Military News and Resources
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Jun
07
U.S. Probing Visa Applicants’ Social Media
The State Department is now requiring visa applicants to submit information about their social media accounts as part of a more extensive screening process that will affect about 15 million foreigners seeking to enter the United States each year. -
May
24
DoD’s Contracting Initiative—Lather, Rinse, Repeat
This is the eighth in a series of op-eds that IAM is running to shed additional light on problems associated with privatizing the household goods program to a single source contractor. -
May
22
IAM Attends the Young Movers Conference (YMC) in Romania
IAM Staff Members Brian Limperopulos and Julia O’Connor attended the 2019 Young Movers Conference earlier this month. -
May
17
DoD’s Contracting Initiative—How Much Trust is Too Much?
This is the seventh in a series of op-eds that IAM is running to shed additional light on problems associated with privatizing the household goods program to a single source contractor. -
May
10
The Pentagon Is Rushing to Outsource Military Moves, and Moving Companies Aren't Happy
U.S. Transportation Command in April posted a draft request for proposal to hire a single company to manage the system responsible for permanent change-of-station moves. Members of the International Association of Movers want Congress to require the DoD to create a working group to study the measure before it goes any further.
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eGov/Mil Newsletter: June 13, 2019
- USTRANSCOM Weekly Peak Season Teleconference (13 June)
- USTRANSCOM Weekly Peak Season Teleconference (6 June)
- USTRANSCOM Updates Short Fuse Process to Help with Backlog
- Yembo Announces Implementation of IAM-led ISO Inventory Standard
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eGov/Mil Newsletter: May 31, 2019
- Inconvenience Claims for Shipments Coming out of SIT: a Q&A with USTC
- USTRANSCOM Global Household Goods Contract (GHC) Update: Bundling Notification
- USTRANSCOM Weekly Peak Season Teleconference (30 May)
- USTRANSCOM Weekly Peak Season Teleconference (23 May)
- IAM’s Seventh & Eighth Articles in a Series of Op-Ed Pieces on DoD’s Global Household Goods Contract (GHC)
- Requirement for Seals Removed from Tender of Service
- On-Base Families Forced to Contend with Health Hazards at Home
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eGov/Mil Newsletter: May 17, 2019
- USTRANSCOM Getting Pressure from JPPSOs to Turn Off Refusal Capability
- USTRANSCOM Moves Forward With Policy on Inconvenience Claims for Shipments out of Storage-in-Transit (SIT)
- IAM’s Fifth and Sixth Articles in a Series of Op-Ed Pieces on DoD’s Global Household Goods Contract (GHC)
- USTRANSCOM Weekly Peak Season Teleconference
- The Pentagon is Rushing to Outsource Military Moves, and Moving Companies Aren’t Happy
- USTRANSCOM Open Discussion with Industry Telecon
- National Defense Transportation Association (NDTA) Surface Committee Meeting
- MilMove Update from USTRANSCOM
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Jun
11
Defense Personal Property System (DPS) Database Latency Update - Information Only
Update Number 19-0076
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Jun
10
DP3 PEAK SEASON SLIDES FOR WEEK 24
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Jun
10
DP3 PEAK SEASON SLIDES FOR WEEK 23
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Jun
06
Defense Personal Property System (DPS) Complete System Reset
Update Number 19-0073
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May
31
Defense Personal Property System (DPS) Scheduled Maintenance Outage for Release 3.33
Update Number 19-0072
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Jan
03
International Tender - 2019
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Dec
18
Key Changes for 2019 Rate Filing
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Aug
24
Extended Storage Request for Offers Cover Letter Aug 23 2018
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Aug
24
Consolidated 2018-2019 CHAMP RFO 1
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Aug
24
General Services Administration Domestic 500A–2018 Tariff
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Aug
24
Household Goods Tender of Service (GSA HTOS)
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Dec
14
2018 International Tender and Solicitation Infromation