Photo-Sonics, Inc. - Export Compliance Home Page
This intranet site contains the required training modules for Photo-Sonics, Inc. (“PSI”) personnel. You can learn at your own pace. Questions can be addressed to the PSI export compliance officer, Ms. Martha Estrada, at (818) 531-3206 or by email.
New employees are expected to master the ITAR/EAR Test material, within 2 weeks of hire date, sufficiently well to successfully pass the online Intro ITAR Test on this site. “ITAR” is the State Department’s International Traffic in Arms Regulations. This test also includes questions on rules from the Commerce Department’s Export Administration Regulations ("EAR"). These two agencies and their respective regulations govern all exports made by PSI.
Export Control Reform (“ECR”) - A Whole New Set of Export Rules for PSI
Refresher training is available by studying these online materials, which are continually updated. Refresher classes are also offered occasionally. And this refresher training, at least annually, is needed for all PSI employees connected in any way with exports. This is true now more than ever, because of the recent massive metamorphosis of USG export control regulations, known as the ECR, or “Export Control Reform”. The goal of this reform is to transfer a substantial fraction of the controlled goods — especially parts & components — from the State/ITAR/USML control regime to the Commerce/EAR/CCL controls. Unfortunately, this means we all have to get used to this new set of export-control rules -- new not just to us, but to all exporters, and all regulators, since the EAR was rewritten right alongside the ITAR rewrite. Moreover, these Department of Commerce EAR export rules are a good deal more complex than what we have been used to under State’s ITAR.
Note: All new employees must take and pass the test shown on the Intro ITAR/EAR Test page.
Thereafter, each employee must pass an annual update exam, located in this section. Please coordinate with the PSI compliance officer, Ms. Martha Estrada, to gain access to the study guide and test for the annual update ITAR/EAR qualification.
And, finally, you can always contact Martha, with any questions on export control, licensing, shipping, etc.
This intranet site contains the required training modules for Photo-Sonics, Inc. (“PSI”) personnel. You can learn at your own pace. Questions can be addressed to the PSI export compliance officer, Ms. Martha Estrada, at (818) 531-3206 or by email.
New employees are expected to master the ITAR/EAR Test material, within 2 weeks of hire date, sufficiently well to successfully pass the online Intro ITAR Test on this site. “ITAR” is the State Department’s International Traffic in Arms Regulations. This test also includes questions on rules from the Commerce Department’s Export Administration Regulations ("EAR"). These two agencies and their respective regulations govern all exports made by PSI.
Export Control Reform (“ECR”) - A Whole New Set of Export Rules for PSI
Refresher training is available by studying these online materials, which are continually updated. Refresher classes are also offered occasionally. And this refresher training, at least annually, is needed for all PSI employees connected in any way with exports. This is true now more than ever, because of the recent massive metamorphosis of USG export control regulations, known as the ECR, or “Export Control Reform”. The goal of this reform is to transfer a substantial fraction of the controlled goods — especially parts & components — from the State/ITAR/USML control regime to the Commerce/EAR/CCL controls. Unfortunately, this means we all have to get used to this new set of export-control rules -- new not just to us, but to all exporters, and all regulators, since the EAR was rewritten right alongside the ITAR rewrite. Moreover, these Department of Commerce EAR export rules are a good deal more complex than what we have been used to under State’s ITAR.
Note: All new employees must take and pass the test shown on the Intro ITAR/EAR Test page.
Thereafter, each employee must pass an annual update exam, located in this section. Please coordinate with the PSI compliance officer, Ms. Martha Estrada, to gain access to the study guide and test for the annual update ITAR/EAR qualification.
And, finally, you can always contact Martha, with any questions on export control, licensing, shipping, etc.
This is the master policy document for PSI, containing the A-to-Z for policy & procedures for export compliance and licensing, required record-keeping, and so on. Updated 4-15-2024.
This manual is the key export-compliance document in our arsenal, so access to it is placed here on our home page. In addition, employees are advised to review the material on the New Employee Study Guide page and the Update Study Guide page on this training website.