On January 20^th, the United States Fashion Industry Association (USFIA) joined a coalition letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson reiterating the importance of the President’s Executive Order on Trade Facilitation and support for a commercially meaningful single window by the 2016 deadline. The letter was signed by 31 associations. On March 15^th, Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorka, Chair of the Border Interagency Executive Committee (BIEC) responded, noting “on-time delivery of the ITDS by the December 2016 deadline remains a top DHS priority. Today, over half of ITDS technical capabilities have been successfully deployed and U.S. Customs & Border Protection is on track to complete the remaining core components by July 1, 2015.” He also discussed the next steps, including testing system capabilities in real-work environments, and gradually increasing the volume of goods being processed through the system, as well as ensuring all parties are ready for ACE. The letter is available here.