In April 2006, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) posted to its Web site six Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) Security Guidelines for the following trade sectors:
The Journal of Commerce reports that a new Senate cargo security bill, which includes security provisions for maritime cargo, railroads and public transit operations, has been fashioned by Senate leaders in an apparent challenge to the GreenLane Maritime Cargo Security Act, which was approved by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on May 5, 2006. Among other things, this new bill provides for C-TPAT regulations. (JoC Online, dated 05/15/06, www.joc.com )
The International Trade Administration (ITA) frequently issues notices on antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued and neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period. The ITA also issues other notices which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) frequently issues notices on antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued and neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period. The ITA also issues other notices which Broker Power considers to be "minor."
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a new informed compliance publication (ICP) entitled, What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Stranded Wire, Rope and Cable, of Iron or Steel.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted a notice to its web site announcing that it collected $510.6 million in duties and fees through the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) monthly payment feature-which is an estimated 25% of the total duties and fees collected by CBP.
The following are documents which U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) updates frequently (weekly, monthly, etc.). Updates are listed under "What's New" on its Web site:
New modified ACE EDI messages for Release 4 Truck Manifest. CBP has posted the following new modified ACE EDI messages for Release 4 Truck Manifest:
Though 12 data security bills are pending in Congress, none is likely to replace the raft of sector-specific laws on data security and privacy, such as the Fair & Accurate Credit Transactions Act and Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act, FTC Dir.-Bureau of Consumer Protection Lydia Parnes said Thurs. Speaking to the Computers, Freedom & Privacy Conference in D.C., she said: “I don’t see [those laws] getting back in the box in any way,” but a minimum national standard across all sectors “would certainly be a good start” on improving areas left unaddressed by sector- specific laws. Parnes also said the FTC just reached a $4.1 million settlement with an alleged spammer.
DoJ and the Dept. of Homeland Security asked the FCC not to require that carriers dispose of customer calling and other records after a specified date, arguing that customer proprietary network information (CPNI) is used in “virtually every federal, state, and local investigation of consequence.” Meanwhile, an industry source said, the FTC is poised to announce enforcement actions against 5 companies for selling phone records.