CBP Updates Its ACE Web-Based Training to Include a Course on ESAR A1
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has updated its Web-based training (WBT) for the Automated Commercial Environment to include a course, entitled "Enhanced ACE Accounts and Master Data (A1)," on the new functionality that will be provided in the ACE Entry Summary, Accounts, and Revenue (ESAR) A1 release.
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(ESAR A1 is scheduled to be deployed on August 25, 2007; trade testing of the ABI application identifiers KI (bond query) and TI (CBP Form 5106 add/update) that are to be routed to the ACE System for processing when A1 is deployed was available beginning July 25, 2007.)
Listed below are modules for the new course followed by each module's running time:
Getting Started with ACE (51 min)
Personalizing Your Portal Home Page (20 min)
Accessing Your Account (1 hr 30 min)
Updating Accounts (1 hr 15 min)
Managing Broker Licenses and Permits (26 min)
Using the Business Activity Log (BAL) (15 min)
Maintain Action Plan (15 min)
Viewing Bond Data (45 min)
References (1 hr 30 min)
Merge accounts (8 min)
Manage user access (28 min)
Reports (2 hr)
Courses Previously Posted Still Available on CBP's Web Site
In addition, the following WBT courses that were previously posted to CBP's Web site are still available:
Periodic Payments (Release 3) (available in both English and Spanish)
e-Manifest: Trucks (Release 4) (available in both English and Spanish)
ACE Reports for the Trade Community
CBP notes that Adobe Flash Player 7 or higher is required to view the training courses and the courses are optimized for the same screen resolution as the ACE portal (1024 x 768 or larger).
(See ITT's Online Archives or 07/26/07 news, 07072605, for BP summary announcing that the trade testing of the two ABI identifiers was available.
See ITT's Online Archives or 07/10/07 news, 07071005, for BP summary announcing that ESAR A1 had been delayed until August 25, that testing would begin on July 25, and providing an overview of ESAR A1's functionality.)
ACE WBT available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/about/modernization/