Export.gov is announcing that a webinar on "Doing Business In Algeria" will take place on August 24, 2010, at 11:30 am EDT. The webinar is designed to provide an overview of business opportunities and best practices in this market of 36 million inhabitants. Participants will hear from trade professionals at the U.S. Embassy in Algiers about best practices, hot industries, and upcoming events.

The Office of Inspector General has posted its audit of the Department of Homeland Security's handling of conference fees for the process control systems forum, which states that DHS violated the Miscellaneous Receipts Statute by improperly augmenting its appropriations with the conference fees collected in fiscal years 2005-2007 and not remitting those fees to the U.S. Treasury general fund as required, and recommends that it remit the $211,445 collected.

The National Archives and Records Administration, on behalf of The American Institute in Taiwan, has published the list of agreements with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the U.S. that maintain cultural, commercial and other unofficial relations between the U.S. and Taiwan.

The International Trade Administration's U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service is organizing an executive-led trade mission to the Port of Veracruz, Mexico, for December 6-9, 2010, which is intended to include representatives of a variety of U.S. industry and service providers, particularly those in the transportation, security, and infrastructure industries.

The Food Safety and Inspection Service has issued updated versions of its list of Argentina (August 16, 2010) and Mexico (August 16, 2010) firms eligible to export meat and poultry to the U.S.

The Foreign Agriculture Service issued the following GAIN reports:

FSIS has provided updated information for the export of U.S. meat and poultry to the following countries:

U.S. government agency is seeking comments on the following information collections for which they have requested or intend to request Office of Management and Budget approval or extension of approval (see notice for specific details):

Export.gov is announcing four webinars in October and November 2010, to assist U.S. companies export their products internationally. These webinars are being offered free of charge.

The Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis have released June 2010 statistics on international trade in goods and services, which state, among other things, that total June exports of $150.5 billion and imports of $200.3 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $49.9 billion. June exports were $2.0 billion less than May exports of $152.4 billion.