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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

Trump Wants Second Reconciliation Bill On His Desk By June 1

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Space

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Congress

Graham Says GOP To Move Ahead On Second Reconciliation Bill, With Defense Funds As Priority

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Pentagon

Hegseth Acknowledges Potential $200 Billion Iran Supplemental Request, Final Figure ‘Could Move’

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