is comfortable that these receiving parties are not restricted this allows the user 101 to freely do business with the receiving parties 105 without needing to re screen them each time they engage in a business transaction the present invention through the restricted party program 122 is able to monitor information changes about the receiving parties 105 and changes in the restricted party database 124 and automatically re screen the receiving parties 105 it is necessary to insure that the receiving parties 105 who are not restricted initially have not been added to a restricted parties list therefore the present invention performs an automatic re screening upon modifications to the receiving party 105 data or the restricted party database 124 additional applications within the restricted party program 122 allow the present invention to monitor changes to both the restricted party database 124 the receiving parties 105 and the users 101 to automatically invoke a re screening when required the user 101 may also wish to invoke the restricted party screening during a transaction since parties involved within a transaction may vary on a regular basis as new business partners are introduced on new transactions there is no way to prescreen the receiving parties 105 before the transactions have started in this case the restricted party program 122 and screening process are invoked after the transaction has been created the restricted party screening would run as part of the compliance screenings required on an export transaction in addition the preferred embodiment of the present invention would automatically perform a re screening if the transaction is modified the re screening is necessary to insure that the user 101 the receiving party 105 or other parties involved in the transaction do not circumvent the screening process the last method described utilizing the preferred.