CBP to Test ACE 2.0 Capabilities in FY 2024
CBP plans in FY 2024 to test the ability of ACE 2.0 to issue credentials, verify the origin of the credentials, and send data to partner government agencies through "tech demos" focused on e-commerce, food safety and natural gas trade using "global interoperability standards," the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee said. The COAC, in an ACE 2.0 Working Group issue paper on Feb. 26, said that in September CBP successfully tested global verifiable credentials and decentralized identifier standards with demos of steel and pipeline oil trade (see 2309130025).
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CBP is also finalizing its plan for a pipeline National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) pilot to submit to the Office of Management and Budget for a compliance review and the creation of associated Federal Register notices, another COAC working group said. The working group, in an issue paper posted Feb. 26, said that CBP "Cargo and Conveyance Security personnel" are developing the procedures for implementation of the software. The document was posted ahead of the COAC's meeting March 6 (see 2402260061).
The tests are part of the Silicon Valley Innovation Program that continues to "lay the foundation" for CBP's ACE 2.0 efforts, the COAC said. Development of ACE 2.0 will begin no sooner than FY 2026, assuming CBP receives the proper funding and authorization to proceed, the COAC said.