FY 1996 Travel Obligation To: "Nancy C Bley, Admin Off, Reston, VA" , "Robert D Hudson, Admin Off, Norcross, GA" , "Ellen L Myren, Regional Program Analyst, Menlo Park, CA" , "Barbara A Reed, , Vancouver, WA" , "Arthea L Pringle, Admin Officer, Vancouver, WA" , "Susan E Ahrendts, Administrative Technician, Denver, CO" , "Lucy G Arvin, Admin Off, Indianapolis, IN" , "Merilee A Bennett, Budget Analyst, Denver, CO" , "Teri L Bequette, Purchasing Agent, Vancouver, WA" , "Norita K Berger, Budget Analyst, Denver, CO" , "Betty B Campbell, Clerk Typist, Vancouver, WA" , "Tonja R Clark, Admin Tech, Indianapolis, IN" , "Carole A Connolly, Admin Tech, Denver, CO" , "Alidra Y Creamer, Acct Tech, Reston, VA" , "Denise Dennett, Budget Analyst, Denver, CO" , "Doris Edmondson, Lead Admin Tech., Denver, CO" , "Mary K Flansburg, Admin Tech, Denver, CO" , "Jill M Fortner, Admin Tech, Indianapolis, IN" , "Harold F Girk, Student Trainee (Admin. Mgmt.), Denver, CO" , "Elaine A Gockel, Regional Admin Officer, Denver, CO" , "Joyce L Golos, Office Automation Asst, Denver, CO" , "Donna J Hector, Admin Tech, Denver, CO" , "Joseph L Henderson, Admin. Officer, Denver, CO" , "Margot L Herrell, Administrative Clerk, Atlanta, GA" , "Pamela J Kettlehut, Admin Tech, Denver, CO" , "Sharon S Kuhnlein, x259 Admin. Officer, Denver, CO" , "Harriette A Lynch, Purchasing Agent, Atlanta, GA" , "Sylvia W McClain, Administrative Officer, Atlanta, GA" , "Edward L Montgomery, Administrative Technician, Denver, CO" , "Maggie A Page, Administrative Technician, Denver, CO" , "Sharla R Pierce, Administrative Officer, Reston, VA" , "Gale V Saltus, Program Support Specialist, Denver, CO" , "Michael F Smith, Accounting Tech, Reston, VA" , "Lauren B Spears, Admin Tech, Indianapolis, IN" , "Debra J Taylor, Admin Tech, Denver, CO" , "Michael R Thornton, Clerk-Typist, Vancouver, WA" , "Deborah M Treseder, Admin Off Nwql, Denver, CO" , "Marilyn R Visconti, Administrative Technician, Denver, CO" , "Nancy J Warner, Administrative Technician, Denver, CO" , "Lee W White, Supervisory, Admin Serv. Spec., Denver, CO" , "Kiera J Wood, Budget Assistant, Denver, CO" , "Kelly L Bradley, SUPERVISORY FINANCIAL SPEC, Reston, VA" , "Richard W Cecchetti, Accounting Technician, Reston, VA" , "Alice A Sabatini, Administrative Officer, Reston, VA" , amanzi@usgs.gov, dburton@usgs.gov, jcfox@usgs.gov, "Judy A Lansing, Acct Tech, Boise, ID" , "Janet T Thomas, Administrative Officer, Menlo Park, CA" , "Lorraine R Arden, Budget Analyst, Boise, ID" , "Monica C Buenrostro, Administrative Technician, Menlo Park, CA" , "Maria A Carter, Admin Tech, Menlo Park, CA" , "Simone M Cooper, Office Automation Clerk, Menlo Park, CA" , "Billie J Henry, Ofc Automation Clerk, Carson City, NV" , "Leanne R Kitano, Budget Assistant, Honolulu, HI" , "Paula P Leshinski, Administrative Officer, Denver, CO" , "Diane L Schuermann, Acct Tech, Sacramento, CA" , "Angela A Smith, Bud Asst, Carnelian Bay, CA" , "Rosemary A Smith, Administrative Officer, Boise, ID" , "Patricia J Taijeron, Accounting Tech, Sacramento, CA" , "Staci D Unruh, Office Automation Clerk, Denver, CO" , "Iona L Wilper, Accounting Technician, Carson City, NV" , "Glenna A Wilson, Pur Agt, Boise, ID" , "AO - All Administrative Officers" cc: "Anthony G Manzi, , Reston, VA" , "Ronald C O'Neill, , Reston, VA" Subject: FY 1996 Travel Obligation Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 06 Nov 1995 08:30:54 -0500 From: "Kelly L Bradley, SUPERVISORY FINANCIAL SPEC, Reston, VA" To Remote Data Entry Sites: Effective Fiscal Year 1996, we will NO LONGER OBLIGATE TRAVEL. After reviewing numerous email messages from the RDE sites, the use of travel obligation, the steps involved in the process, and the value added to obligating travel, it has been determined that we should eliminate this step in the process. We will however, continue to obligate Permanent Changes of Station (PCS) travel. This authority was given to us late in FY 1995. We will continue to use the 4T transaction type for PCS. We plan to send updated instructions for obligating PCS travel out soon. If you need assistance prior to receiving instructions, please contact the FFS hotline on (703) 648-7600. The Office of Financial Management will run a utility to cancel travel obligations other than PCS, that have been made prior to this message. You will continue to send your travel vouchers to MS 274 for processing. We anticipate the Travel Manager Interface (TMI) to be ready in December. TMI will work the same as originally planned only without the obligation. You will continue to use travel manager to prepare the travel authorization however, that file will not get sent to FFS. When the traveler returns, you would prepare the travel voucher in travel manager and send that file to FFS for processing of the payment in FFS and payment to the traveler. If you have not installed security files or options tables as requested by the Office of Systems Management, please do so immediately. We hope to begin sending the TMI software out for testing. You can only begin testing the software if you have installed all of these tables and files. If you have questions regarding installation for travel manager, please contact Ron O'Neill in the Office of Systems Management on 703-648-7255. Thanks, Kelly