U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site an April 2005 version of the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Application. According to CBP, this application consists of four documents: ACE Account Portal Power of Attorney, Terms and Conditions for Account Access of ACE Portal, Additional Account/Account Owner Information, and ACE Secure Data Portal Request to Participate.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has recently posted to its Web site numerous new reports that the trade (i.e., various Trade Support Network (TSN) Committees and Subcommittees) has requested for Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Release 5.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site the April 2005 issue of its U.S. Customs and Border Protection Modernization newsletter which discusses, among other things, CBP's plans regarding the implementation of the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Release 4 (Truck Manifest) at ports in western Washington.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP's) Office of Information and Technology has posted a notice to its Web site, including a list, as of April 26, 2005, of companies/persons offering Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Electronic Truck Manifest data processing services to the trade community.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site its Performance and Annual Report Fiscal Year 2004, which covers federal fiscal year (FY) 2004 (October 1, 2003 - September 30, 2004), with discussion of some subsequent events.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a memorandum which it states clarifies Pre-Arrival Processing System (PAPS) invoice policy and other release issues.

During U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP's) recent Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) Supply Chain Security Training Seminar in Miami, FL, CBP Commissioner Bonner spoke about a number of C-TPAT-related issues, including:

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a press release stating that beginning May 1, 2005, drivers transporting shipments using the Border Release Advance Screening and Selectivity (BRASS) release system may do so only if they have been issued a Free and Secure Trade (FAST) driver identification card.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a presentation from the April 18-21, 2005 Supply Chain Security Training Seminar for certified Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) members held in Miami, FL.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a notice announcing that the next meeting of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection and Related Functions (COAC) will be held on May 5, 2005 in Washington, DC. (This committee was previously called the "Treasury Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of the U.S. Customs Service.")