Export Control Automated Support System

ECASS was implemented by the Commerce Department in 1985 to automate a
paper-based system. The system currently provides:
- electronic submission of application forms directly with the use of
value-added network vendors;
- optical character recognition of applications submitted on paper;
- paperless workstations for all licensing officers to review the
application, route it to other officers, branches, or external
agencies, and to enter their final action along with most riders and
conditions;
- automated audit of all licenses issued; and
- real time management reporting on Licensing Officer workloads,
average processing times, counts and times by license type,
destination country, commodity code, and other data.