CBP CSMS Messages and Web Postings
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a Truck Manifest CSMS message stating that the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Certification Environment will be unavailable for trade testing on April 15, 2008 from 7:00 a.m. EDT until 11:00 p.m. EDT. (CSMS 08-000044, dated 03/28/08, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17050&page=&srch_argv=&srchtype=&btype=&sortby=&sby)
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1. ACE Certification Environment to be Unavailablefrom 7 am-11 pm April 15
2. CBP Issues "ACE Trade Account Owner" March 2008 Update
CBP has issued the March 2008 ACE Trade Account Owner (TAO) monthly update as an attachment to an ACE Portal Accounts CSMS message. CBP states that beginning in April 2008, the TAO monthly email updates will no longer be sent to all ACE TAOs; those who want to continue to receive the monthly updates must subscribe to the "ACE Portal Accounts" group within CSMS. See future issue of ITT for summary of this update. (CSMS 08-000042, dated 03/27/08, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17048&page=&srch_argv=&srchtype=&btype=&sortby=&sby)
3. Other CBP Postings and Messages
The following have also been issued by CBP:
CSI fact sheet. CBP has has posted a fact sheet on the Container Security Initiative (CSI), CBP's effort to establish working bilateral partnerships with foreign authorities to identify high-risk cargo containers originating at ports throughout the world before they are loaded on vessels destined for the U.S. (Fact sheet, dated 03/27/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/fact_sheets/port_security/csi.xml)
Laboratories and scientific services fact sheet. CBP has posted a fact sheet on its laboratories and scientific services, which use cutting-edge instrumentation to provide forensic and scientific analysis in the following areas: weapons of mass destruction, narcotics enforcement, trade enforcement, and intellectual property rights. (Fact sheet, dated 03/27/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/fact_sheets/lab_services.xml)
C-TPAT fact sheet. CBP has posted a fact sheet on the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program, a voluntary government-business initiative to build cooperative relationships that strengthen and improve overall international supply chain and U.S. border security. (Fact sheet, dated 03/27/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/fact_sheets/port_security/ctpat_sheet.xml)