<P> Appointment as director is not subject to Senate confirmation . </P> <P> OFAC publishes a list of Specially Designated Nationals (SDNs), which lists people, organizations, and vessels with whom U.S. citizens and permanent residents are prohibited from doing business . This list differs from the list maintained pursuant to Section 314 (a) of the Patriot Act . </P> <P> When an entity or individual is placed on the SDN list it can petition OFAC to reconsider . But OFAC is not required to remove an individual or entity from the SDN list . Two federal court cases have found the current Treasury / OFAC process to be constitutionally deficient . </P> <P> In August 2009, a federal court ruling in KindHearts v. Treasury found that Treasury's seizure of KindHearts assets without notice or means of appeal is a violation of the Fourth and Fifth Amendments . </P>

U.s. department of the treasury’s office of foreign assets control (ofac)