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# Advancing national security through technology leadership and vigilant export controls
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* ### Important Information for SNAP-R Users
  Please verify that the email address in your user profile in SNAP-R is unique to you, correct, and valid. Changes are coming soon. To improve usability and security, the current Login ID will be replaced with your unique email address in SNAP-R to enable the required two-factor authentication procedures. As such, each user will need to update their profile with a unique email address by January 31, 2025.
* ### Assessment on the Use of Mature-Node Chips
  **WASHINGTON, D.C.** – Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is releasing a report on the use of mature-node semiconductor chips, or legacy chips, in supply chains that directly or indirectly support U.S. critical infrastructure. The report includes key findings related to U.S. companies’ use of legacy chips manufactured by entities based in the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
* ### Commerce Updates Validated End User (VEU) Program for Eligible Data Centers to Bolster U.S. National Security, Promote Export Control Compliance
  On September 30, 2024, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced the expansion of the Validated End User (VEU) program to include data centers.  This update will contribute to the development of a trusted ecosystem for the responsible use of advanced computing and artificial intelligence (AI).
* ### Commerce Department Prohibits Russian Kaspersky Software for U.S. Customers
  On June 20, 2024, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced a Final Determination prohibiting Kaspersky Lab, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of a Russia-based anti-virus software and cybersecurity company, from directly or indirectly providing anti-virus software and cybersecurity products or services in the United States or to U.S. persons.
* ### Six Years of Enhancing Scrutiny & Expanding Controls: BIS Licensing Policy Toward the People’s Republic of China (2018-2023)
  BIS is providing data on license applications processed from January 2018 through December 2023 for entities on the Entity List that are located in the PRC. In light of Congressional and public interest in this topic, BIS is providing additional information and context for this data in accordance with the confidentiality requirements of Section 1761(h) of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018.
* ### Commerce Strengthens Restrictions on Advanced Computing Semiconductors, Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment, and Supercomputing Items to Countries of Concern
  Updates to Modify and Reinforce Restrictions Initially Released on October 7, 2022, to Address National Security Concerns Posed by PRC Military Modernization
* ### Russia and Belarus export controls
  Find resources on export controls implemented in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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