Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Information Technology (OIT) Cargo Systems Program Directorate (CSPD) – Digital Services
Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Information Technology (OIT), Cargo Systems Program Directorate (CSPD) utilized Trinnovate’s services employing US Digital Service (https://www.usds.gov/) techniques to identify and solve core user needs through the development and release of software to end users of a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) in the form of enhancements, while bringing best practices and new approaches to support government modernization efforts. As part of US Digital Service, the team was tasked to bring best practices and new approaches to support CBP CSPD modernization efforts in achieving key goals: to migrate to a common processing environment, support component and service-based architecture, and use proven open-source technologies. There were 6 main areas of scope:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection initiated this project in order develop, test, enhance performance, facilitate production support and operations & maintenance of Section 321 shipments that contain Partner Government Agency data. It was critical to maintain the performance and high volume of processed entries (greater than 1M) per day and guarantee system stability and not impact the flow of cargo.
Antidumping and Countervailing Duties (AD/CVD) Portal Modernization
CBP Office of Trade and the Department of Commerce (DOC) Office of Enforcement and Compliance initiated this project with the objective of providing development, testing, production support and operations & maintenance AD/CVD application within ACE. The requested fixes and improvements significantly improved operations for DOC, CBP and the entire trade community through provision of more complete and accurate information on an AD/CVD duty case and company-specific basis. The work focused on delivering a cutting edge, modern architecture application that allow both agencies to meet their mission critical objectives.
Broker Management ACE User Fee Automation
As part of the Revenue Modernization effort recommended by Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee and other trade stakeholders, such as the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America to automate the collections of broker triennial fees, license fees, and user fees in ACE. The work reduced CBP dependence on non-communicating systems by replacing functionality still used in stand-alone PATS database; reduce the administrative burden on CBP by replacing labor intensive manual data entry process with electronic upload of collection information; and improved data integrity and timely reporting.
This team was asked by CBP OIT to support an Innovation lab initiative on Machine Learning by prototyping and integrating new technologies to improve core functionalities of ACE. The team determined that a need related to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS)would be a great area to leverage machine learning. Based on that the team built a HTS To Text protype using machine learning to battle fraudulent classification of HTS in ACE. Harmonized Tariff Schedule is a system used to classify goods entering the United States. The prototype used a hybrid of a neural network and a search engine to perform a semantic search. The reception of the prototype by CBP executive management was excellent and it has not been identified for areas where it could benefit CBP in 9 different areas
Enhancements to Agriculture Programs and Trade Liaison (APTL) workspace’s communication with ARM within ITDS
APTL Secure Flows Systems Interface Enhancements
U.S. Customs and Border Protection initiated this project in order develop, test, enhance performance, facilitate production support and operations & maintenance of APTL. The enhancements automated paper process for phytosanitary and veterinary health Certificates in order for Agriculture Specialists to facilitate trade. The enhancements removed paper from the importation process in an effort to create efficiencies for shipments arriving at the border and reduce fraud. This allowed certificates to be electronically submitted and authenticate the validity of each certificate.
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