U.S. Customs and Border Protection launched a new Electronic Reading Room to increase access to information available from the Freedom of Information Act. Their press release is below. Visit the Electronic Reading Room at http://foia.cbp.gov. The upgraded CBP Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room will feature records and documents formerly only available through FOIA [...]
Registration begins tomorrow, October 1, for the annual CBP Trade Symposium, being held December 8-10th, 2009. As this year is the 10th year of the symposium, the exhibits and presentation is focused around the progress made in key areas since 1999. The agenda for the symposium includes: Modernization Trade Policy Intellectual Property Rights Importer Security [...]
Alan Bersin, former US Border Czar, has been nominated by President Obama as Customs & Border Protection (CBP) commissioner. Bersin is currently the special representative for border affairs, working with Mexican leaders and U.S. border-area agencies on challenges such as drugs and immigration. Bersin will continue to advise Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on issues [...]
