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OFAC Technical Actions (in reverse chronological order)

Year 2023

Date Technical Notice Description
05/10/2023 Important Technical Notice for Users of the OFAC website on SSL Certificates

Year 2022

Date Technical Notice Description
05/23/2022 Important Technical Notice for Users of the OFAC website on SSL Certificates

Year: 2021

Date Technical Notice Description
08/27/2021 Important Technical Notice for Users of the OFAC website

Year: 2020

Date Technical Notice Description
06/22/2020 Important Technical Notice for Users of the OFAC website

Year: 2019

Date Technical Notice Description
08/20/2019 ​Fix to error in SDN look-up value
05/01/2019 Important Technical Notice for Users of the OFAC Website and Sanctions List Data Files
04/16/2019 Important technical notice for users of OFAC's Sanctions List Data Files
03/20/2019 Important technical notice for users of OFAC's Sanctions List Data Files

Year: 2018

Date Technical Notice Description
10/24/2018 Important Technical Notice for Users of the OFAC Website
10/16/2018 Important Technical Notice for Users of OFAC's SDALL.ZIP
06/05/2018 Important Technical Notice for Users of the OFAC Website
04/30/2018 Upgrade of OFAC's FTP Server

Year: 2017

Date Technical Notice Description
11/03/2017 ​Important Technical Notice for Users of the OFAC Website
​02/27/2017 ​Date formatting change in the SDN.XML file
02/22/2017 ​Compressed Version of the SDN.XML File Now Available
01/10/2017 Important Technical Notice for Users of the OFAC website
01/05/2017 Correction to SDN Advanced XML Location Data

Year: 2015

Date Technical Notice Description
11/23/2015 Announcement Regarding the Use of HTTPS for the Download of OFAC’s SDN and Consolidated List Files
07/10/2015 Retirement of Independent Data Files for the FSE List, SSI List and the NS-PLC List and Migration to the Consolidated Sanctions List Data Files
07/06/2015 Final Reminder about the Retirement of Independent Data Files for the FSE List, SSI List and the NS-PLC List and Migration to the Consolidated Sanctions List Data Files
06/10/2015 ​Reminder about the Retirement of Independent Data Files for the FSE List, SSI List and the NS-PLC List and Migration to the Consolidated Sanctions List Data Files
04/06/2015 Release of Advanced Format for the Consolidated Non-SDN Data Files
02/25/2015 Extension of Timeframe for the Termination of Independent Data Files for the FSE, SSI and NS-PLC Lists
01/05/2015 Release of New, Advanced Format for the Specially Designated and Blocked Persons List