During the April 13-14, 2011 U.S. Customs and Border Protection annual Trade Symposium. CBP Commissioner Alan Bersin reiterated his goal to increase participation in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program, and said that he would like to see the program grow from just over 10,000 to 40,000 participants within the next seven years1. He also stated that C-TPAT members needed to receive more benefits, and that DHS was examining the possibility of a single, department-wide trusted trade program for cargo.
On April 14, 2011, Senators Collins (R), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Senator Murray (D) introduced a bipartisan bill on several port security programs now in place in the U.S. which provide anti-terrorism protections designed to safeguard the nation’s critical shipping lanes and seaports from attack and sabotage.
On April 13, 2011 at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s annual Trade Symposium, U.S. Customs and Border Protection described its new “broker revision” initiative and received input from the trade on the changing role of the broker.
On April 12, 2011, the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions (COAC) met in Washington, DC to discuss a variety of trade issues, including defining the role of the broker, automation, management by account pilots and intellectual property rights protection.
CBP has posted the minutes from the November 9, 2010 COAC meeting that was held in Washington, DC. Topics discussed at the meeting include management by account, 10+2, ACE/ITDS, intellectual property rights, C-TPAT, bonds, etc. (Search in ITT's Online Archives for 10111226, for series of BP summaries on this meeting.) The agenda for the November 9, 2010 meeting is available here.
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CBP concluded its San Diego Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) Supply Chain Security Training Seminar on March 31, 2011. Over 1,200 participants reviewed security best practices for protecting cargo shipments from threats from terrorists and other transnational criminal organizations at the seminar. The training seminar consisted of significant program updates, joint CBP/trade presentations, and panel discussions. Topics covered include: conducting a supply chain security risk assessment; evidence of implementation/documentation; suspensions and removals; CBP risk indicators; developing a security training & awareness program; and proactive approaches to security breach prevention. (Note that CBP will be holding another C-TPAT seminar in June 2011. See ITT's Online Archives or 12/07/10 news, 10120723, for BP summary.)
On March 15, 2011, U.S. Council for International Business members and staff met with U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Alan Bersin and his senior staff as part of Bersin's Trade Day Agenda, to share USCIB's priority recommendations, including a list of 18 potential C-TPAT benefits.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued the March 2011 ACE Trade Account Owner Update, which provides information on Post Summary Corrections (PSCs), including CBP’s timeframe for deploying PSC functionality.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued the March 2011 ACE Trade Account Owner Update, which provides information on the ACE deployment of Importer Security Filing reports for C-TPAT members, ISF status queries for Portal accounts, etc.