update, SNAP-R users would have to request assistance from SNAP-R account administrators or BIS to reset login IDs and passwords and to receive a reminder of their company identification number (CIN). Starting now, all new SNAP-R registrants will be required to provide answers to four of ten security questions as part of the registration process. Moving forward, the security questions put into place will identify and help users retrieve information on their own. Existing users will be prompted to choose security questions and answers at their next login.
Other changes include:
- Work Item Reference Numbers: SNAP-R account holders are no longer limited to the previously required format (i.e., AAA####) for Work Item reference numbers.
- Line Item Value Calculation: When listing the information for an export item on a license application, SNAP-R account holders can now choose to calculate the value of the item by multiplying the unit value by the quantity of items or to enter the total price of the item independent of the item’s quantity and unit value.
Other SNAP-R Features: Did you know that SNAP-R:
- Can be used on browsers other than Internet Explorer®?
- Has a spell check function?
- Allows a previously created Work Item (e.g., a license application) to be used again when preparing a new Work Item for submission?
The SNAP-R manual has been revised and updated to incorporate the changes above as well as to clarify the tools available to SNAP-R system users. (https://www.bis.doc.gov/snap-r-updates)