Defense Travel Management Office Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) Department of Defense Defense Travel System Functionality Update June , 2009 George Greiling GSA Expo 2009

Defense Travel Management Office Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) Recent Releases and Future Enhancements Special Circumstance Travel Permanent Duty Travel 2 Agenda

Defense Travel Management Office Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) Recent Releases and Future Enhancements 3

Defense Travel Management Office Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) Recent Releases – Fall 2008 Release 3 – FY Crossover Release 4 –Cancel Link –Import/Export Release 5 – New Government Travel Charge Card 4

Defense Travel Management Office Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) Future DTS Enhancements Special Circumstance Travel – FY 2009 –Introduce 29 special circumstance travel trip types not previously functional in DTS Permanent Duty Travel – FY 2010 –Facilitate military members’ ability to conduct Permanent Duty Travel (PDT) Provides an on-line interface to process travel orders Estimate expenses Make PDT travel reservations for member and authorized dependents Route for review and approval Make payments to military members 5

Defense Travel Management Office Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) Future DTS Enhancements (continued) Enhancement Release– FY 2010 –Variety of improvements identified through change requests Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) – FY 2011 –Implement recruit travel module Usability/Deployment Travel – FY 2011 –Range of improvements identified in the Usability Review –Deployment Travel Functional Requirements Document (FRD) approved September

Defense Travel Management Office Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) Special Circumstance Travel 7

Defense Travel Management Office Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) Special Circumstance Travel Release 29 trip types beyond typical TDY travel added to DTS including trips in the following categories: –Patient travel –Emergency travel –Dependent travel –Student travel Special TDY with normal rules –Transportation reimbursement only –Per diem reimbursement only –Altered entitlement calculations –Student travel 8

Defense Travel Management Office Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) New Functionality Selecting Special Circumstance trip type displays –Secondary selection list of specific SCT trip types –Items on list will vary depending on traveler’s profile –Information page with details of eligibility and entitlements SCT conditional routing –DTA Maintenance add/update routing element Other –Airport preference –Other Transportation in flow control –Frequent renter/guest –Customer Identification Code (CIC) 9

Defense Travel Management Office Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) SCT Trip Types by Eligible Personnel Military Members Civilian Employees 10 Medical Escort or Attendant FEML Interview Witness Award Recipient R&R Emergency While TDY Emergency Visit Peacekeeper Return to Ship Medical Exam Recall from Leave Patient Amateur Sports Convalescent Leave Disciplinary Cadets/Midshipmen Labor Rep Family Visitation OCONUS Student Congressional Emergency Leave Trip types below the line may include dependent travel No Gov’t Expense

Defense Travel Management Office Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) 11 Permanent Duty Travel

Defense Travel Management Office Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) Using DTS for Permanent Duty Travel Facilitates military members’ Permanent Duty Travel (PDT) Provides an on-line interface to: –Make PDT travel/lodging reservations for member and authorized dependents –Capture/calculate PDT allowances to receive timely payments via split disbursement Provides DoD with the ability to: –Import/originate PDT travel orders (Authorizations) –Automate accounting transactions for PDT –Automate PDT accounts receivable processing –Automate approval and certification of travel claims 12

Defense Travel Management Office Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) Types of PDT Incorporated in DTS Permanent Change of Station (PCS) PCS with TDY en route Accession Travel* Separation Retirement Local PDT moves involving Dislocation Allowance (DLA) and Personally Procured Move (PPM) 13 * Note: This does not include MEPS travel.

Defense Travel Management Office Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) New Entitlements to DTS Temporary Lodging Expense Dislocation Allowance Personally Procured Move Dependent Allowances Monetary Allowance in Lieu of Transportation (MALT) MALT Plus Vehicle Pickup/Drop off POV Storage 14