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Homeland Security

CBP Seeking Sources to Re-Engineer Automated Commercial System

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Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a Request for Information regarding potential sources for a less expensive and more efficient hardware and database platform to operate and maintain its Automated Commercial System, which is a collection of business process applications introduced in 1984 to allow the agency to track, control and process commercial goods and conveyances entering the U.S. for the purposes of enforcing import laws and regulations and for the purpose of collecting duties and taxes owed to…

Congress

Wisconsin GOP Lawmakers Urge Trump Admin Support For Marines’ JLTV Second Supplier Effort

Wisconsin’s GOP congressional delegation is urging the Trump administration to support legislative language enabling the Marine Corps to potentially bring in a second Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) supplier. The […]

Congress

Senate’s CR Has Ship Construction Exemption, Forgoes White House’s Battleship, Munitions Requests

The Senate on Sunday released a bipartisan stopgap funding proposal to keep the government open through December 11, which would also secure additional funds to support ongoing shipbuilding efforts and […]

Congress

U.S. Fighter Fleet Will Expand By 2040 But More Stealth Aircraft Will Mean Less Availability, CBO Says

The number of fighter aircraft in the U.S. military inventory will decline over the next few years before expanding to a greater number than currently, but their availability for operational […]

Congress

White House Details ‘Concerns’ With Shipbuilding, Spaced-Based Interceptor Oversight In House’s NDAA

The White House has detailed “a number of concerns” with the newly-passed House version of the next defense policy bill, to include the legislation’s limits on procuring Navy ships built […]