Export Compliance

The Caltech Export Compliance Office is responsible for ensuring that the campus is compliant with all applicable US export laws and regulations including federal regulations that impact an export or import transaction such as those of the Department of State, Commerce, Treasury, Defense, Energy and U.S. Customs.  Adilia F. Koch has been appointed as Director of Export Compliance who also functions as Caltech's Empowered Official.  The Empowered Official is the person who has legal authority to sign export control license applications and other requests for export approval on behalf of Caltech, and is the person responsible for developing and implementing export compliance programs, campus procedures, awareness programs for faculty and training programs for staff.  

Recent News:

FedEx Settles Charges of Causing, Aiding and Abettign Unlicensed Exports

Iran tries University of Texas graduate student on charges of relations with a hostile country

BIS Settles Export Control Case Against Toll Global Forwarding (USA) Inc. of Rosedale, NY

NASA Banned From Working With China

Google reveals Gmail hacking, says likely from China 

Chinese Nationals Plead Guilty to Trying to Smuggle Military Microchips

Iranian National Pleads Guilty in Plot to Illegally Export Missile Components and Radio Test Sets to Iran

Former NASA Employee Charged with Illegally Exporting Military Technology to South Korea

Universities in the News:

Retired University of Tennessee Professor Convicted of Arms Export Violations