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ACE: The end is near—really

January 2, 2014
Toby Gooley
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After more than a decade of many steps forward and not a few steps back, the long saga of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) may finally be coming to an end. According to CBP officials, the glacial pace of development has picked up considerably, and the comprehensive trade-processing system will be fully functional by the end of 2016.

"We are now making progress—and a lot of it," said Richard F. DiNucci, acting assistant commissioner, Office of International Trade, at the Northeast Cargo Symposium organized by the Coalition of New England Companies for Trade (CONECT) in November.

DiNucci credited the agency's "agile" development methodology, which since early 2013 has set internal multifunctional teams to work on streamlining customs processes and developing automation protocols with input from stakeholders. This largely avoids the many consecutive handoffs and rounds of revisions that characterized the previous software development approach.

Another difference is that more of the work is being done internally instead of by outside consultants and contract developers. "We have been pulling field personnel in to write code," DiNucci said. "They are better able to understand what CBP, importers, and customs brokers need."

Speaking on another panel, former U.S. Customs Commissioner George Weise lauded CBP for exerting greater control over the ACE project and for overcoming such longstanding problems as insufficient funding. CBP has become so self-sufficient in regard to ACE development, said co-panelist Acting Customs Commissioner Thomas S. Winkowski, that the agency "will be able to afford ACE without asking Congress for more money."

ACE is extremely complex. It aims to automate not just CBP's excruciatingly complicated import processes but also security risk assessment, export processes, and the collection and distribution of information under the International Trade Data System that connects federal agencies. Ultimately, ACE is expected to become the "single window" for all trade-related transactions involving CBP, other government agencies, and the trade community.

Transportation Technology Regulation/Government Export-Import Management/GTM Global Logistics
KEYWORDS Coalition of New England Companies for Trade (CONECT) U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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Contributing Editor Toby Gooley is a writer and editor specializing in supply chain, logistics, and material handling, and a lecturer at MIT's Center for Transportation & Logistics. She previously was Senior Editor at DC VELOCITY and Editor of DCV's sister publication, CSCMP's Supply Chain Quarterly. Prior to joining AGiLE Business Media in 2007, she spent 20 years at Logistics Management magazine as Managing Editor and Senior Editor covering international trade and transportation. Prior to that she was an export traffic manager for 10 years. She holds a B.A. in Asian Studies from Cornell University.

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