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The Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) is the CBP's electronic system through which the international trade community reports imports and exports and the government determines admissibility.

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Senate Confirms Duke to Serve as Deputy DHS Secretary
April 4, 2017 |Congress

The Senate on April 4 voted to confirm Elaine Duke to serve as deputy homeland security secretary. The Senate Homeland Security Committee on March 15 voted to clear the nomination of Duke for floor consideration (see 1703150046). Committee Chairman Ron Johnson, R-Wis., in an April 3 statement (here) urged his Senate colleagues to support Duke's nomination, after she served in Department of Homeland Security leadership during the Bush and Obama administrations. The DHS deputy secretary has been heavily involved in managing the International Trade Data System through ACE in the past, chairing the Border Interagency Executive Committee (BIEC).

FDA 'Mindful' of Challenges as FSVP Requirements Begin May 30
April 4, 2017 by Brian Feito|Top News

NEW ORLEANS -- The Food and Drug Administration is aware of concerns surrounding Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) requirements that begin taking effect for food imports on May 30, said Doug Stearn, director of FDA’s Office of Enforcement and Import Operations, during an April 4 panel discussion at the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America annual conference. As FSVP requirements are rolled out, the agency will be “mindful” of the new challenges faced by the trade community, and is “going to try to work with folks to make sure it is dealt with in a responsible way,” he said.

FDA Makes Minor Changes to Prior Notice Regulations
March 29, 2017 |FDA

The Food and Drug Administration is making "technical amendments" to its regulations on prior notice for imported food, it said (here). Changes include replacing references to the legacy Automated Commercial System with references to ACE, correcting inaccurate number designations of headings in the regulations, and changing an office’s name. The final rule also removes an outdated provision that prior notices for certain refused imports be submitted via FDA’s system rather than ACE. The final rule takes effect March 30.