U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a final rule, effective March 10, 2011, terminating its Land Border Carrier Initiative Program (LBCIP).
The House Homeland Security Committee has recently posted its oversight plan for the 112th Congress (2011-2012)1. According to the Committee, the plan includes areas in which it expects to conduct oversight during the 112th Congress, but does not preclude oversight or investigation of additional matters as the need arises.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued its fiscal year 2010 year-end “Import Trade Trends” report, which focuses on importers and CBP’s partnership programs. This issue also provides year-end data and highlights some of CBP’s newest developments.
CBP's El Paso Field Office trade division is hosting a supply chain security presentation on January 27, 2011. Topics to be discussed at the seminar included an overview of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) and Free and Secure Trade (FAST) programs including C-TPAT/FAST enrollment/participation requirements and the benefits of C-TPAT/FAST membership. CBP experts will also discuss current and future C-TPAT/FAST enhancements, supply chain security/seal inspections, contemporary trade issues and host a period of open discussion.
During a recent interview with Broker Power, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials announced that the deployment of Importer Security Filing (ISF) data dumps in ACE has been delayed beyond the targeted February/March 2011 deployment date.
Broker Power is providing readers with some of the top stories for January 10-14, 2011 in case they were missed last week.
An October 2010 periodic report on security incidents issued under the Department of Homeland Security contains several paragraphs discussing in general terms what is known about drug traffickers use of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program for the surface transportation of illicit cargo to the U.S.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently issued a notice announcing that it will be hosting two Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism Supply Chain Security Training Seminars in 2011.
Broker Power is providing readers with some of the top ITT articles for December 20 - December 30, 2010, in case they were missed during the holiday season.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a frequently asked questions document on Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism Annual Security Profile Reviews. CBP has also posted a document providing information on how to complete these reviews.