CBP Posts Information On the June 2004 TSN Meeting
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site various materials related to the June 28- July 1, 2004 meeting of the Trade Support Network (TSN).
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(CBP has been meeting with the TSN since May 14, 2001 regarding the development of the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) and has stated that the TSN has over 150 members of the trade community, including trade associations, importers, brokers, carriers, sureties, and others.)
Documents related to the June 2004 TSN meeting with the following titles are available on CBP's Web site (most of these documents are PowerPoint presentations):
ACE Status Update - this presentation provides an update on the status of ACE and includes details on account expansion activities, Periodic Payment (Release 3), e-Manifest: Trucks (Release 4), selectivity and targeting, future functionality/schedule, Post Release and Manifest (Release 5), Pre-Release Processes (Release 6), Complete Shipment Management (Release 7), and the International Trade Data System (ITDS).
ACE Development and Trade Engagement - this presentation provides information on the ACE rollout strategy, the next steps for ACE development, trade engagement in ACE development, trade representation, benefits of participation, TSN Committee efforts, and key takeaways for future release success.
ACE Periodic Payment (Release 3) Tips and Reports - these documents include a list of Periodic Payment (Release 3) trade reports (including report number, name, and description); a Periodic Payment (Release 3) user manual; and a presentation covering issues such as ACE Periodic Payment (Release 3) At-a-Glance, deployment update, CBP policy issues, etc.
e-Manifest: Trucks (Release 4) Status Update - this presentation provides an overview of e-Manifest: Trucks (Release 4), details on development and testing, information on e-release (Pre-Arrival Processing System (PAPS), Border Cargo Selectivity (BCS), Border Release Advanced Selectivity System (BRASS), Free and Secure Trade/Preferred Manifest (FAST), Informal Release (Section 321), and In-Bond Processing).
e-manifest: Trucks (Release 4) Communication Methods - this presentation provides details on communication architecture and trade interfaces, American National Standards Institute (ANSI X.12) Transaction Sets, World Customs Organization (WCO) activities, United Nations Electronic Data Interchange for Administration Commerce and Trade (UN/EDIFACT) Message Sets, and ACE Secure Data Portal.
ACE Security Update - this presentation provides information on threats to information systems, examples of threat activities, security preventative measures, security defense in depth, user responsibilities, etc.
EDI Communications - this presentation discusses the Virtual Private Network (VPN) solution, VPN requirements and costs, VPN advantages, VPN timeframe, etc.
Participating Government Agency (PGA)-ACE Integration - this presentation provides information on agency ACE/ITDS integration status, agency-trade process changes, agency-trade policy/regulatory changes, agency Global Business Blueprint (GBB) business process, etc.
GBB Business Process Scenario - this presentation discusses GBB, which will produce a business and technical framework to support ACE cargo-related activities.
TSN June 2004 meeting documents available at
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/about/modernization/trade_support_network/jun_2004_tsn/.