AES Broadcast 09/24/2008 Broadcast # 2008044
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AESDirect Program Outage
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This message is intended for AESDirect program users only. If you are
not an AESDirect program filer, you will not be affected by this outage.
Due to utility maintenance at the primary datacenter for the AESDirect
program, AESDirect will not be available for 4 to 6 hours beginning
at 10:30 AM EDT Sunday, September 28, 2007. We will send out another
e-mail broadcast message as soon as AESDirect is back on-line.
We strongly encourage you to file your shipments prior to
this outage when possible.
During this outage all AESDirect program filers may submit shipments
under the AES Downtime Policy. State Department licensable shipments
can not be exported under the downtime policy and must be held until
the connection is restored and an Automated Export System (AES) Internal
Transaction Number (ITN) is received. Once the connection is restored,
all AESDirect program transactions for shipments that moved under the
AES Downtime Policy must be filed along with any new AES transactions.
AESPcLink users are encouraged to continue creating and storing shipments
in a queue on their local computer for transmission when AESDirect
is brought back on-line.
If you utilize the AES Downtime Policy for export, please contact the
port where you will export from. In lieu of the AES Proof of Filing
citation, please use the AES Downtime citation which consist of the
phrase AESDOWN, your individual company's Filer ID, followed by the
date.
For example: AESDOWN 123456789 09/28/08
Please see the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) web site for
further information on the AES Downtime Policy:
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/automated/aes/tech_docs/aestir/june04_intro/
For further information or questions, contact the U.S. Census Bureau's
AES Branch at 1-800-549-0595, menu option 1 or at askaes@census.gov.
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