The Department of Homeland Security has posted to its Web site an unclassified summary (i.e., an abbreviated version) of a report by the DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) assessing the Automated Targeting System1 used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspectors at ports to help select intermodal cargo containers for inspection.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has stated that with the September 9, 2007 deployment of Entry Summary, Accounts, and Revenue (ESAR) A1, previously-available Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) account types would be enhanced and additional ACE account types would be created.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection previously announced that 800 Dial-Up service1 for connecting to CBP's automated systems is scheduled to expire on September 30, 2007. According to CBP, this includes connections to the following CBP automated systems:
In U.S. v. UPS Customhouse Brokerage, Inc,the CIT agreed with UPS that the facts presented by Customs were not sufficient to grant summary judgment with respect to penalties imposed concerning alleged misclassifications by UPS.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted to its Web site a question and answer document on outstanding questions from the importer/broker session and a supplemental breakout session for importers, brokers, and ABI software developers held during the Buffalo, NY ACE Exchange V conference that CBP hosted on June 4-6, 2007.
In U.S. v. UPS Customhouse Brokerage, Inc,the CIT agreed with UPS that the facts presented by Customs were not sufficient to grant summary judgment with respect to penalties imposed concerning thealleged misclassifications by UPS.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued an ABI administrative message announcing that it plans to deploy Entry Summary, Accounts, and Revenue (ESAR) A1 for Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) accounts on Sunday, September 9, 2007.
The Department of Homeland Security has issued several recent notices related to the Automated Targeting System (ATS).
Embroiled in four lawsuits spanning five courts, Vonage attorneys face a nuisance suit and cases that could put the company out of business, industry officials said. A SunRocket suit filed Aug. 23 alleging misuse of a customer list is mere “noise,” VoIP rival Nuvio’s CEO said in an interview. But patent litigation against Verizon, Sprint Nextel and Nortel could put Vonage out of business, an analyst said. Vonage’s legal woes probably go beyond bad luck, Stifel Nicolaus analyst Rebecca Arbogast said. “People make their own luck.”
Embroiled in four lawsuits spanning five courts, Vonage attorneys face a nuisance suit and cases that could put the company out of business, industry officials said. A SunRocket suit filed Aug. 23 alleging misuse of a customer list is mere “noise,” VoIP rival Nuvio’s CEO said in an interview. But patent litigation against Verizon, Sprint Nextel and Nortel could put Vonage out of business, an analyst said. Vonage’s legal woes probably go beyond bad luck, Stifel Nicolaus analyst Rebecca Arbogast said. “People make their own luck.”