Export Trade Compliance Blog
Data Frisk? Another Reason to Travel with a Clean Laptop
03/21/2017
Latest Travel Restrictions for Laptops Experiencing a body frisk at airport security is…awkward, at least for many people. Now apply that to your laptop or tablet, and all the data that typically exists on such devices. For scientists, engineers, researchers,...
3 Key EAR Compliance Changes You Should Be Aware Of
02/13/2017
The Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the Department of State Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) continue to take Export Control Reform (ECR) steps. How do the EAR Compliance changes affect your company or university? Here are...
Export Control Considerations for University Compliance
01/11/2017
What is the first thing you think of when it comes to university faculty? Teaching. Research. While those two words are very simple, they result in multiple intersections with the U.S. Export Control Regulations. Requirements can stem from the Department...
Useful Export Compliance Links
09/30/2016
I've been thinking about all the regulatory resources out there related to export and import compliance. With so many specialty needs within the broad field of international trade compliance, it can be overwhelming to figure out which resources are truly...
The Dropped Case
10/08/2015
Avoid Export Violations By Determining If Your Technology Falls Under EAR's CCL or ITAR's USML The case of Professor Xiaoxing Xi is…well…no longer a case. Charges against the university professor have been dropped by the U.S. Department of Justice. It...
Ensure Comprehensive Oversight By University Export Control Leaders
09/14/2015
University Export Controls Enforcement And so it continues...the latest case of university export controls enforcement involves a professor from Ohio State University. This was announced just months after the preceding academic case involving a Physics Department Chair. The case has...