Los Angeles - December 9th Defense Trade Essentials - Top-Notch Education & Training for Trade Compliance Professionals

Please join the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service and a group of savvy speakers in Los Angeles on Tuesday, December 9^th, for a day long engaging and interactive session addressing the latest on defense trade controls. 

This hands-on, practical application, case study focused program will much better prepare, educate and train you and your organization to deal with and be ready for a wide-range of real world situations, consequences and other adverse actions in the currently invigorated enforcement environment and all in the context of evolving Export Control Reform (ECR).  

Agenda Summary:

•        Overview/update including ECR issues, the related evolving compliance and enforcement environment with obligations under the Export Administration Regulations and International Traffic in Arms Regulation

•        Case study insight and lessons learned to minimize risk, exposure, liability for your organization and you

•        Current enforcement and compliance considerations – impact and implications as a result of ECR and the migration from the State Department to Commerce Department

•        Hands-on jurisdiction examples and the critical importance of getting it right in the context of ECR

•        Practical tips to avoid Returned without Action cases and Hot Topics including ECR, brokering, restricted parties screening, third-country/dual-national, mergers and acquisition due diligence and more…

•        Industry panel and best practices – How to successfully navigate defense related articles and services on the US Munitions List and 600 Series items on the Commerce Control List

•        Free one-hour sessions with the presenters to discuss your issues of interest are available on a first come basis

The program includes breakfast, lunch and ends with a networking reception.

For a complete flyer, more information, discounts and a detailed agenda go to: https://www.scribd.com/doc/242449543/Los-Angeles-Defense-Trade-Essentials

Or register now at:  https://www.regonline.com/defensetradeessentials

If you have questions, please contact:  

Delia Valdivia, 310-235-7203, delia.valdivia@trade.gov or

Julie Anne Hennessy, 310-235-7206, julieanne.hennessy@trade.gov

Bogus Certification Proliferation - It Just Doesn't Stop…

There are a growing number of trade compliance and related bogus certifications in the marketplace.  As a professional in the field, if you haven’t read The Export Practitioner article “Certificate vs. Certification: Buyer Beware!” you should.  It’s available through The Export Practitioner website at http://www.exportprac.com.

For your sake and that of our community, we all deserve to know the truth to make the best possible and most informed decisions.  You owe it to yourself and your organization.

When this article was first published in August 2010, there was only one provider selling bogus certifications.  That number has increased and likely will increase as will the number of bogus certifications.

Unfortunately, none of these bogus certifications are based on any universally accepted standards.  None of them are recognized, endorsed or recommended by any credible, external, truly independent, knowledgeable, unbiased, third-party validation authority with no conflicts of interest.

Some providers are interested in outreach, education, training and raising professional standards.  Some are focused on getting your money into their pockets.  Some have no qualms about saying anything, doing anything and taking whatever steps are necessary to generate revenue and create revenue streams.  Some go out of their way to create front organizations to make it appear they are valid. 

All of these bogus certifications do not meet standards as true certification programs.  Some are nothing more than a very expensive certificate program.  However, in a very competitive and demanding marketplace in tough economic times, that leads to some of them knowingly and willfully making false, misleading and unsubstantiated claims.

You owe it to yourself and your organization to do your homework and separate fact from fiction.  The Export Practitioner article explains the differences between certificate and certification programs.  It is a fitting place to start.  It arms you with facts, due diligence tools and important things to consider before you outsource.

If you can’t access or have problems getting to the article, please contact John Priecko, President and Managing Partner, Trade Compliance Solutions, at 703-895-1110, jpriecko@comcast.net, or Sam Gilston, Editor & Publisher, The Export Practitioner and Washington Tariff & Trade Letter, 301-570-4544, sgilston@comcast.net.

Minimizing Risk, Exposure and Liability for Trade Compliance Professionals - 2014 ICPA Conference Workshop

If you are attending the March International Compliance Professionals Association Conference in Orlando, FL, and are in any way involved with the global integrated supply chain, do NOT miss this Thursday morning, March 27th, 8:30-11:30 AM, Workshop, “Minimizing, Risk, Exposure and Liability for Trade Compliance Professionals.” 

This engaging, interactive, hands-on, practical application, case study based session deals with what has, can and does happen.  An important subtitle is "What the Regulations Don't Tell You."

PRESENTERS/FACILITATORS:  Jim Bartlett, Partner, Full Circle Compliance; John Priecko, President and Managing Partner, Trade Compliance Solutions with the much appreciated contributions of Matt McGrath, Principal, The McGrath Law Group, LLC

SUMMARY: This unique session lays essential, frank and important groundwork, covers critical legal considerations, qualities, requirements, responsibilities, challenges and some of the most serious real word situations trade compliance professionals face. To be better prepared, better educated and better trained this workshop will help you better understand and confront demanding/difficult circumstances others have experienced.  

For a more detailed one-page flyer on the program, go to http://www.scribd.com/doc/201236462/ICPA-March-27-Workshop-Summary.

FOOD for THOUGHT: What do the Tim Gormley, LeAnne Lesmeister and other cases have to do with you and what could, should or would you do in similar circumstances?