ITAR Archives - Export Compliance Training Institute

Export Compliance Considerations for Aerospace Companies

Aerospace consistently ranks among the top U.S. export industries. American companies sell about $148 billion worth of commercial airliners, satellites, military aircraft, engines, components, and more to customers abroad. At the same time, aerospace is among the...

Export Compliance Certification: Understanding the Benefits and Steps for Exporting Businesses

EAR, ITAR

Complying with U.S. export regulations is no easy task. If you are the person in your organization who’s responsible for handling export compliance issues and ensuring successful compliance, there’s a lot riding on your shoulders. Failure to achieve compliance could...

The Export Compliance Basics of ITAR and EAR – Understanding Key Terms, Issues, Similarities and Differences

EAR, ITAR, Software

At the Export Compliance Training Institute, we field questions every day about the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) export control regulations. Complying with these regulations is essential for...

They’re Here! Final Rules to Revise USML Cats. I-III Set to be Published

BIS, CCL, Commerce Dept, DDTC, Defense Trade Controls, EAR, ECCN Changes, ITAR, Press release, State Dept, USML

By: Johanna Reeves, Esq., jreeves@reevesdola.com; Reeves & Dola LLP. www.ReevesDola.com After almost ten long years of fits and starts and Congressional holds, today the U.S. Departments of State and Commerce released their respective Final Rules to remove most...

New Interim Final Rule Creates End-to-End Encryption Carve-Out for ITAR Technical Data

DDTC, Defense Trade Controls, Encryption, ITAR, State Dept

By: Olga Torres and Derrick Kyle (Torres Law, LLP) The Department of State Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) has published an interim final rule (“the Interim Final Rule”) seeking public comments and clarifying that certain transfers of encrypted...

ITAR Defense Controls Catches Up to Modern IT, Allowing Exporters to Use Encryption to Protect Defense Technology on the Cloud

Cloud Computing, DDTC, Defense Trade Controls, ITAR, State Dept

By: Kay C. Georgi, Marwa M. Hassoun, Regan K. Alberda, Sylvia G. Costelloe (202-857-6293, Arent Fox LLP) In a surprise holiday present, the State Department finally brought the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) into the 21st century by releasing an...