The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are working hand-in-hand with dozens of other U.S. departments and independent agencies to build and deliver a much awaited national “Single Window” called the International Trade Data System (ITDS) by December 2016.
ITDS is intended to overcome the inefficiencies often generated by distinct (and at times overlapping or inconsistent) standards for exports and imports of as many as 47 agencies that impact the U.S. supply chain network.
This has been excerpted from a 17 December 2014 news release by the World Customs Organization and is available in its entirety at:
http://www.wcoomd.org/en/media/newsroom/2014/december/us-announces-progress-on-national-single-window-implementation.aspx