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To Effectively Serve Our Military, Movers Need Clear Guidance from USDOL

2024.07.23 - Government regulations are notoriously difficult to navigate, particularly for small businesses without big legal departments or even bigger bank accounts. The moving industry – which is primarily made up of small family-owned businesses – is struggling with this difficult reality as it attempts to navigate the rules and regulations associated with the Service Contract Act (SCA).

Suddath President & CEO Mike Brannigan

2024.07.23 - Suddath President & CEO Mike Brannigan: Congress should take a closer look at changes to military household moves Published by the Florida Times-Union and Yahoo Finance

DOD Analysis Gets an Unsatisfactory Review from Movers

2024.06.18 - Per the ATA: In an attempt to undermine our industry and bolster DOD’s argument that a new Government Household Goods Contract is necessary to correct for poor moving satisfaction rates, DOD and TRANSCOM recently published a blog post falsely claiming only 77% of military customers are satisfied with their moving experience.

IAM Responds to defense.gov Article that Quotes Misleading DP3 Satisfaction Statistics

2024.06.12 - Last week, on June 4th, Defense.gov published a misleading article disparaging the service our members provide.

DOD Self-Promotion of GHC Leaves Out A Lot

2024.06.07 - The DOD’s misleading new puff piece about the GHC program, “DOD Kicks Off Improved Household Goods Shipment Program” is laden with inaccuracies and off-base industry criticisms that will hardly woo professional movers who have been reluctant to sign up under the new system, given low reimbursement rates and layers of new regulations.