U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a notice to its Web site stating that it will be holding a Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism supply chain security training seminar on February 26-29, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a fact sheet entitled, "Securing America's Borders, CBP 2007 Fiscal Year in Review," which provides details on the progress CBP made securing U.S. borders in FY 2007 and the challenges it faced. The following are highlights from the fact sheet:
During the November 16, 2007 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 various issues related to the three components of the Secure Freight Initiative (SFI) - the Global Trade Exchange, 100% scanning of U.S. bound maritime containers, and 102 (Security Filing) advance trade data for maritime cargo.
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During the November 16, 2007 meeting of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions (COAC), members of COAC agreed on a letter which will be sent to CBP Commissioner Basham regarding CBP's Office of International Trade (OT) and its impact on trade one year after it was formed.
American Shipper reports that U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials plan to meet with their Chinese counterparts in Beijing in December to work out the details on allowing U.S. inspectors in China to verify security compliance of manufacturers and logistics providers whose customers participate in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program. (AS, dated 11/15/07, www.americanshipper.com)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued its minimum-security criteria for air carriers already enrolled in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program, or wishing to join the voluntary, incentive-based supply chain security program.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted its new Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) minimum-security criteria for air carriers, which are effective as of November 14, 2007.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted its new Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism minimum security criteria for air carriers. CBP has also posted its implementation plan for the new criteria.
Although the Transportation Security Administration has posted few specifics, a July 2007 Congressional Research Service (CRS) report states that TSA expected to deploy an Air Cargo Risk Based Targeting (ACRBT) program that would build upon the known shipper program in FY 2008.