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Momentum in DC
Email Updates | September 17, 2024
Movers for America took our concerns to the Hill, and the wind is at our backs. We’re heartened that the…
MFA is on the Hill
Email Updates | September 9, 2024
Movers for America is making sure D.C. hears our concerns! Our Executive Director Katie McMichael and several coalition members are…
ATA’s New Executive Director of Moving & Storage Wants to Address GHC Shortcomings
Email Updates | August 26, 2024
The American Trucking Associations recently named Dan Hilton as its new Executive Director of Moving and Storage, and Hilton is…
Atlas Chairman and CEO calls for Congressional Evaluation of the GHC
Email Updates | August 19, 2024
Jack Griffin, Chairman and CEO of Atlas World Group, Inc. – one of the nation’s largest moving companies – is…
Small Businesses Need Answers
Email Updates | August 6, 2024
The GHC promises that 40% of work will be awarded to small businesses. But are the GHC terms even viable…
Money Out of Our Pockets?
Email Updates | July 31, 2024
Is the cost of servicing military moves about to get more expensive? We’re not completely sure, and that’s concerning. But…
Suddath President & CEO Mike Brannigan: Congress should take a closer look at changes to military household moves
Email Updates | July 23, 2024
Published by the Florida Times-Union and Yahoo Finance The Southeast is home to the highest concentration of military bases in…
Movers for America Adds Katie McMichael, Longtime Transportation and Logistics Policy Expert, as Executive Director
News | July 17, 2024
Movers for America has announced the addition of longtime transportation and logistics policy expert Katie McMichael as the coalition’s Executive…
More GHC Confusion
Email Updates | July 16, 2024
While the industry still has a lot of unanswered questions about compliance with the GHC’s Service Contract Act requirements, here’s…
Here Comes the SCA – What Does it Mean?
Email Updates | July 9, 2024
It’s a really big deal that the Global Household Goods Contract (GHC) triggers the Service Contract Act (SCA) for all…
Movers for America is Growing – and on Social Media
Email Updates | July 3, 2024
Movers for America welcomes policy expert Katie McMichael to the team! We are pleased to announce that Katie McMichael has…
Megan Harless: Military families will pay the price for government contract gamesmanship
Military Families | June 27, 2024
Army veteran, military spouse, and long-time PCS expert and advocate Megan Harless recently shared her opinions about what is on the line if the GHC fails, and how it hits extremely close to home. Megan has experienced 11 PCS moves – as an Army service member, as a dual military family, while pregnant, with young kids, and sometimes alone while her husband was deployed. Read about the likely real-world impacts of the GHC on service families like Megan’s.
Movers for America Praises Congressional Leaders for Including a GAO Audit of GHC Contract in Annual Defense Bill
Email Updates | June 24, 2024
Movers for America, a coalition of some 1,000 professional movers and independent owner-operators, issued a statement praising Rep. Mike Waltz…
Movers for America Praises Congressional Leaders for Including a GAO Audit of GHC Contract in Annual Defense Bill
News | June 18, 2024
For Immediate Release For More Information: June 18, 2024 Movers for America, a coalition of some 1,000 professional movers and…
Messy Math and Emojis: Customer Satisfaction Rates Explained
Email Updates | June 14, 2024
We all know that TRANSCOM is using new calculations to measure our performance for military shipments, but they haven’t really…
DOD Self-Promotion of GHC Leaves Out A-Lot
Email Updates | June 7, 2024
The DOD’s misleading new puff piece about the GHC program, “DOD Kicks Off Improved Household Goods Shipment Program” is laden…
TRANSCOM’s Misleading Math Downplays Customer Satisfaction
Email Updates | May 30, 2024
We’ve talked a little bit about this, but we think this deserves a deeper dive – TRANSCOM seems to be…
Florida Trucking Association Wants GAO Audit
Email Updates | May 24, 2024
Alix Miller, President and CEO of the Florida Trucking Association, is standing with professional movers and military families! Her recent…
Congress must ensure quality moving services for Florida’s active-duty military families
Tallahassee Democrat | May 22, 2024
The President & CEO of the Florida Trucking Association penned a recent opinion piece calling for a GAO audit of the GHC. Read her take on why this is important.
Movers Group Seeks Review of $20B Contract for Military Moves
Transport Topics | May 20, 2024
‘Movers for America’ Is Asking Congress to Direct the GAO to Pause Contract, Evaluate Program.
Military Families Overwhelmingly Satisfied with Current PCS System
Email Updates | May 17, 2024
A recent survey confirmed what many of us already knew: Military families are overwhelmingly satisfied with the high-quality moving services…
Military movers urge DoD, Congress to pause household goods contract
Federal News Network | May 15, 2024
New coalition of moving companies pushes back on DoD’s multibillion dollar household goods contract
Movers for America Calls for Independent Evaluation of GHC, Citing Viability, Impacts on Military Families and Moving Industry, and Potential Loss of Competitiveness
News | May 15, 2024
Following multiple program delays and with many questions still looming about the financial viability and feasibility of military moving services…
Industry Members Call for GAO Audit
Email Updates | May 14, 2024
A growing number of respected and experienced industry members have voiced their support for our call to Congress to direct…
Urge Congress to Evaluate the Viability of the GHC
Email Updates | May 3, 2024
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Movers for America Coalition Supports High-Quality Military Moving Industry, Warns GHC Contract Will Create Underfunded, Anti-Competitive Monopoly
News | April 30, 2024
In an effort to course-correct the U.S. Department of Defense’s anti-competitive plan to outsource military household moves, a coalition of nearly 200 experienced moving professionals launched Movers for America.
HomeSafe Completes First Local Move – About 30 Miles Down the Road
Email Updates | April 26, 2024
This week, HomeSafe Alliance announced that it has completed it’s first move – and first-ever military move – under the…
TRANSCOM, HomeSafe Detail GHC Rollout Expectations
Email Updates | April 19, 2024
A recent article on Military.com outlined the expectations of TRANSCOM and HomeSafe for consolidation of PCS moves, with TRANSCOM officials…
Failure to Address Specific GHC Concerns
Email Updates | April 12, 2024
Yesterday, Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost publicly testified before the House Armed Services Committee during a hearing on the Posture and…
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