During the August 7, 2008 meeting of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions (COAC), CBP officials discussed a variety of issues related to Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT), including progress that has been made toward achieving mutual recognition between CBP's C-TPAT program and other countries' supply chain security programs.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a notice announcing that the next meeting of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions (COAC) 1 will be held on August 7, 2008 in Seattle, WA.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a notice entitled Notice of Examination: October 2008 Customs Broker License Examination, which announces that the next customs broker license exam will be held on Monday, October 6, 2008.
On June 28, 2008, the U.S. and Canada signed a mutual recognition arrangement agreeing to mutual standards for Canada's Partners in Protection (PIP) and the U.S.' Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) programs.
On June 28, 2008, the U.S. and Jordan signed a mutual recognition arrangement agreeing to mutual standards for Jordan's Golden List Program (GLP) and the U.S.' Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program.
President Bush has issued a proclamation lifting the application of the Trading with the Enemy Act (TWEA) with respect to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), and notified Congress of his intent to rescind North Korea's designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism. These actions were taken following North Korea's submission of a declaration of its nuclear programs, which will now be subject to verification.
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has posted the public version of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's report to Congress on its 18-month Secure Freight Initiative (SFI) International Container Security (100% scanning) pilot program1.
According to UAEInteract, global marine terminal operator DP World has been certified as a partner in U.S. Customs and Border Protection's C-TPAT (Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism) Program - the only international port operator to have achieved such recognition. (UAEInteract, dated 06/11/08, available at http://www.uaeinteract.com/docs/DP_World_joins_US_Security_Initiative_C-TPAT/30561.htm)
On May 7, 2008, the House Homeland Security Committee's Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism and Management, Investigations, and Oversight subcommittees held a hearing on "Assessing the Resiliency of the Nation's Supply Chain."
The Canada Border Services Agency has posted a revised version of its Memorandum of Understanding for its Partners in Protection (PIP) program.