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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.

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.

DOD Kicks Off Improved Household Goods Shipment Program

2024.06.04 - Stressful station-to-station moves due to poor quality service and broken or delayed household goods could soon be a thing of the past.

WALTZ OPENING STATEMENT AT FULL COMMITTEE MARKUP OF FY25 NDAA

2024.05.23 - Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Mike Waltz (R-FL), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Readiness, delivered the following opening statement at the full committee markup for H.R. 8070, the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement Act and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25).

HASC Approves Oversight of the GHC Program, including GAO Review, in FY25 NDAA

2024.05.23 - The US House Armed Services Committee (HASC) approved provisions championed by the ATA Moving and Storage Conference to increase oversight of the DOD's Defense Personal Property Program and its Global Household Goods Contract Program.

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