Industry Involvement for ITDS Executive Order Will Go Beyond Advisory Committees, Says Official
The chance for industry participation within the implementation the International Trade Data System Executive Order will not stop with input from Federal Advisory Committees (FACAs), said Christine Turner, director for global supply chain and trade facilitation at the National Security Council of the President. Turner, who is in charge of overseeing the order's implementation, spoke during a U.S. Chamber of Commerce supply chain conference on May 8. President Barack Obama's February order called for completion of the ITDS by 2016 (see 14021928). FACAs are official groups made up of people outside the government that are meant to be a forum for industry, academia and others to give insight into various policy issues.
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There's an awareness within the Border Interagency Executive Council (BIEC) that broad industry input is necessary and outreach will "definitely not be limited to FACAs," she said. The structure of the BIEC, which includes representatives from numerous agency that will work on the ITDS, allow for disparate views from within the government to come up, she said. The BIEC is working on a number of pieces, including an outreach strategy, and Alejandro Mayorkas, Department of Homeland Security deputy secretary and BIEC chairman, has a new trade policy advisor that will help work on gathering input, she said.