U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message providing updated information regarding the Food and Drug Administration's OASIS scheduled downtime for maintenance on Saturday, July 26, 2008, between 03:00 am (0300) and 06:00 am (0600) EST.
Internet piracy should be fought with a light regulatory touch, the British government said Thursday. It seeks comments on a plan for copyright owners and ISPs to negotiate codes of practice to address online infringement under the eye of U.K. telecommunications regulator Ofcom. As a possible first step, the government agreed with major ISPs, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and the Motion Picture Association on an approach to reduce unlawful file- swapping. ISPs and copyright owners welcomed the proposals, but some digital rights activists said they still make criminals of consumers.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued the June 2008 Automated Commercial Environment Trade Account Owner (TAO) monthly update as an attachment to an ACE Portal Accounts CSMS message.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has temporarily removed the Entry Summary Query chapter of the ACE ABI CATAIR1 from its Web site.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a notice entitled Notice of Examination: October 2008 Customs Broker License Examination, which announces that the next customs broker license exam will be held on Monday, October 6, 2008.
U.S. Customs and Broker Protection has posted two new Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) ABI CATAIR documents to its Web site: (i) ACE Entry Summary Examples and (ii) Selected EDI "Entry Summary Create/Update" Filing and Response Scenarios.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an Excel spreadsheet listing the reject reasons for June 2008 for CBP Form 5106 Importer ID input records, CBP Form 301 Customs bonds, bond riders, bond terminations, etc.
The Senate voted 69-28 Wednesday for a bill (HR-6304) to offer retroactive immunity to telecom carriers alleged to have aided the government in post-Sept. 11 surveillance. The bill goes to President Bush for an expected signature. Civil liberties groups condemned the bill, saying they look forward to reviving the debate next Congress. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., a foe of the bill, vowed to take up the issue when dealing with reauthorization of the Patriot Act.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a revised version of its informed compliance publication entitled, What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Table and Kitchen Glassware.
The Senate voted 69-28 Wednesday for a bill (HR-6304) to offer retroactive immunity to telecom carriers alleged to have aided the government in post-Sept. 11 surveillance. The bill goes to President Bush for an expected signature. Civil liberties groups condemned the bill, saying they look forward to reviving the debate next Congress. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., a foe of the bill, vowed to take up the issue when dealing with reauthorization of the Patriot Act.