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CBP Updates Its List of ACE & Other System Changes and/or Fixes Scheduled for Deployment

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its "ACE Workplan Schedule," which provides a list of the changes and/or fixes to the Automated Commercial Environment and other systems it interfaces with that were/are scheduled for deployment on February 2, 2008 and April 5, 2008. CBP has previously stated that this list contains only those changes and/or fixes that impact the trade community.

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This list of changes contains either the problem tracking report (PTR) code or the change request (CR) code, as well an explanation of the change:

All address fields will be validated/standardized. Used by the Trade to create manifests, used by CBP to add Importers and other account types. Will prevent bad addresses.

Updated ACE Workplan Schedule (current as of 02/11/08) available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/toolbox/about/modernization/ace_workplan.ctt/ace_workplan.xls