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• IAM Young Professionals Update

  Oct 11, 2019 — The IAM-Young Professionals continued its progression toward being a more mission-driven and philanthropic organization, in addition to its historically strong and valuable networking purpose. With over 50 percent of the YP members in attendance, they had a strong presence throughout the four-day event of the IAM 57th Annual Meeting and Expo in Chicago, and used their platform as a force for team building, philanthropy, and environmental stewardship.

• IAM Hosts Global Moving and Mobility Standards Summit

  Oct 11, 2019 — On Thursday, October 3, IAM convened key stakeholders from the global moving and mobility industry at the IAM Annual Meeting & Expo to drive the adoption and development of industry standards. Specifying effective standards and rules for how shipment data is organized, shared, and treated will enable technology companies to provide this transparency to partners who have also adopted these standards.

• Companies Begin Vying to Take Over All Military Household Goods Shipments

  Oct 9, 2019 — U.S. Transportation Command is pressing ahead with the much-disputed plan to have a single company in charge of shipping household goods for permanent change-of-station moves, Army Gen. Stephen Lyons said. "There are a number of wickets to get through first," but the plan is workable despite opposition from many of the firms already in the business, Lyons said.

• Middle East Shipping Stabilized by UK Navy, Says Fleet Commander

  Sep 13, 2019 — Britain’s decision to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz has helped to stabilize commercial shipping through the critical chokepoint weeks after Iran seized a UK-flagged tanker in the region, a top British navy official said on Thursday.

• Singapore waters continue to see drop in ‘major incidents’

  Aug 29, 2019 — The number of major incidents in Singapore waters continued to fall last year, continuing a trend seen over the last decade.

• DoD’s Contracting Initiative—Lather, Rinse, Repeat

  May 24, 2019 — 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.

• IAM Attends the Young Movers Conference (YMC) in Romania

  May 22, 2019 — IAM Staff Members Brian Limperopulos and Julia O’Connor attended the 2019 Young Movers Conference earlier this month.

• DoD’s Contracting Initiative—How Much Trust is Too Much?

  May 17, 2019 — 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.

• DoD’s Contracting Initiative—Kicked to the Curb

  May 10, 2019 — This is the sixth 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.

• DoD’s Contracting Initiative—If It Ain't Broke...

  May 3, 2019 — This is the fifth 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.

• DoD’s Contracting Initiative—a Rational Business Decision or a Roll of the dice?

  Apr 26, 2019 — This is the fourth 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.

• Outsourcing and the International Forwarder

  Apr 19, 2019 — This is the third 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.

• Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss

  Apr 12, 2019 — This is the second 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.

• The Risks of a Monopoly Managing the DOD Personal Property Program

  Apr 5, 2019 — This is the first 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.

• USTRANSCOM Commander Meets with Moving Industry Reps to Improve PCS Move Quality – An Industry Perspective

  Mar 29, 2019 — USTRANSCOM Public Affairs published a press release highlighting GEN Lyons’ meeting with CEOs from various moving companies who support DoD household goods movement, and a separate meeting with moving industry trade associations. The press release is not an accurate account of the events of those meetings. Industry attendees believe the tone of the press release implied industry’s support to the general’s decision to award a contract to a single provider. To be clear, most of DoD’s current household goods service providers do not support this initiative.