CSMS Message: 94-001088

REFERENCE: ADM: 1053 05/07/92 ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE REDESIGN

AT A RECENT MEETING OF THE ABI AUTOMATION COMMITTEE, IT WAS
BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE TRADE REPRESENTATIVES THAT CUSTOMS
WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE ABI PARTICIPANTS TO ELECT TO USE THE DISCRETION-
ARY METHOD OF RECEIVING ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGES. IN AN EFFORT TO ELICIT
MORE INTEREST IN THIS AREA, IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT AN ADMINISTRATIVE
MESSAGE BE ISSUED TO REMIND ABI PARTICIPANTS OF THIS CAPABILITY.
THE DISCRETIONARY METHOD OF RECEIVING ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGES HAS
EXISTED SINCE THE IMPLEMENTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE REDESIGN ON
JUNE 13, 1992. THE TRADE WAS ORIGINIALLY ADVISED OF THIS CAPABILITY IN
ADMIN MESSAGE 1053 DATED MAY 7, 1992 AND AGAIN IN ADMIN MESSAGE 1072 DATED
JUNE 5, 1992.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE REDESIGN PROVIDES THE ABI FILERS WITH A
DISCRETIONARY MEANS OF RECEIVING MOST ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGES. USING DIS-
CRETIONARY RETRIEVAL ENABLES ALL FILERS TO RECEIVE A 'DAILY SUMMARY' OF
ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGES WHICH WERE AVAILABLE THE PREVIOUS DAY. ABI FILERS
WHO PREFER TO USE THE DISCRETIONARY MEANS OF RECEIVING ADMINISTRATIVE MES-
SSAGES WILL RECEIVE A 'DAILY SUMMARY' AND ANY MESSAGES DETERMINED TO BE
URGENT BY THE U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE. FILERS CAN THEN REQUEST ANY MESSAGES
OF INTEREST USING THE APPLICATION IDENTIFIER "MI". THERE ARE THREE
OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR MESSAGE RETRIEVAL: 1) DATE OF ISSUANCE, 2) MESSAGE
NUMBER, OR 3) SUBJECT CODE AND DATE. SINCE EACH OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE MES-
SAGES ARE NUMBERED BY THE ABI SYSTEM AT THE TIME OF ROUTING, IT IS EASY TO
DETERMINE IF ALL MESSAGES WERE RECEIVED. ABI RECORD LAYOUTS FOR THIS FEA-
TURE ARE IN THE CUSTOMS REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT (CATAIR).
IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
SYSTEM, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR ABI CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE.