CSMS Message: 03-002056

Title:ISA ADDENDUM
Date:2003-08-23
To:abi
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ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NUMBERS 03-2026, DATED AUGUST 20, 2003, AND
03-2040, DATED AUGUST 21, 2003, PROVIDED THE URL TO VIEW INFORMATION
DETAILING WHO MUST SUBMIT AN INTERCONNECTION SECURITY AGREEMENT (ISA),
HOW TO COMPLETE THE FORM, WHERE TO SEND IT, AND DOWNLOADABLE COPIES
OF THE TWO ISA TEMPLATES: DIAL-UP AND MQ.

UNDERSTANDABLY, MANY TRADE PARTICIPANTS HAVE ASKED HOW MANY ISA
DOCUMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED WHEN A PARTICIPANT CONNECTS TO CBP FROM
MULTIPLE COMPUTER SITES.

TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS CIRCUMSTANCE, BOTH ISA TEMPLATES HAVE BEEN UPDATED
ON THE CUSTOMS WEB SITE TO INCLUDE AN ADDENDUM (THE LAST PAGE) ON WHICH
ALL ADDITIONAL COMPUTER/CONNECTION SITES ARE TO BE LISTED.

THE REQUIREMENT TO SUBMIT AN ISA IS BASED ON PHYSICAL CONNECTION SITES
IRRESPECTIVE OF WHICH CBP SYSTEM IS ACCESSED. THEREFORE, IF AN ABI
PARTICIPANT PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED AN ISA TO COVER THEIR AES CONNECTION,
AND THE AES AND ABI DATA IS SUBMITTED FROM THE SAME SITE, A NEW ISA IS
NOT REQUIRED.

Related CSMS No. 03-002026

Referenced By

CSMS #03-002940