| Title: | Early Adopters to Test ABI Functionality in the ACE Ocean/Rail Manifest Deployment |
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| Date: | 2011-02-10 |
| To: | abi |
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On October 20, 2010, CBP published a Federal Register Notice (FRN), 75 FR 64737, announcing the next release of ACE concerning the transmission of required advance ocean and rail data through the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE).
With the publication of this notice CBP began accepting applications from all transmitters of required advance ocean and rail data wishing to participate in the test. Test participants are chosen based on the selection criteria explicitly provided in the FRN and will be notified directly if they are chosen to participate in the initial test.
There are some changes to functionality that impacts ABI software developers and their users. These changes are found in ABI Application Identifiers QP and WP (In-Bond), BD (Broker Download), and NS (Status Notifications). Although the changes are minor, CBP is looking for ABI users to participate as early adopters to test this functionality and participate in the Pilot.
Interested participants should refer to the FRN for a more detailed description of the test and participation eligibility requirements. Emails expressing your intent to be considered as an early adopter should be directed to Susan Maskell at (susan.maskell@dhs.gov) with the information set forth in the selection criteria section of the FRN.
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