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Global Regulatory Compliance

Helping members save money by educating them and advocating to keep procedures streamlined, effective, and transparent for both government and industry.

China Export Controls & Customs Conference

Get Involved: TechAmerica hosted an export controls and customs conference in China

Customs & Export Controls Committees

Customs Committee – (East Coast Chair:  Kristina Bryson, IBM; West Coast Chair:  Christine Denny, Qualcomm)

The mission of the Customs Committee is to educate and keep members current on Customs regulations and issues, as well as to work with the United States and foreign governments as necessary to make Customs procedures streamlined, effective, and transparent for both government and industry.   This committee currently has over 225 customs compliance, government relations and legal professionals.  Members are kept informed via email updates, quarterly meetings and subcommittee conference calls. For more information, contact Ken Montgomery, Senior Director, International Trade Regulation, at 202.682.4433 or ken.montgomery@techamerica.org.

Export Controls Committee – (East Coast Chair:  Janet Reuter, Rockwell Automation; West Coast Chair:  Mike Lutz, Google)

The mission of the Export Controls Committee is to educate and keep members current on U.S. export control regulations for dual-use goods and technology and munitions items, as well as to work with Congress and the Administration as necessary to make U.S. export controls streamlined, effective, and transparent for both government and industry.  The Committee is currently made up of over 300 compliance, government relations and legal professionals.  Members are kept informed via email updates, quarterly meetings and subcommittee conference calls. For more information, contact Ken Montgomery, Senior Director, International Trade Regulation, at or ken.montgomery@techamerica.org.

Stephen Bonner, TI

“The high membership participation level and dedicated staff at TechAmerica Europe continue to provide strong validation of the association’s consistent relevance and effectiveness.”

- Stephen Bonner, Director of EMEA Gov’t Relations, Texas Instruments

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity CxO Council (Chair: Art Coviello, Executive Vice President for EMC Corporation and President for RSA, The Security Division of EMC; Vice-chair:  David McCue, Vice President and Chief Information Officer for CSC Corporation)

In 2008, the Cybersecurity Industry Alliance (CSIA) merged with ITAA. In addition to integrating CSIA’s members into the ITAA Information Security Committee, ITAA also committed to creating a Cybersecurity CxO Council to retain and expand the senior executive participation previously in CSIA under the leadership of then-CSIA Chairman John Thompson, CEO of Symantec. The group is comprised of C-level executives who have an interest in making the Internet Secure and who have the highest level of cybersecurity concern in their company.  The group meets at least 3 times a year, including meetings with senior policy and business leaders in Washington, DC; San Francisco, CA; and Brussels, Belgium.  The Council is open to representation by companies of all sizes and across the technology industry, as well as from various geographical regions.

Information Security (InfoSec) Committee

The InfoSec Committee’s mission is to advocate on behalf of our member companies for public policy, public-private partnership, and global coordination and collaboration efforts that reflect the needs of industry and our customers.

International Environment

International Environment Committee

The International Environmental Committee consists of representatives from member companies that are interested in monitoring, tracking, and responding to international environmental restrictions that impact the electronics industry.  These include substance bans, such as the European Union’s (“EUs”) Restriction on the use of Hazardous Substances (“RoHS”) Directive and China RoHS requirements; product recycling and end-of-life management requirements, such as the EU’s Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (“WEEE”) Directive; and Energy Efficiency mandates and requirements, such as the Energy using Product (“EuP”) Directive and other region requirements.  US Federal and state developments are also tracked and monitored, and responded to when appropriate.

This Committee informs members on environmental and technical regulations affecting products sold in the European Union, China, and other foreign markets and implements advocacy efforts as appropriate to ensure consistency of environmental regulations across jurisdictions.  The Committee meets quarterly but receives regular updates and communications from staff and implements advocacy efforts as needed. For more information, contact Vicki Hadfield, Senior Vice President for Global Public Policy, at 202.595.3668, or Vicki.Hadfield@techamerica.org.

China RoHS Steering Committee

The TechAmerica China RoHS Steering Committee was established in 2003 directly following member company discussions concerning the 2002 initiation of the then Ministry of Information Industry (MII) “RoHS” rulemaking in China. The Committee can claim industry’s longest, sustained advocacy and regulatory information exchange effort focused on the China RoHS program.  Additionally, the Committee is perhaps one of the longest such focus groups aimed at any China environmental regulatory program.  The Committee is currently bringing this extensive history and experience to bear on industry issues and challenges associated with the 2010 proposed amendments to the China RoHS program, which would massively expand the program’s scope. Committee efforts are enhanced via the input and guidance of experts such as Dr. Hongjun Zhang and Tad Ferris from Holland & Knight LLP.  TechAmerica serves as the Secretariat for the Committee, drafting minutes and organizing Committee efforts and budgets, liaising with other industry associations and US government representatives on China RoHS issues, and archiving key Committee materials for member access, among other tasks, as needed. Please note: There is an additional fee to participate in this Committee.  For more information, contact Tiffany Barrett, Director of Programs and Business Development, at 703.284.5358 or tiffany.barrett@techamerica.org.

Categories: Government Affairs


Posted by: Jason Langsner on January 12th, 2011.

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