Trade Consultant Outlines Common DECCS Mistakes That Can Lead to Delays
Companies using the State Department’s Defense Export Control and Compliance System should take steps to avoid two common “oversights” that Wilmarth & Associates said often cause licensing and registration delays for defense exporters.
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Users of DECCS should make sure they give more than one of their employees access to the system so that the company doesn’t have to “scramble to gain access” if one employee is out of the office for an extended period, the trade consultant said in a Nov. 8 client alert. In these scenarios, the company usually has to reach out to the DECCS help desk and submit a request to regain access to the corporate account.
The firm also stressed that more than one employee should be authorized to carry out DECCS-related export licensing work in case the main empowered official leaves their job or temporarily loses the ability to submit licenses because of a new computer. Sometimes this leaves a company with “no one left with the ability to submit licenses for up to a week,” the firm said. “At the very least, there should be more than one individual with the ability to submit licenses.”