Widespread agency confusion on what records can be released under Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests is partly to blame for delayed responses and noncompliance with the 1996 Internet update to FOIA, witnesses told a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wed. Patience for agency lagging has a price that Internet writers and ordinary citizens can’t afford, media representatives said, noting costs in the hundreds of thousands of dollars to sue for information. The Internet is the ideal medium for FOIA processing -- “if it is working,” Chmn. Leahy (D-Vt.) said.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a final rule, effective April 5, 2007, to amend 19 CFR Parts 12 and 163 to set forth special requirements for the entry of certain cement products from Mexico requiring a U.S. Department of Commerce import license, including the requirement that the importer submit to CBP an import license number on the entry summary (CBP Form 7501) or on the application for foreign trade zone (FTZ) admission and/or status designation (CBP Form 214).
American Shipper reports thatwhile the Commerce and Homeland Security departments hash out the details of the proposed mandatory electronic filing of export information via the Automated Export System, exporters and freight forwarders are concerned whether U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is prepared for the significant changes to U.S. export control practices. The article states that exporters and forwarders are worried that unprepared CBP inspectors in the port offices will cause undue stress in penalties and cargo holds. The article adds that it is critical that CBP has a policy that goes across the board and that one port is not doing more enforcement than another. (American Shipper Pub February 2007, www.americanshipper.com)
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a final rule, effective April 5, 2007, to implement the Mexican Cement Import Licensing System, which among other things, requires all importers of subject cement from Mexico to obtain an import license prior to completing their U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) entry summary.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) and the International Trade Commission (ITC) have each issued a notice initiating an automatic five-year Sunset Review on the antidumping (AD) duty order for automotive replacement glass windshields from China.
Article 1, Clause 5, of the Constitution, the so-called "Export Clause," provides that "No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State". This clause was an issue recently in case upon which the Court of International Trade ruled, Nufarm America's Inc. v .U.S.
Cyren Call considers itself in a long term audition to run a proposed public safety broadband trust but expects competition, Cyren Call founder Morgan O'Brien said in an interview for C-SPAN’s series “The Communicators” that was set to air over the weekend. O'Brien conceded that time is running short, with the 700 MHz auction expected to start as early as this summer. Meanwhile, Sen. McCain (R-Ariz.) made good on a promise to introduce legislation that would set aside 30 MHz of 700 MHz spectrum for a public-safety broadband network.
Cyren Call considers itself in a long term audition to run a proposed public safety broadband trust but expects competition, Cyren Call founder Morgan O'Brien said in an interview for C-SPAN’s series “The Communicators” that was set to air over the weekend. O'Brien conceded that time is running short, with the 700 MHz auction expected to start as early as this summer. Meanwhile, Sen. McCain (R-Ariz.) made good on a promise to introduce legislation that would set aside 30 MHz of 700 MHz spectrum for a public-safety broadband network.
The International Trade Administration has issued a notice initiating Section 129 proceedingsin order to implement a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel report finding that the ITA's use of "zeroing" in average-to-average comparison antidumping (AD) investigations in 12 European Community AD investigations is inconsistent with U.S. obligations under the WTO Agreements.
Recent Copyright Office anticircumvention rulings would be codified -- and expanded -- under a bill introduced Tues. by Reps. Boucher (D-Va.) and Doolittle (R-Cal.). The Freedom & Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship (FAIR USE) Act (HR-1201) offers “natural extensions” to 6 areas approved by the Copyright Office for lawful circumvention of digital rights management (WID Nov 24 p4), the sponsors’ offices said in a release. But the duo assured content owners their concerns were heard, in that an irksome provision in earlier such bills is gone. Tech groups cheered the bill, while the content industries varied from gentle to biting criticisms of the provisions.