Household Goods Op-Ed Series – IAM

The Risks of a Monopoly Managing the DOD Personal Property Program

cstewartiam — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 03:51:04 +0000

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. The current DoD moving program is supported by over 900 TSPs (Transportation Service Providers) that provide varying levels of capacity to the DoD. Some companies own more than one TSP as a way to ensure they…

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Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss

cstewartiam — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 03:50:19 +0000

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. In meetings with key leadership within the DoD and USTC on the idea to privatize the household goods program to a single source provider we have heard the following: “The program is broken.

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Outsourcing and the International Forwarder

cstewartiam — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 03:49:46 +0000

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. In the DoD personal property program, the traditional, non-asset-based International Forwarder/TSP (Transportation Service Provider) provides much needed capacity to the government in the way of…

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

cstewartiam — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 03:48:10 +0000

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. The proposed USTRANSCOM initiative to privatize the DoD household moving program under a single provider is filled with significant risk for all of the stakeholders. The Department of Defense…

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DoD’s Contracting Initiative—If It Ain’t Broke…

Jason — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 03:47:33 +0000

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. It’s safe to say that pretty much every single person who does anything in the DoD household goods industry—including U.S. Transcom, the military services, the PPSOs, or the service members being moved—all agree…

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DoD’s Contracting Initiative—Kicked to the Curb

Jason — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 03:46:32 +0000

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. The effects of the Global HHG contract on the local moving and storage companies that proudly serve our men and women in uniform. “Quality service at the curb” and “increased capacity for the DoD” are the…

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

Jason — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 03:45:12 +0000

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. In light of United States Transportation Command (USTC) and the Department of Defense (DoD) moving to outsource DoD’s household goods (HHG) moving process to a single contractor, it’s interesting that just…

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DoD’s Contracting Initiative—Lather, Rinse, Repeat

Jason — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 03:43:25 +0000

This is the Eigth 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. Over the last several weeks, our editorial pieces have attempted to highlight many of the significant issues that are associated with the DoD’s idea to completely outsource the Household Goods (HHG) program to a…

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