U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site new or modified Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) messages for Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Release 4 - Truck Manifest.
On December 16-17, 2004, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) held a Cargo Security Summit at the Georgetown University Conference Center. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site CBP Commissioner Robert Bonner's remarks at the summit, highlights of which are provided below.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at the port of Blaine, WA has issued a Port (Trade) Information Notice notifying the trade community of the shutdown of the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Release 4 Truck Manifest pilot.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site the December 2004 issue of its U.S. Customs and Border Protection Modernization newsletter which focuses on the transition of the port of Blaine, WA to the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site new or modified Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) messages for Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Release 4 - Truck Manifest.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site an updated version of technical questions and answers (Q&A) related to ACE Release 4 - Truck e-Manifest.
The Trade Support Network's (TSN's) Entry Process Committee has recently posted to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Web site three updated Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) user requirements recommendations (all three are dated November 1, 2004).
On November 19, 2004, the Senate passed the conference version of H.R. 1047, the Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2004. The House passed the conference version of H.R. 1047 on October 8, 2004. The conference version of H.R. 1047 has now been cleared for the White House.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site the Summer 2004 issue of its "ACE Modernization Monitor" newsletter. This issue contains articles on the increased activity and expanded access to ACE; the initial results of the ACE Periodic Payment (Release 3) User Acceptance Testing (UAT) pilot; the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS') integration into ACE/ITDS; etc. (Summer 2004 Modernization Monitor (Volume 4) available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/toolbox/about/modernization/mod_monitor_summer_2004.ctt/mod_monitor_summer_2004.pdf)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has made available on its Web site a November 1, 2004 version of the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Application. According to CBP, this application consists of four documents: ACE Account Portal Power of Attorney, Terms and Conditions for Account Access of ACE Portal, Additional Account/Account Owner Information, and ACE Secure Data Portal Request to Participate.