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    Navigating Federal Travel: A Q&A Roadmap
    Navigating Federal Travel: A Q&A Roadmap
    Navigating Federal Travel: A Q&A Roadmap
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    Navigating Federal Travel: A Q&A Roadmap

    By Queen E. Cox

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    Get the right directions for federal travel!
    Don't get lost in the tangled web of rules and regulations governing federal travel. Make sure you have the one guide that will put you on the road to being a knowledgeable and compliant government traveler— Navigating Federal Travel: A Q & A Roadmap.
    This essential reference is geared not only to government travelers and those authorizing and approving travel, but also to those who provide travel management services to government agencies. The guide is organized in question-and-answer format, similar to the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR), and is presented to be readily accessible and informative.
    The information is based on the author's years of experience as a federal travel manager as well as the FTR, Government Accountability Office and Civilian Board of Contract Appeals decisions, and pertinent legislation and mandates. As a supplement to the FTR, the guide includes examples of actual and potential situations the traveler may encounter before, during, and after approval of authorized travel.
    The book offers clear and concise information on:
    • How to determine the need for travel
    • How travel is authorized and by whom
    • How the employee pays for expenses incurred in performing official travel
    • How the employee is reimbursed for authorized travel and travel-related expenses.
    Navigating Federal Travel also includes coverage of best practices for the Agency/Organization Program Coordinator (A/OPC), who is responsible for managing the government travel charge card program. Appendices offer helpful websites and resources as well as special information for relocation.
    Get the right directions and follow the rules with Navigating Federal Travel: A Q & A Roadmap.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBerrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.
    Release dateDec 1, 2012
    ISBN9781567263985
    Navigating Federal Travel: A Q&A Roadmap
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    Queen E. Cox

    Queen E. (“Queenie”) Cox has more than 36 years of military and federal government experience in finance, budgeting, and travel. Prior to retiring as Travel & Transportation Management Officer, she held the position of Director, Office of Finance and Budget, at the U.S. International Trade Commission. She is a co-founder of the Washington, D.C., travel organization WO-MEN Travel Professionals (www.wo-men-travelprofessionals.org), which includes both government and industry travel professionals. She is also a contributing columnist for the monthly travel newsletter, the Federal Travel Report. Travel Report.

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      Terms and Definitions for Purposes of Travel

      It is important to understand the myriad terms associated with government temporary duty (TDY) travel. Many travel disputes could be avoided or resolved simply by understanding the terms and how they are used. The following are some of the most common terms that relate to federal travel. For additional terms, consult with your agency travel manager and refer to the current Federal Travel Regulation (FTR).

      Approved accommodation

      Any place of public lodging that is listed on the national master list of approved accommodations. The national master list of approved accommodations is compiled, periodically updated, and published in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Additionally, the approved accommodation list is available on the U.S. Fire Administration’s website, www.usfa.fema.gov/hotel/index.htm.

      Automated teller machine (ATM) services

      Government contractor–provided ATM services that allow cash withdrawals to be charged to a government contractor–issued charge card.

      Common carrier

      Private-sector supplier of air, rail, or bus transportation.

      Conference

      A meeting, retreat, seminar, symposium, or event that involves attendee travel. The term conference also applies to training activities that are considered to be conferences under 5 CFR 410.404.

      Constructive cost

      Calculations that show what the allowable travel costs would have been if the employee had traveled according to the recommended guidelines for official travel. When scheduling travel according to personal preference, rather than the most advantageous arrangement to the government, travelers will be reimbursed for the amount of the constructive cost of travel or the actual cost, whichever is less.

      Continental United States (CONUS)

      The 48 contiguous states and the District of Columbia.

      Contract carriers

      U.S.-certificated air carriers that are under contract with the government to furnish federal employees and other persons authorized to travel at government expense with passenger transportation service. These include the General Services Administration (GSA) scheduled airline passenger service between selected U.S. cities/airports and between selected U.S. and international cities/airports at reduced fares.

      Dependent

      An immediate family member of the employee.

      Disability

      See Employee with a disability.

      Domestic partner

      An adult in a domestic partnership with an employee of the same sex.

      Domestic partnership

      A committed relationship between two adults of the same sex, in which they meet all of the following conditions:

      Are each other’s sole domestic partner and intend to remain so indefinitely

      Maintain a common residence and intend to continue to do so (or would maintain a common residence but for an assignment abroad or other employment-related, financial, or similar obstacle)

      Are at least 18 years of age and mentally competent to consent to a contract

      Share responsibility for a significant measure of each other’s financial obligations (i.e., there is financial interdependence between the partners; does not exclude partnerships in which one partner stays at home while the other is the primary breadwinner)

      Are not married or joined in a civil union to anyone else

      Are not a domestic partner of anyone else

      Are not related in a way that, if they were of opposite sex, would prohibit legal marriage in the U.S. jurisdiction in which the domestic partnership was formed

      Are willing to certify, if required by the agency, that they understand that willful falsification of any documentation required to establish that an individual is in a domestic partnership may lead to disciplinary action and the recovery of the cost of benefits received related to such falsification, as well as constitute a criminal violation under 18 U.S.C. 1001, and that the method for securing such certification, if required, will be determined by the agency

      Are willing to disclose promptly, if required by the agency, any dissolution or material change in the status of the domestic partnership.

      The definition of domestic partnership also requires that the partners share responsibility for a significant measure of each other’s financial obligations. This criterion requires only that there be financial interdependence between the partners and does not exclude partnerships in which one partner stays at home while the other is the primary

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