Daycos News

Here’s hoping that everyone is enjoying a quiet, subdued Friday afternoon. While you might be tempted to sneak out early on a Friday, it might be a good idea to catch up on any DPS related work  you have waiting.
Starting at 9 PM Central tonight,DPS is being taken down to install release 1.4.07 into the production system. This patch includes lots of fixes and changes…, so there is a good chance there will be some bumps in the

JPMO-HHGS has just posted version 25 of the DPS Smart Book on their Move.mil website. (You can download the pdf by clicking here…). The main change to this Smart Book is the comprehensive review of changes contained in DPS version 1.4.07, which is scheduled to be released into DPS production tomorrow.
In addition to listing all of the contained changes and fixes, the Smart Book also includes extensive screen shots of the changes, allowing TSPs to preview what the

…At their recent Annual Meeting in Denver, the International Association of Movers (IAM) held a panel discussion on claims. Peg Wilken, chair of the IAM Claims Committee, hosted two Military Claims Office (MCO) representatives and two industry claims panelists on a wide-ranging discussion of claims-related topics. Each panelist shared some information, and then answered questions from Peg and the audience during the two-hour session.
One of the most interesting statistics from the presentations came from the Air Force claims representative.

…During early summer, when DPS was struggling to stay online, the decision was made to “lock-down” the DPS system for the rest of the summer peak season. This meant that the only changes, or updates to the DPS system would be to fix critical errors. All improvements, new features, and non-critical fixes were put on hold until peak season ended.
The system lock-down certainly helped with the stability of DPS, but we have reached the end of peak season, and

July’s Monthly Activity Report (MAR) contained the introduction of the new DPS Program Director, Col. Mark Hiryak. The August monthly report introduces Mary Campbell as the new  DPS Program Manager. In the email sent with the report, Col. Hiryak made the following comments about the new leadership position:

• Mrs. Mary Meyer Campbell reported as the new DPS Program Manager;she previously managed several Programs for TCAQ before earning a well-deserved promotion and joining the HHGS JPMO team.
• I haven’t

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The price of fuel was $3.87 per gallon as reported on Monday, September 5, 2011 making the upcoming FSC rates for the period 9/15/11 through 10/14/11 as follows:

GBL Domestic HHG / International HHG & UB – 14%
GSA Domestic HHG – $1.36
GSA International HHG and BAG – $1.36
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Next week, the International Association of Movers will be holding their 49th Annual Meeting… in Denver, Colorado. Representing Daycos at the IAM meeting will be Paula Alder, Brandon Day, John Day, Sue Fuchtman, Cody Fuchtman, and Tami Pick. We will also have a Daycos booth (Number 709) in the exhibit hall, so if you are in Denver please stop by the booth to say hello.
If you are not planning to attend the IAM Meeting, we will try and keep

USTRANSCOM recently formally announced their plans to consolidate all PPSO offices into 11 regional JPPSOs. There will be a lot of speculation about the effects of regionalization, and we would like to speculate about its effect on the invoicing process. Fortunately, we currently have a number of JPPSOs already in place, so our opinions are based in large part on our past experience with those existing JPPSOs.
Positives…
The biggest challenge we face in invoicing is probably dealing with all

Our office will be closed on Monday, September 5th in observance of the Labor Day holiday. Normal office hours will resume on Tuesday, September 6th.
We thank you for your business and wish everyone a safe and happy holiday.…