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Movers aren’t the only ones frustrated by the military’s arcane procurement processesSeems that it's not just small mom-and-pop moving and storage companies or independent household goods motor carriers who find it difficult to do business with Uncle Sam. On Mar 20 2012, the House Armed Services Committee’s Panel on Business Challenges Within the Defense Industry [...]

Movers brace for unprecedented rise in delay and inconvenience claimsAnother peak relocation season is quickly drawing to a close. It’s hard to believe summer is almost over! Typically the 'last hurrah' occurs each year just before Labor Day. Moving and storage business owners and managers then work diligently to put the last few customer service [...]

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. – According to Army Maj. James F. Lowe of the USTRANSCOM public affairs office, officials at the U.S. Transportation Command launched an improved website this week to assist both the military services and transportation service providers (TSPs) in using the Defense Personal Property System, or DPS. DPS is a new [...]

The Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) recently announced that it will host the 2010 Winter Personal Property Forum (PPF) on November 3, 2010 – November 4, 2010 in O'Fallon, Illinois. The first day of the meeting is designated as a Government only day; the second is a Government/Industry interaction day. The forum will [...]

For the last several years, the military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) has restricted the access of new participants in the Department of Defense (DoD) personal property procurement program known as DP3. Recently the re-engineered system for arranging permanent change of station (PCS) moves for military service members and their families was rolled out [...]

Anyone else remember the 1974 movie Houston, We've Got a Problem!? It was a fictional drama about the third U.S. space flight intended to land on the Moon in April, 1970. A mid-mission incident occurred on board Apollo 13 when a rupture in an oxygen tank severely damaged the spacecraft and forced the lunar landing [...]

  Daycos, the third-party billing company that offers a wide variety of invoicing and billing services to over 600 domestic and international moving industry customers primarily involved with handling military and government relocations, has decided to hold their second webinar in 2010. Their first web conference, conducted in March, was an overwhelming success that drew [...]

  Recently the diligent folks over at Daycos reviewed the revised Defense Personal Property System (DPS) 400NG tariff and the International Tender in preparation of the upcoming DPS rate filing. Fortunately for those who either subscribe to their blog or use their service, they've already identified several areas which have changed for transportation service providers [...]

  CCH TECHNICAL ANSWERS GROUP — LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW — 08/27/09 Paving the way for its full implementation on September 8, 2009, Judge Alexander Williams, Jr., of the US District Court for the District of Maryland upheld the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) E-Verify federal contractor rule, which requires certain federal contractors and subcontractors [...]