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CBP Notes Planned ACE Certification Outage Wednesday
August 20, 2013 by Mike Feazel|Customs

CBP posted a reminder that it will have the scheduled weekly outage to ACE Certification from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET Aug. 21. ACE Certification is the testing environment used by trade software developers. If you are not developing or testing software, this outage does not apply to you, and ACE Production won't be impacted, CBP said.

CBP Issues New Broker Employee Data Reference Guide
August 20, 2013 by Mike Feazel|Customs

CBP created new capabilities in ACE allowing brokers with ACE Secure Data Portal access to download a template to add, edit and delete multiple employee records in their ACE portal account, it said in a new CSMS message. The new "Broker Employee Data Upload Quick Reference Guide" was posted (here) to CBP.gov providing information on adding individual employee data records or using a template that may be saved to your computer and retrieved to make updates to employee data records simultaneously. Adding employee information in the ACE Portal will allow a broker to comply with the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 111, CBP said.

CBP Posts DIS Trade Scenarios
August 20, 2013 by Mike Feazel|Customs

CBP posted the ACE Single Window Document Image System (DIS) Trade Scenarios document to CBP.gov. The document lists six scenarios for trade community members to better understand how DIS can be used in their business operations. A copy is available (here).

ACE Certification System Down Monday Morning
August 19, 2013 by Mike Feazel|Customs

The ACE Certification system was experiencing technical issues the morning of Monday, Aug. 19, and was not available, CBP said. Technical investigation was continuing, and CBP said users would be informed by CSMS when the issue is resolved.

Lawmakers Pleased 'End in Sight' for CBP's ACE, Budget Cuts Remain a Concern
August 9, 2013 by Tim Warren|Top News

Capitol Hill appropriators and the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees are "pleased there's an end in sight" and are supportive of CBP's effort to deploy the long-discussed Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), said Brenda Smith, executive director of the ACE Business Office. Smith met with reporters Aug. 8 to discuss movement on ACE. Still, some lawmakers are "a little skeptical," she said. Continued cuts under sequestration or otherwise would "be a risk for the program," she said. The ACE program lost about $10 million as a result of the sequestration order and related furlough mitigation in FY 2013, she said.

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
DHS Approves CBP 3-Year Plan for 'Agile' ACE Development
August 8, 2013 by Tim Warren|Customs

The Department of Homeland Security gave CBP its approval for a three-year plan to implement the Automated Commercial Environment, said CBP Acting Commissioner Tom Winkowski Aug. 7 during the CBP Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations (COAC) meeting. The plan makes use of "agile development," allowing for the addition of incremental capabilities within ACE (see 12082729). Under the three-year plan, all electronic import and export manifest data will have to be transmitted in ACE by May 1, 2015. All data associated with the release of cargo will have to be transmitted in ACE by Nov. 1, 2015, and ACE will be required for all filing by Oct. 1, 2016, CBP said.

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)