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As of 11 AM CST this morning, we have been unable to access DPS, CWA, or PowerTrack all morning. DPS had a scheduled downtime that was supposed to end at 5 AM, but it has not come back up yet. CWA is also inaccessible, and while we can login to PowerTrack, there is no other functionality that seems to be working. While it is not unusual for DPS to be down, it is less common to have problems with CWA…

Over the course of the last week, there has been a growing number of I-22 International invoices that have gone into Audit Exception in PowerTrack (PT) due to CE07 rating errors in CWA. CE07 rating errors mean that the CWA rating engine was unable to identify the rate area to correctly rate the invoice. This is not a new error, but is appearing on a much larger scale that usual.
We have opened a help ticket with the CWA Help…

Our billing program and AccuBill have recently been updated with the DS09 changes found in the D-16 Solicitation that went into effect for Domestic shipments with pickup dates of 05/01/09 and after.
The changes are as follows:

DOM – new tariff updates (D-16)
A. The listed ‘Summary of Changes’ for the new tariff contain verbiage changes, no programming required.
B. Although not listed on the ‘Summary of Changes’ page for the new tariff, these next items were coded in red …

We have been advised of the following by a representative of U.S. Bank/PowerTrack earlier this afternoon regarding the status of the PowerTrack site today:

Dear All,
PowerTrack experienced a power grid issue in one of our data centers. The back up power systems have been successfully restored. We are currently bringing the systems back on line in accordance with our recovery plan to ensure no security compromises or data corruption. This only impacts the use of the PowerTrack application and …

Our billing program and AccuBill have recently been updated with the IS09 changes found in the I-22 Solicitation that went into effect for International shipments with pickup dates of 04/01/09 and after.
The changes are as follows:

INT/BAG – new tariff updates (I-22)
A. CONUS SIT related rates increases.
B. INT reweigh to 60.33 was 59.60.
C. BAG reweigh to 27.17 was 26.84.
D. SIT and Warehouse Handling Charges – INT raised.
E. SIT and Warehouse Handling Charges – BAG …

We recently learned that the CWA and DPS Help Desk email addresses have changed. Last fall when the SDDC Systems Response Center was opened, we were advised that all email addresses would remain the same and had continued using the email address of cwa-helpdesk@sddc.army.mil for the CWA Help Desk and DPSHelpdesk@sddc.army.mil for the DPS Help Desk. This week we learned that the new CWA Help Desk email address is sddc.safb.cwahd@us.army.mil and the new DPS Help Desk email address is sddc.safb.dpshd@us.army.mil…

The launch of DPS has been hindered by numerous login issues that have prevented TSPs and PPSOs from being able to reliably access DPS through the ETA system. It appears now that the government has identified excessive login attempts by webbots (automated computer programs that interact with a website) as the source of the problems. Their solution to the problem has been to implement a CAPTCHA system (where a user is forced to decipher and type the letters seen in…

Effective immediately, all references to the Defense Personal Property Program sent from our office will be made using the name DP3. Over the weekend we updated all email correspondence and website references for “Families First” to “DP3″ in light of the recent notification… from SDDC of the trademark infringement for the use of the term Families First.
It is important to understand that this naming change applies to all Phases of the previously titled Families First program. The Defense Personal

Last week we got a call from DFAS-Indy concerning the effect on the decommissioning of TOPS. The current schedule calls for the shutdown of TOPS by April 30, 2009, a few months after the worldwide roll out of DPS. Once TOPS is off-line, no new shipments can be booked into that system, but of course shipments previously booked can continue to be invoiced for up to three years.
Unfortunately, by summer of 2009, DFAS-Indy plans to shut down its internal…

Our billing program and AccuBill have recently been updated with the IW08 changes found in the I-21 Solicitation that went into effect for International shipments with pickup dates of 10/01/08 and after.
The changes are as follows:

INT/BAG – new tariff updates (I-21)
A. Item 415a – Holidays: Holiday over time clarification. “Overtime rates must be pre-approved, authorized and confirmed, in writing by the PPSO.”
B. Incorporated the following Air Force Regionalization consolidations:

1. Pennsylvania – Transferred responsibility of DMAC to

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