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CBP Seeking Executive Directors in Office of International Trade
December 18, 2014 |Customs

CBP is accepting applications for senior roles in the Office of International Trade, the agency said in a CSMS message (here). Specifically, the agency is looking for executive directors for the Automated Commercial Environment Business Office and Regulations and Rulings, it said. Those positions are now filled with acting officials after Brenda Smith, now assistant commissioner, Office of International Trade and Sandra Bell, now deputy assistant commissioner, were promoted (see 14100714). Debbie Augustin is the acting head of the ACE Business Office and Glen Vereb is the acting leader of Regulations and Rulings (see 14100714).

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
CBP Posts Schedule for Planned PGA Pilots
December 18, 2014 |Customs

CBP has plans to start at least six more Participating Government Agency pilot programs in 2015 to test interoperability with the Automated Commercial Environment, according to an agency schedule for the pilots (here). Previously announced pilots set to begin in 2015 are an Environmental Protection Agency test for Notices of Arrival for pesticides and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration declaration, it said. The other pilot programs set for 2015 are:

Topics:Lacey Act, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
Day After Christmas Given Federal Holiday Treatment, Says CBP
December 17, 2014 |Customs

President Barack Obama recently signed an Executive Order that designated Dec. 26 as a federal holiday this year (here). As a result, CBP will consider Dec. 26 as a holiday, as it does Dec. 25, the agency said in a CSMS message (here). "Any entries previously transmitted with a payment due date of 12/26/14 will appear on a statement on 12/29/14," the agency said. "That means two separate statements may be generated on 12/29/14. Filers who wish to change the payment print date from December 26 to December 29 for previously transmitted summaries may do so at their discretion."

Owen, Wagner to Lead CBP Office of Field Operations
December 17, 2014 |Customs

CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske named Todd Owen, previously director of field operations in Los Angeles, to assistant commissioner in the Office of Field Operations, said the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America in an email. John Wagner, previously the acting assistant commissioner in the OFO, was named deputy assistant commissioner in the OFO, said the NCBFAA. CBP didn't return a request for comment. The "NCBFAA is very excited with these appointments as both individuals bring vast experience in their prior positions for both enforcement and trade facilitation," it said.