Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) List News Update

The Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) List is now fully integrated in the EPLS database, with Search and Report capabilities. Users will no longer need to check separate lists within the EPLS website to determine all excluded parties. While this list has been fully integrated into the EPLS database, it is also available at the OFAC web site.

Instructions on how to obtain OFAC data:

The OFAC List previously identified as the "Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) and Blocked Persons List" is now searchable through the EPLS Search Menu. A separate search option is no longer needed to obtain exclusions for the "SDN and Blocked Persons List." To obtain a complete listing of OFAC exclusions only, users can select the Agency option, then select TREAS-Department of Treasury from the agency selection box and click the Show Components button. A list of Department of Treasury components will be identified. Select component TREAS-OFAC-Office of Foreign Assets Control from the list and click on the Run button to execute the search. To view the list of records retrieved, click on the Show button to display the results or the Download button to download the data in your system.

**Additional List for Contract Officer Consideration**

The Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) maintains two lists -- the "Denied Persons List" and the "Entity List" for Contract Officer consideration. For those transactions that may involve exports from the United States or reexports of U.S.-origin items, parties (including U.S. Government officials) are encouraged to review the Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. 730 et. seq.) maintained by BIS ( www.bis.doc.gov). For any questions regarding such matters, please contact BIS's Office of Exporter Services at (202) 482-4811.