11 February 2008. The Office of Diversion Control of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) offers a listing of DEA investigations of physicians that resulted in an arrest (Note: The Web site says that it provides information about cases that resulted in an arrest and prosecution, but we found cases where the disposition was pending.), as well as a listing of administrative actions. The listings appear in alphabetical order. While you can browse them, you cannot search them.
With respect to the criminal cases, information provided includes the name of the physician, his/her city and state, date of the arrest, date of the prosecution (if available), judicial status, description of the conviction, status of DEA license, and additional remarks. With respect to administrative actions, the listing consists of notices that officially appear in the Federal Register. 13 May 2003. Revised 17 April 2008. This commercial research service provides searching and monitoring services for cases in federal district, bankruptcy and appellate courts as well as some state courts. Subscribers may order case documents online. The service also offers an interface to the PACER U.S. Case Party Index, which enables searching by name, social security number (SSN) or employer identification number (EIN), assuming these appear in the case caption. Access requires a paid subscription. The site also offers limited guest access upon registration. 16 June 2004. Revised 16 August 2007. The U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) maintains this list of individuals and entities that have been denied export privileges.
While helpful, the list is not the official record of denied privileges. Note: "Export Privileges are denied by written order of the Department of Commerce. Each order affecting export privileges is published in the Federal Register. These orders are the official source of information about denied persons and are controlling if there is an inconsistency with anything on this list or elsewhere on this Web site."
The Excluded Parties List System provides integrated search access to several debarment lists. 16 June 2004. Revised 16 August 2007. The U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) maintains this list of foreign individuals and companies, "whose presence in a transaction can trigger a license requirement under the Export Administration Regulations. The list specifies the license requirements that apply to each listed party."
To see the list, follow the link for the EAR Web site, and then enter the EAR Database. The list is available as ASCII text, or in PDF or WordPerfect formats.
The Excluded Parties List System provides integrated search access to several debarment lists. 27 November 2001. Revised 8 April 2005. The Federal Bureau of Prisons offers a database of information about federal inmates currently incarcerated or released since 1982. Select Inmate Locator from the main navigational menu. Search by name (first and last required) or one of four different identification numbers, to find name, registration number, age, race, sex, released or projected release date, and location. Note that the name search is an exact match (e.g., "jon" will not find "jonathan"). You may click through on the location to obtain the prison's visiting regulations. 28 August 2000. Revised 25 June 2004. This subscription-based site provides a portal to case information and court docket systems for federal, state and local courts in the United States. It covers civil and criminal courts. Find online access to court docket sheets, basic case information, court calendars, opinions, orders, decisions, inmate information and document images. It also offers a Weblog on electronic filing and public records retrieval. 6 September 2000. Revised 18 April 2008. Exclusively available via LexisNexis (fee-based), CourtLink eAccess provides electronic access to court records in over 4,000 federal, state and local courts. CourtLink eFile - now available in 90 courts - provides online filing services. 21 June 2004. The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls of the U.S. Department of State provides two lists--one statutory and one administrative--of companies and individuals convicted of violations involving the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) or the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Both lists are alphabetical and include a Federal Register citation, although not a link to the relevant issue. 16 August 2007. The U.S. State Department maintains a list of companies and individuals "barred by §127.7 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 CFR §127.7) from participating directly or indirectly in the export of defense articles, including technical data or in the furnishing of defense services for which a license or approval is required by the ITAR." The list covers debarments from July 1988 to present. 16 August 2007. The U.S. Department of State maintains this collection of lists of sanctions imposed under various legal authorities against foreign individuals, private entities, and governments that engage in proliferation activities. Each list provides the name of the sanctioned entity, the authority for the sanction, the date imposed, the date lifted (if relevant) and a link or citation to the official notice in the Federal Register. Currently, these lists comprise sanctions under Executive Order 13382, Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act, Executive Order 12938, as amended, Iran-Iraq Arms Nonproliferation Act of 1992, Missile Sanctions Laws, Chemical and Biological Weapons Sanctions Laws, Sanctions for the Transfer of Lethal Military Equipment, and the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000. 16 June 2004. Revised 16 August 2007. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Treasury publishes this list of individuals and companies controlled by targeted countries. The list includes "individuals, groups, and entities, such as terrorists and narcotics traffickers designated under programs that are not country-specific. Collectively, such individuals and companies are called 'Specially Designated Nationals' or 'SDNs.' Their assets are blocked and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from dealing with them." (What is SDN?EPLS)
The Excluded Parties List System provides integrated search access to several debarment lists. 5 June 2000. Revised 8 April 2005. PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records) provides access to an index of court filings in federal district, bankruptcy and appellate courts. Conduct one search in available courts nationwide, or search individual courts. Review the site's Courts Not on Index to determine whether the court you want is available via the index. This is an easy inexpensive way to find federal civil or criminal litigation involving companies or individuals. Access requires a subscription. 4 October 2007. The U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security maintains this list of foreign persons, who in the past were parties to a transaction to which the agency could not conduct a pre-license check or a post-shipment verification for reasons outside of the U.S. Government's control. Any transaction to which a listed person is a party is deemed to raise a "red flag" (guidance set forth in Supplement No. 3 to 15 C.F.R. Part 732). The "red flag" applies to the person on the Unverified List regardless of where the person is located in the country included on the list.
While the list is small, there is no apparent order. Browse it carefully. There is an e-mail notification service for information about persons added to the list. |
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