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Export Control Reform Initiative (ECRI) • President Obama initiated a comprehensive review of the US export control system in 2009 • The review concluded that the current system does not sufficiently reduce national security risks and is overly complicated and contains too many redundancies; to include: • Multiple licensing agencies • Outdated Cold War era • Numerous enforcement control lists agencies with overlapping • Separate information and duplicative authorities technology systems SIA PROPRIETARY NOTE: All speaker comments are off-the-record and not for public release
Export Enforcement Coordination Center – E2C2 “Strengthening Export Enforcement and U.S. National Security through Inter - Agency Partnerships” Executive Order 13558 - Signed November, 2010 - Creates Export Enforcement Coordination Center – E2C2 - Establishes formal forum for enforcement and intelligence agencies to coordinate export enforcement actions - Provides conduit between enforcement and licensing agencies - Preserves existing authorities and inter-agency relationships UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO SIA PROPRIETARY NOTE: All speaker comments are off-the-record and not for public release
Mission “Export Controls are critical to achieving our national security and foreign policy goals. To enhance our enforcement efforts and minimize enforcement conflicts, executive departments and agencies must coordinate their efforts to detect, prevent, disrupt, investigate and prosecute violations of U.S. export control laws, and must share intelligence and law enforcement information related to these efforts to the maximum extent possible, consistent with national security and applicable law.” – Executive Order 13558 – Export Enforcement Coordination Center (E2C2), November 9, 2010 UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO SIA PROPRIETARY NOTE: All speaker comments are off-the-record and not for public release
Mandates Primary forum for enforcement agencies to de- conflict and coordinate export enforcement actions Primary conduit between Federal law enforcement agencies and the U.S. Intelligence Community for the exchange of information related to potential U.S. export control violations Primary facilitator between enforcement authorities and agencies engaged in export licensing Coordinate law enforcement public outreach activities related to U.S. export controls Report government-wide statistics on export enforcement SIA PROPRIETARY NOTE: All speaker comments are off-the-record and not for public release
Interagency Partners To serve as the consistent forum within the Federal Government for executive departments and agencies to coordinate and enhance their export control enforcement efforts UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO SIA PROPRIETARY NOTE: All speaker comments are off-the-record and not for public release
Organization UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO SIA PROPRIETARY NOTE: All speaker comments are off-the-record and not for public release
De-confliction & Coordination SIA PROPRIETARY NOTE: All speaker comments are off-the-record and not for public release
UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO Case Success Discussion of Joint Investigations Procurement Networks from: • Iran • Russia SIA PROPRIETARY NOTE: All speaker comments are off-the-record and not for public release
E2C2 Principals Patrick McElwain Patrick McElwain Todd Willis Todd Willis E2C2 Director E2C2 Director Dept. of Commerce Liaison Dept. of Commerce Liaison Patrick.McElwain@ice.dhs.gov Patrick.McElwain@ice.dhs.gov E2C2 Deputy Director for Programs E2C2 Deputy Director for Programs (703) 287-6870 (703) 287-6870 Todd.Willis@ice.dhs.gov Todd.Willis@ice.dhs.gov Todd.Willis@doc.bis.gov Todd.Willis@doc.bis.gov (703) 287-6808 (703) 287-6808 Greg Concepcion Greg Concepcion FBI Liaison FBI Liaison E2C2 Deputy Director for Operations E2C2 Deputy Director for Operations Greg.Concepcion@ice.dhs.gov Greg.Concepcion@ice.dhs.gov Greg.Concepcion@ic.fbi.gov Greg.Concepcion@ic.fbi.gov (703) 287-6809 (703) 287-6809 E2C2-outreach@ice.dhs.gov SIA PROPRIETARY NOTE: All speaker comments are off-the-record and not for public release
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E2C2 Presentation and Law Enforcement Panel • E2C2 Overview/Case Discussion • Panel Member Agency Introductions/Interagency Collaboration “Made in America: Defending Our Technology” SIA PROPRIETARY NOTE: All speaker comments are off-the-record and not for public release
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Richard Weir – Richard “Rick” Weir is the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of The Department of Commerce’s, Bureau of Industry and Security, Office of Export Enforcement, Los Angeles Office. In that role, he is responsible for the protection and promotion of U.S. national security and foreign policy objectives in his assigned area of responsibility. He supervises a highly specialized law enforcement office that is focused on deterring the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, missile delivery systems, and the diversion of dual-use goods to unauthorized military end-uses, terrorists and state sponsors of terror. The Los Angeles Office is responsible for investigating violations in Southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, Southern Nevada, and Hawaii. SAC Weir joined the Office of Export Enforcement in 2001 and has served previously as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge and as a Field Agent in Los Angeles. Prior to coming to OEE he was a U.S. Customs Inspector in the Port of Long Beach/Los Angeles where he spent all four years on the Outbound Enforcement Team. Rick’s 28 years of federal service include 10 years in the U.S. Navy serving in Operations and Law Enforcement. Rick also served as a member of the California Army National Guard where he served in a Military Intelligence Battalion . Greg Concepcion was selected as the FBI Senior Detailee to the Export Enforcement Coordination Center (E2C2) in April 2016 and serves as the E2C2 Deputy Director of Operations. On November 9, 2010, as part of the President’s Export Control Reform Initiative, President Obama signed Executive Order 13558 establishing E2C2 within DHS. The E2C2 serves as the primary focus for 22 law enforcement agencies to coordinate and enhance export investigations and serves as a conduit to the Intelligence Community and regulatory licensing agencies. Mr. Concepcion’s previous assignment was as a Supervisory Special Agent within the New York Field Office’s Counterintelligence Division. Mr. Concepcion entered on duty with the FBI in 1997 at the FBI Los Angeles Field Office. Following graduation from the FBI Academy in 2001, he reported to the San Francisco Field Office and was assigned to Criminal and Counterintelligence squads. He subsequently served as a Supervisory Special Agent in the Counterintelligence Division’s Espionage Section at FBI Headquarters in Washington, DC where he oversaw managed a multitude of sensitive espionage investigations throughout the U.S. He is also a certified Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) operator. Mr. Concepcion holds a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the California State University of Long Beach. Joseph Skidmore is a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent who is currently serving as a Program Manager assigned to the EXODUS Command Center and the Export Enforcement Coordination Center (E2C2). The Exodus Command Center is the single point of contact for HSI Special Agents and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers to obtain operational case support from national export licensing authorities and case suppose for the de confliction of investigative targets. The E2C2 is a focal point for law enforcement agencies to coordinate and enhance export investigations, serve as a conduit to the Intelligence Community and licensing agencies, coordinate national outreach efforts, and establish integrated government-wide statistical tracking and targeting capabilities to support export enforcement. He also serves as the HSI liaison to the Department of State. For the past 14 years, Agent Skidmore has been investigating persons whom attempt to acquire and illegally export some of the United States’ most critical military technology. Many of these cases involve coordination with other HSI offices, federal agencies, foreign law enforcement and contributions from industry partners. Agent Skidmore monitors and coordinates investigative efforts of the field and around the globe in an effort to prevent illicit procurement networks, terrorist groups and hostile nations from illegally obtaining United States military products, sensitive dual-use technology, weapons of mass destruction, or chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear materials. Agent Skidmore began his law enforcement career in 1999 with the U.S. Border Patrol assigned to the Nogales, AZ office. In 2003, Agent Skidmore was hired by the U.S. Customs Service and stationed in Fort Lauderdale, FL. He is currently assigned to the National Security Investigations Division, Counter Proliferation Investigations at HSI SIA PROPRIETARY Headquarters. NOTE: All speaker comments are off-the-record and not for public release
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