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Over the past few weeks, our area in Nebraska has seen record amounts of rainfall, and in the past few days, we have seen smaller communities upsteam from Norfolk battle against flood waters. Yesterday it was our turn to deal with the overflowing Elkhorn River. Since our office is located less than half a mile from river, at the point which appeared to be most vulnerable, we were watching the events fairly closely. Early in the day, it did not…

The price of fuel was $2.95 per gallon as reported on Monday, June 7, 2010 making the upcoming FSC rates for the period 6/15/10 through 7/14/10 as follows:

GBL Domestic HHG / International HHG & UB – 5%
GSA Domestic HHG – $0.44
GSA International HHG and BAG – $0.44

One common complaint of the TSP industry with SDDC is that information given from SDDC to the PPSOs is not shared with TSPs. At times, this has complicated communication, for example when a PPSO says they are basing a decision on a directive from SDDC, and the TSP has not had the chance to see the document which gave this directive. At various industry meetings with SDDC, many requests have been made to share these types of communications, usually without much…

The decision of the government to eliminate compensation for third party servicing of front load washing machines has certainly sparked a lot of discussion. We have heard many on the industry side express frustration and anger over the decision, but Jim Walsh of Alliance Relocation Services may win the award for most passionate spokesperson on the issue. In  a recent video blog posted on his RelocationAlly.com website, Jim went on quite a rant about his opinion of the government’s decision.…

As part of the process of asserting ownership over the 400NG Tariff, SDDC has published a number of items that used to be provided by American Moving & Storage Association (AMSA), before the Surface Transportation Board ruling that prevented them from maintaining the tariff. The first step was the release of the baseline rates for the 400NG in January, and recently they added a couple of other tools used in the invoicing process.
The tool that will…

Daycos will be closed on Monday, May 31st in observance of Memorial Day. We will resume our normal business hours on Tuesday, June 1st.

We thank you for your business and wish you all a safe and fun holiday!

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

• New DPS Registration Process Available
• DPS By the Numbers
• Daycos Kids Roll-up Their Sleeves for a Good Cause
• Three Year Statute of Limitations Confirmed

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Last fall, a Civilian Board of Contract Appeals(CBCA) ruling confirmed that GSA had a three year statute of limitation in which to issue Notices of Overcharge (NOC) on shipments, overruling GSA’s contention that they had up to ten years in which to issues overcharges. The case in question (CBCA 1317-RATE) involved overcharges against Union Pacific Railroad, but the decision affects personal property shipments as well, since the laws governing this topic cover all transportation payments.
This ruling is important because…

“If DPS volume increases significantly, there will be much interest in seeing how DPS handles the increased load. JPMO-HHGS representatives seem fairly confident that the work they have done the last six months beefing up the capacity of the system will enable DPS to handle the upcoming increase. “

That is a section of our blog posting from March 18th discussing the ramp up of DPS shipments. Well, almost exactly two months later, it is safe to…

In the most recent DP3/DPS WAR report covering May1st-7th, there were many items indicating the increased volume of shipments in DPS:

• Another big week for DP3/DPS…now 65% in the system, and USCG hit 81% on almost 1,000 moves!  We know this increase in volume has come at a cost as we continue to improve the system and our people get trained and familiar with DPS.  Thanks for all the good work. (from  Executive Summary by Col. Miller)
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