Pentagon wants better service from movers

Pentagon wants better service from movers

June 23, 1998

DAILY BRIEFING

Pentagon wants better service from movers

The Pentagon and moving companies are involved in a battle over problems in shipping military families' household goods, the Washington Post reports.

Moving companies are lobbying on Capitol Hill against a measure that would let the Defense Department test a new contracting system under which it would choose shippers on a "best value," rather than lowest-cost, basis.

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