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In order to minimize the impact of the changes on the public,
OFAC will temporarily release its old data formats in parallel
with the new formats.
In response to feedback from the public, the legacy
formats will now be available for a period of 6 designations
instead of 4 designations. In the event that OFAC releases
all 6 designations in a short period of time, the parallel
schedule will not end before January 15, 2005.
The legacy files will be available on OFAC's website and
FTP servers. During this period of parallel running, the new
and old SDN data will be stored in separate directories on
the OFAC website and FTP servers. The legacy data will be
stored in the same location as in the past until these formats
are retired. This is being done to allow users with automated
"pull" processes to continue to download and import
legacy data without forcing them to immediately modify their
processes.
The following legacy files will be replaced on OFAC servers
after January 15, 2005.:
On the OFAC website:
Path - //www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/sdn
t11sdall.exe
t11sdall.zip
sdallw32.exe
On the OFAC FTP site and GPO FTP site:
Path - /fac_sdn
sdall.zip
sdall.exe
sdallw32.exe
Path - /fac_delim (OFAC FTP) /fac_dlim (GPO FTP)
sdn.del
sdn.ff
add.del
add.ff
alt.del
alt.ff
OFAC has placed the new data formats in the following locations
on its FTP servers:
OFAC FTP - all new files are temporarily stored in fac_new
GPO FTP - due to the fact that OFAC does not administer this
server, new folders could not be created in this environment.
As a result, the new data was posted to the fac_sdn folder
using the following naming convention:
new_sdall.exe
new_sdall.zip
sdn_sdallw32.exe
Where possible OFAC has attempted to replicate the old data
formats. However, OFAC had to expand the following fields
in the newly produced formats to accommodate the larger field-widths
in its new database. These changes were made to prevent the
truncation of longer records. The following fields have been
expanded:
SDN file
|
|
|
Field
|
Old Length |
New Length |
Name
|
200
|
350 |
Title
|
180
|
200 |
Program
|
20
|
50 |
|
|
|
ADD file |
|
|
Field
|
Old Length |
New Length |
address
|
125
|
750 |
City
|
30 |
50 |
Country
|
40 |
250 |
|
|
|
ALT file |
|
|
Field |
Old Length |
New Length |
Name |
200 |
350 |
Users experiencing difficulty with these new formats should
e-mail OFAC at O_F_A_C@do.treas.gov. Please provide a detailed
description of the problem you are encountering as well as
the platform and operating system you are using.
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