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A recent editorial by the Army Times harshly criticized DOD’s record of moving personal property goods. Much of the brief article focused on the DP3 roll-out, and the peak season problems from last summer that followed. You can read the full editorial here, but we will highlight a couple of passages.
While the industry is not mentioned very often in the article, this section may be of interest to TSPs:

Part of the problem can be blamed on the …

Note: This is the fourth in a series of posts on the changes in the upcoming 2011 400NG and the 2011 International Tender. Please note that these articles are not intended to cover every change made, so TSPs still need to read the tariffs prior to filing rates. Also, these posts are based on our own interpretation of the tariffs, and we cannot guarantee that our interpretation will always be shared by SDDC, the PPSOs, or GSA.…
Tariffs can be

Note: This is a guest post from Elmer Storck of Carlyle Van Lines. Elmer is Agency Development Manager for Carlyle, and one of the most knowledgeable people in the industry on many DPS related issues, including the use of  digital certificates. Elmer obtained a digital certificate a few years ago, and has used it on a daily basis as his ETA login. We asked Elmer if he would share some of his knowledge about digital certificates, and he graciously …

Note: This is the third in a series of posts on the changes in the upcoming 2011 400NG and the 2011 International Tender. Please note that these articles are not intended to cover every change made, so TSPs still need to read the tariffs prior to filing rates. Also, these posts are based on our own interpretation of the tariffs, and we cannot guarantee that our interpretation will always be shared by SDDC, the PPSOs, or GSA.…
In the 2011

The Daycos January Monthly Newsletter has been sent out, and can be viewed here.  A few of the topics in this month’s newsletter include:

Digital Certificates to be Required
Series of Blog Posts Highlight Tariff Changes
Daycos Provides Electronic Billing Solutions

If you did not receive an email with this month’s newsletter, but would like to receive it directly each month, please feel free to subscribe here: Daycos Newsletter….

Note: This is the second in a series of posts on the changes in the upcoming 2011 400NG and the 2011 International Tender. Please note that these articles are not intended to cover every change made, so TSPs still need to read the tariffs prior to filing rates. Also, these posts are based on our own interpretation of the tariffs, and we cannot guarantee that our interpretation will always be shared by SDDC, the PPSOs, or GSA.
…Since the inception

It appears SDDC is going to be making some changes to their website in the near future. Recently, this message was posted on the Personal Property homepage under the banner of “Coming Soon!”:

SDDC will be launching a new and improved website within the next few weeks. We ask for your patience during the transition period. All current information will be available and we invite you to navigate through our new site to see the improvements. We apologize for any …

Note: This is the first in a series of posts on the changes in the upcoming 2011 400NG and the 2011 International Tender. Please note that these articles are not intended to cover every change made, so TSPs still need to read the tariffs prior to filing rates. Also, these posts are based on our own interpretation of the tariffs, and we cannot guarantee that our interpretation will always be shared by SDDC, the PPSOs, or GSA. …
The single biggest

In March of last year,the Daycos News blog got a new look, and some new software to run the blog. Included in that software was some improved website analytics and reporting, which makes it easier to track how many people are visiting the blog, and what they are reading. Using those reports, we wanted to share the 5 most popular posts of 2010.

1. What is Syncada, and what happened to PowerTrack? It may be a bit surprising that this

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The price of fuel was $3.33 per gallon as reported on Monday, January 3, 2011 making the upcoming FSC rates for the period 1/15/11 through 2/14/11 as follows:

GBL Domestic HHG / International HHG & UB – 9%
GSA Domestic HHG – $0.83
GSA International HHG and BAG – $0.83…