| Title: | Request for Participants: Office of Marine Conservation (OMC) Trade Working Group |
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| Date: | 2016-04-13 |
| To: | abi,acee,acep,newace |
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Announcing the Formation of the Department of State, Office of Marine Conservation (OMC) Trade Working Group
To participate in the OMC ACE/ITDS Trade Working Group please send your contact information to the persons listed below by cob Monday, April 18, 2016
PLEASE REFERENCE THE ATTACHMENT FOR DETAILS ON THE WORKING GROUP.
Attention, Brokers, Importers, and Software Developers
The Office of Marine Conservation (OMC) at the Department of State manages the Section 609 Program under which the United States certifies countries to export wild-caught shrimp to the United States. The International Trade Data System (ITDS) Committee of the Trade Support Network (TSN) needs your input and participation in an upcoming ACE/ITDS OMC Working Group under the auspices of the Security and Accountability for Every Port Act (SAFE Port Act) and in accordance with the ITDS protocols for implementing ACE/ITDS in the spirit of the February 2014 Executive Order on Streamlining the Export/Import Process for America's Businesses.
Working Group Purpose
The purpose of the OMC Working Group will be to ensure that all stakeholders are invited to participate in a discussion of the technical solution and data elements that will be required by the Department of State in the new cargo release and control functionality of ACE/ITDS. Primarily the workgroup will focus on the IT related issues associated with implementing the ACE/ITDS. The working group will consist of members of the international trade community, including importers, brokers, and software developers, that import shrimp and shrimp product into the United States. Officials from OMC and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that are working on the development and deployment of ACE/ITDS will be part of this working group. The engagement in ACE/ITDS will require electronic submissions of all Department of State required import data for cargo admissibility processing. Your involvement is needed to ensure that the transition to ACE/ITDS will continue to support efficient and timely cargo releases while in compliance with Department of State requirements.
Working Group Task
The working group is tasked with assuring that all technical and data requirements are transitioned to ACE/ITDS in a seamless, efficient, and timely manner, and in particular, that the ACE data assists the CBP to execute its import processing and review duties.
Working Group Commitment
Working Group participants should be prepared to commit to weekly conference calls typically of a 2-hour duration over a time period determined by OMC. A more definitive schedule will be determined at the Working Group's first meeting. Regulatory and policy issues are outside the scope of this working group.
To participate in the OMC ACE/ITDS Trade Working Group please send your contact information to the persons listed below by cob Monday, April 18, 2016
Frank Korpusik
frank.j.korpusik@cbp.dhs.gov
Sandra Scott
Sandra.scott@sekologistics.com
Stuart Schmidt
Schmidt.stuart@ups.com
Frank Korpusik
CBP ACE Business Office
Office: 571-468-5477
Cell: 703-624-3915
Frank.j.korpusik@cbp.gov