Daycos News

Our third quarterly customer newsletter of 2007 has been emailed out, and you may download the pdf version here…. Topics include:
Updates on DPS Invoicing and Services
AccuBill Updates
Website Error Procedures
Daycos Numbers
We will be posting some of these articles as seperate items on the blog soon, but you can view the newsletter to read them all.

We just wanted to remind everyone that on Monday, September 3rd, the Daycos office will be closed for Labor Day. Normal office hours will resume on Tuesday, September 4th. We thank you for your business and wish you a fun and safe holiday!…

Keeping plenty busy this time of year, I would like to take a moment to introduce you to one of the employees from our Production Department, Lisa Jones.
Lisa started with us in November 2005, joining us as a Biller training in International Billing. Today, not quite two years later, Lisa has already become a very well-rounded employee. This time of year when our billing workload is heavier, Lisa spends her days billing and second-checking both International and Domestic invoices…

The DPS Production Exercise, which allows TSPs to work directly on the DPS system, has been extended again. It will now continue until August 31st, and any TSPs who wish to join the DPS exercise may do so by emailing DPSSAT@sddc.army.mil and providing your contact info and SCAC code.
While the exercise has not lived up to some TSPs expectations thus far, due to the relative lack of shipments awarded to TSPs, we still encourage TSPs to participate. It may…

We received email notice today from a representative of SDDC on the upcoming TSP conference call that is scheduled for next week.

Dear All,
Here are the meeting details for the upcoming TSP Telecon.
When: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 2:00PM -3:00PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Where: SDDC HQ: 10s64; Call In: 877-421-0033, Pass Code: 110363…

An article posted on the GovernmentExecutive.com website, creatively titled Defense Says Bye-Bye to EDI, and the Federal Register notice… it references, have been generating a lot of recent discussion in the TSP community. The articles seems to be indicating that the DOD will eliminate use of EDI, and mandate the use of the Wide Area WorkFlow system. Since EDI is the transmission method by which we send invoices, this change would obviously have a big impact.
However, we have

We just received the following email from Larry Briggs of SDDC:

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL
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To CWA Users
A JAVA error is occurring in some instances when users of the application perform a Search for BL and then attempt to view items. The CWA maintenance team is researching the cause of this error and hope to have the problem fixed shortly. Thanks.…

Along with difficulties logging into the CWA system, we experienced the mentioned problems with

The price of fuel was $2.898 as reported on Monday, August 6, 2007 making the upcoming FSC rates for the period 8/15/07 thru 9/14/07 as follows:

Domestic HHG / International HHG / Baggage – 4%
GSA Bag & International – 10%
GSA Domestic — $1.50…

We received the following email from Larry Briggs of SDDC today regarding scheduled downtime for CWA.

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL
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To CWA Users
CWA will be unavailable between 6:30 – 7:30 a.m. EST on August 8, 2007.
So that an Oracle security patch can be applied.
Thanks
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We recently received the following update on the Port Congestion/Security Surcharge NOC issue from Chuck White of the Household Good Forwarders Association…

Yesterday Terry Head, President of the HHGFAA, Alan Wohlstetter, General Counsel for the Association, five representatives from TSPs directly impacted by the GSA review and I met with Jim Fitzgerald, GSA’s Chief of the Transportation Audit Division, his legal counsel and GSA staff to discuss GSA’s latest decision regarding the applicability of the Port Congestion/Security Surcharge (CON) for …