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SDDC and US Bank are holding a TSP Workshop to train TSP’s on how to deal with issues and problems in CWA and PowerTrack. They are gearing this towards people who are working in CWA and PowerTrack everyday, so it is not intended to be an introductory training session on those systems. Also, they have made it clear that they don’t want managers or salespeople attending; they want the people actually doing CWA and PowerTrack handling. We have posted the…

We received this message this morning from SDDC concerning DD619 and DD619-1 usage:

1. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, THIS MESSAGE PROVIDES CHANGES TO DOD 4500.9R DEFENSE TRANSPORTATION REGULATION PART IV, DATED AUGUST 2003.
A. REFERENCE CHAPTER 401 PAGES IV-401-33 AND IV-401-34: DD FORM 619 AND DD FORM 619-1 HAVE BEEN REVISED AND ARE AVAILABLE TO THE FIELD. THE NEW FORMS HAVE A DATE OF AUG 2005 AND CONTAIN THE STATEMENT “PREVIOUS EDITION IS OBSOLETE”. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, TSPS ARE AUTHORIZED TO USE

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We have been advised that DFAS-Norfolk and the US Coast Guard finance centers are experiencing some problems with recording and providing payment information. Both locations have recently implemented new payment software which is causing this problem.
Payments to TSP’s are not being held up due to this, but the Advise of Payment that is usually provided to the financial institutions is not complete.
The US Coast Guard does have a website where you can lookup your payment details. Please go…

Amendment 2 to Change 2 of the International Personal Property Rate Solicitation, effective April 1, 2005, provides the following increased charges for reweighs performed on or after 4/1/05:
$55.37 household goods
$24.92 unaccompanied baggage

A reminder that today is the bi-weekly conference call between TSP’s, SDDC and USBank with regard to issues encountered in Phase I of Families First. Any participating TSP is welcome to join into the call. Here are the details to join in the call:
13 September 2005
10N64 / SDDC
2:00 pm (Eastern)
(210) 453-4094
Participant Code = 9684117
UPDATE – during the call, it was discussed that one way to facilitate quicker-moving invoices is to invoice only origin items…

We have released a new edition of our quarterly newsletter. Please feel free to download a PDF version of the newsletter. We would welcome any comments.

We received a call from the CWA Help Desk this morning to inform us that at approximately 9:30 CST they had an extensive power outage at their location. They are working towards resolution of this matter, and getting CWA online again. Unfortunately, at this time they do not have an ETA, except as soon as they possibly can.

We have started to see Notices of Overcharge issued by General Services Administration on shipments moving under Phase I of Families First. Please remember that if you receive a Notice on an invoice that we billed for you, the handling of this Notice by us is part of your invoice fee.

If you received an email this afternoon from SDDC stating that you will be disqualified from the personal property program, and you have not previously been notified of such disqualification, please disregard this notice.
We spoke with Ms. Rosia Lindsay of SDDC this afternoon who advised that this email, instead of going to the intended 22 recipients, was directed (through a technical error) to ALL TSP’s currently involved in the personal property program.
If you have not previously been notified…

Earlier this week, we had guests from SDDC and US Bank PowerTrack visit our offices in Norfolk. We were able to show them our facility, walk them through our processes, and spend some time discussing issues with Phase I shipments. We felt it was a good opportunity for them to see the work being done on behalf of the TSP’s, and understand the challenges we face working to get our invoices paid. Likewise, we had a chance to gain some…