The Government Accountability Office has issued a statement for the record (GAO-10-651T) to a Senate Committee regarding the Secure Border Initiative. The GAO states that the Department of Homeland Security has faced numerous challenges deploying technology and fencing along the Southwest border.
Export.gov reports that Stolle Machinery of Centennial, Colo., will be able to grow its business and sustain 230 jobs at its plants in Centennial and Englewood by selling $34 million of aluminum/steel can-making equipment to Saudi Arabia, backed by a direct loan from the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has updated its list of meetings between CPSC and industry stakeholders that are open to the public, unless otherwise stated:
Special agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, working with an investigator for the NHL and other professional sports leagues, have investigated 14 vendors and seized over 900 counterfeit Stanley Cup NHL hats, t-shirts and jerseys worth approximately $58,450.
The Justice Department reports that two U.S. military officials deployed to Afghanistan, two Department of Defense contractors and a contracting company were charged for their roles in an alleged bribery and money laundering scheme related to the award of a DoD trucking services contract in Afghanistan.
In testimony before a House Subcommittee1, the Government Accountability Office recommends that the Food and Drug Administration strengthen its oversight of imported food by improving enforcement and seeking additional authorities.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has posted an online registration form for the second meeting of the Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel on July 26-28, 2010. The panel must recommend to CPSC any phthalates, combination of phthalates, or phthalates alternatives that, in addition to those permanently banned by the CPSIA, should be declared banned hazardous substances.
On his second day in Hanoi, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Marantis conducted intensive discussions with Vietnamese government officials on a wide range of regional and bilateral issues. Ambassador Marantis also met with Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang. They discussed their goals for the second round of Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, to be held in San Francisco during the week of June 15, and how to develop it into a high-standard, 21st century regional trade agreement. He also underscored important bilateral issues affecting industrial goods, agricultural goods, and intellectual property.
The International Trade Data System states the ACE Helpdesk (Technical Support Center [TSC] 1-800-927-8729M) is having difficulty in identifying PGA users in order to reset their ACE passwords. The TSC staff is currently unable to display or locate valid PGA users in the ACE system user registry known as ITIM.
The International Trade Administration has made a preliminary affirmative determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of drill pipe from China.