[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53873-53874]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-21696]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DOD-2012-OS-0097]


Defense Transportation Regulation, Part IV

AGENCY: United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense has published draft Direct 
Procurement Method (DPM) business rules for the Defense Personal 
Property Program (DP3) in the Defense Transportation Regulation (DTR) 
Part IV (DTR 4500.9R). These business rules will encompass 
Transportation Service Providers (TSP) participation and procedures for 
Personal Property Shipping Offices (PPSO) as we transition to Phase III 
of the Defense Personal Property Program (DP3). The DPM business rules 
will replace the currently approved Domestic Small Shipment (dS2) 
business rules and will appear under DTR Part IV, Appendix V, to 
include operational business rules maintained on the Surface Deployment 
and Distribution Command (SCCD) Web site. The below listed draft 
business rules are available for review on the USTRANSCOM Web site at 
http://www.transcom.mil/dtr/coord/coordpartiv.cfm.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 4, 2012. Do not 
submit comments directly to the point of contact or mail your comments 
to any address other that what is shown below. Doing so will delay the 
posting of the submission. You may submit comments, identified by 
docket number and title, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Federal Docket Management System Office, 4800 Mark 
Center Drive, Suite 02G09, Alexandria VA 22350-3100.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and docket number for this Federal Register document. The general 
policy for

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comments and other submissions from members of the public is to make 
these submissions available for public viewing on the Internet at 
http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without change, 
including any personal identifiers or contact information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jim Teague, United States 
Transportation Command, TCJ5/4-PI, 508 Scott Drive, Scott Air Force 
Base, IL 62225-5357; (618) 220-4803.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In furtherance of DoD's goal to develop and 
implement an efficient personal property program to facilitate quality 
movements of personal property for our military members and civilian 
employees, DPM business rules were developed in concert with the 
Military Services and SDDC. The following business rules are available 
for review and comment:

DPM Tender of Service (TOS)
Attachment V.E.1--Customer Satisfaction Survey
Attachment V.F.1--Best Value Score
Attachment V.F.2--Shipment Management
Attachment V.F.3--TSP Qualifications
Attachment V.F.4--Rate Filing
Attachment V.F.5--DPM CONUS Freight TSP
Attachment V.Q.2--Quality Assurance

    Any subsequent modification(s) to the business rules will be 
published in the Federal Register and incorporated into the Defense 
Transportation Regulation (DTR) Part IV (DTR 4500.9R). These program 
requirements do not impose a legal requirement, obligation, sanction or 
penalty on the public sector, and will not have an economic impact of 
$100 million or more.
    Additional Information: A complete version of the DTR is available 
via the Internet on the USTRANSCOM homepage at http://www.transcom.mil/dtr/part-iv/.

    Dated: August 29, 2012.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2012-21696 Filed 8-31-12; 8:45 am]
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