Beyond the Patriot Act: Rulings from the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) and their Effects on Canadian Libraries

Beyond the Patriot Act: Rulings from the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) and their Effects on Canadian Libraries

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OFAC is the Office of Foreign Assets Control, part of the United States Department of the Treasury.OFAC governs sanctions against countries embargoed by the virginia mill works tobacco road acacia United States and has released rulings that have implications on the licenses signed by Canadian libraries and the ds durga hand soap provision of information to library users.This paper investigates the effects of the OFAC rulings and presents some suggestions for dealing with these in the Canadian library community.