1. Travel Annual Training 2017
Foreign Travel
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April 28, 2017

2. FOREIGN TRAVEL TRAINING AGENDA
Federal Travel Management System (FTMS)
Personal Days
FTMS – General Information
State Department Requirement– Electronic Country Clearance (eCC)
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3. Foreign Travel -FTMS
Jefferson Lab Local Approvers: Sue Ewing, Kris Burrows
Sasi Wojcik, Jenita Everett
Head of Organization Approvers: Joe Scarcello
Heidi Derby (in Joe’s absence)
Office of Science – Sensitive Countries
DOE local approvers– Suzanne Hull and Brenda May
Responsible Program Secretarial Officer - Tim Hallman or John Kogut
DOE Counter Intelligence Briefing Officers - Barry Laken and Richard Kurz
Country Clearance Approvals
Non-Sensitive & Sensitive – Sasi Wojcik
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4. Foreign Travel - Personal Days
The DOE policy limiting 2:1 ratio of business days versus vacation days is no longer in effect.
A traveler can take as many personal days as they need while on foreign travel.
Those days should be recorded on the TA as personal days
Travelers will cover the costs of the personal portion of the trip.
Travel coordinators should do an air fare comparison between the business portion of the trip and the entire trip (including personal days).
The comparison should be dated the same day as the actual airline ticket purchased.
The comparison showing air fare for the business portion of the trip versus the fare for the whole trip will determine what amount the traveler will reimburse the lab (if any).
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5. Foreign Travel General Information
DOE Order D, Contract Requirement for Foreign Travel
All official foreign travel requests should be entered in the FTMS at least 30 calendar days before the proposed departure date.
Non-sensitive country trips are routed and approved internally by Joe Scarcello as RPSO (Responsible Program Secretarial Officer).
Sensitive country trips are routed to the Office of Science for review and approval in FTMS.
Sensitive Countries - SC Associate Director will have five (5) business days from the date of the contractor travel submission to review the travel and approve/disapprove.
Sensitive country trips will automatically be approved at the end of the fifth day if the sponsoring SC Associate Director has not taken action.
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6. Passport information Passport Expiration Date
If you have the renewed passport information, always update this information in the traveler’s profile and not in the Trip Request (TR) in FTMS as well as in Concur.
If traveler’s passport is expiring soon, then use this link to check the requirement for each country:
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7. Passport information
A valid passport is needed to enter countries, for example, China.
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8. Passport Information
Result - China
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9. Foreign Travel – SAFE Training
Per DOE Order 551.1d (4)(c)(3)),  personnel embarking on foreign travel for 30 days or more must take the Serving Abroad for Families & Employees (S.A.F.E.) training
Effective 3/7/17 -S.A.F.E. training is offered via the Employee Self Service Online Learning Center (OLC) on the DOE training site for DOE contractor:  
Travel arrangers at the lab must upload a training certificate within the trip in FTMS for which training is required.  
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10. Foreign Travel – New SAFE Training Website
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11. FTMS – ROUTING TEMPLATES
Trip can only be routed if the template status is valid
To validate, click on the radio button and hit the validate TR Routing Template
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12. Foreign Travel – Routing Templates
After validation, go back and route your TR. Now you will be able to select the template:
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13. Foreign Travel – Routing Templates
If a trip has been routed once, and for some reason needed to be re-routed, please DO NOT select the template again.
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14. Foreign Travel – Routing Templates
If you select the template again, it will duplicate each approver’s name, as shown below.
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15. Foreign Travel – Flight Information
Sensitive Countries - Provide detail tentative flight information
Non-Sensitive Countries - Provide actual flight information
Update the following information if there were any changes:
Check the departure and return date on the TA and FTMS
Notate personal days in section 3, item 39b in FTMS
Attach airfare comparison to the TA and notate personal days in the
comments section of the TA
Provide actual lodging information
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16. Foreign Travel – Flight Information
Let me show you an example: what is wrong with this itinerary?
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17. Foreign Travel – Country Clearance
General Information
DOE
FTMS (Federal Travel Management System)
Travel Coordinators create trip request
Log in FTMS every 30 days to keep your profile active
State Department
eCC (Electronic country clearance)
Information from FTMS is transferred when Travel Services submit a country clearance
Additional information is then provided on the State Department website
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18. Foreign Travel – Trip Request
DOE – Foreign Travel Management System
Information from FTMS is transmitted to State Department
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19. Foreign Travel – Country Clearance
State Department
eCC (Electronic country clearance)
Information from FTMS is transmitted to State Department for a country clearance request via this website
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20. Foreign Travel – Country Clearance
Embassies/Countries are requiring detailed information of travelers
Canada
U.S. citizens entering Canada require a valid U.S. passport
Other Foreign National entering Canada can use this link to check if a visa is needed:
Visas can be applied online -Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA):
For more information, contact Sue Ewing in the International Services office.
France (read the documents on the Travel website)
For 10 or more days – travelers are required to have a Counter Intelligence Briefing
Complete transportation information by air, sea, or ground
Emergency contact of supervisor and family
Event dates, host names, address, phone number,
Lodging address, confirmation number if possible
International cell phone number
Other Foreign Destination Requirements
Same as France except no Counter Intelligence Briefing is required
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21. Foreign Travel – State Department & DOE
DOE – Foreign Travel Management System (FTMS)
Some fields in FTMS do not require detailed information, but the State Department requires details. For example: lodging and host address are required for country clearance.
Please provide these details upon creating a trip:
Traveler’s supervisor’s name, address, office and cell phone number
Family emergency contact
Hotel address
Event address
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22. Foreign Travel – Country Clearance Information
A sample of Travel Coordinat0r’s attachment to the TA
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23. Foreign Travel – Country Clearance Information
After the training, an updated template will be sent to all travel coordinators. The completed templates should be attached to Section II Item 30 in the FTMS for all future foreign trips.
Some of you have also provided the information in Section I, Item No. 18. Providing information in Item 18 is not recommended any more, because the information can be changed at any time, and there are no records of change.
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24. Foreign Travel Information
Sample -Granted Request Summary of eCC from State Department 23

25. Foreign Travel
Questions Is this a new policy? Nope! It is DOE Contract Compliance and Regulation Requirements
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26. ANNUAL TRAVEL TRAINING 2017
Thank you! Jlab Travel Services