Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 16:02:41 -0600 From: sdunruh To: "DC - All District Chiefs", "AO - All Administrative Officers" CC: "Staci D Unruh, Administrative Operations Asst, Denver, CO " NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER MEMORANDUM NO. 99.01 SUBJECT: Pre-Payment of National Training Center Courses In an effort to provide more flexibility to managers, the cost centers may now prepay in the current fiscal year for training during the next three fiscal years. For example, available FY99 funds can prepay for training in FY 2000, FY 2001, and/or FY 2002. This prepay option includes training conducted at the NTC and for regional training that is advertised by the NTC or in which the NTC is otherwise involved. Cost centers planning to prepay training costs must submit their request via e-mail to Staci Unruh at sdunruh@usgs.gov or via fax to her at (303) 236-4937 not later than close of business on September 10, 1999. This request will be executed via a training plan (see attached example) that indicates how the funds will be expended and contain the account number(s), the amount(s) to be debited, and the designated year(s). If course-level detail is known, please indicate the course(s) also. The NTC will track and ensure the correct prepayment of training for the designated office and year. To determine prepay amounts, calculate an estimated unit cost of $1,500 (per course, per student), which includes tuition, supplies, and travel costs to and from the training course. Please note that this estimate may be adjusted at a later date. To preclude large sums of money from accumulating, any unexpended funds remaining in a Working Capital Fund prepay account at the end of 3 years will be transferred into the NTC's general Working Capital Fund account. If you have any questions, please contact Staci Unruh at (303) 236-4932 ext. 224. /s/ Russel E. Smith, Jr. Chief, National Training Center