"An update on your e-mails to Congress about DOD surplus
We produced an avalanche: now let's follow up
A few weeks ago, you wrote to your elected members of Congress in support of the continued sale of Department of Defense (DOD) surplus property coded Demil B and Q. Together, we sent an avalanche of e-mails to members of the Armed Services Readiness subcommittees in both the House and the Senate, and you were a part of it. THANK YOU.
To update you on where we are today: DOD has paused in its path to implement the policy. They had the ball at the one-yard line, but your e-mails stopped them! In the intervening period, in an unprecedented step, a coalition of interest groups in the surplus industry has delivered a counter-proposal to DOD. We think it addresses all their valid concerns. It includes increased scrutiny and qualification on the commercial purchasers of aircraft parts, an easy way for government departments who want an item to get it from surplus property instead of buying it with our tax dollars and seamless improvements on the integrity of the end-user certificate process that won’t impact the individual customer.
We know your time is valuable, but the most important story that your elected representatives can read is your personal story. We have attached an e-mail that you can add to. If you can e-mail your legislators, telling how you or your own small business rely on DOD surplus, it would be really helpful to our joint goals of protecting the flow of surplus property from DOD.
Thanks again for your support. As a reminder, if you receive any letters from your Senators or Representatives, please e-mail them to us at
info@surplusbuyers.org or fax them to us at 480-563-1678. It really is surplus buyers like you that make a difference!"
http://capwiz.com/sboa/home/
> Government Surplus Buyers of America (GSBA) <
"Your Friends on Capitol Hill"
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I did some follow-up work, after reading this thread. While I could not find out any specifics, deriving from DOD, I did find the notice provided above. Odd how none of these warnings comes with any dates attached. Odd how this site is so vague about the organization(s) that support it.
As best as I can ascertain, this CAPWIZ outfit is one more lobby group in D.C. Whatever...
... here's the latest (I think).
It matters not what your party affiliation is, we all buy this excess inventory.