U.S. Customs and Border Protection has published an updated list of ports that accept the electronic CBP Form 214 (e214, Foreign Trade Zone Admission and/or Status Designation) in lieu of a paper copy.
Supporters and opponents of the Google-DoubleClick merger drew lines in the sand Thursday at a crowded hearing of the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee. Many would-be spectators were turned away, missing a spectacle in which Google argued that the merger would actually promote, not stifle competition and free speech, while privacy and other advocates said the deal would create an information-gathering monster. The argument hinged on whether Google and DoubleClick actually compete.
On September 20, 2007, Representative Dingell introduced H.R. 3610, the Food and Drug Import Safety Act of 2007, which would amend the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the safety of food and drugs imported into the U.S.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued an ABI administrative message stating that it has posted a revised ACE application, which includes the expanded account types that were delivered with the deployment of Entry Summary, Accounts, and Revenue (ESAR) A1.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued an ABI administrative message providing a final warning on the September 30, 2007 sunset date for 800 dial-up1 support.
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.