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Preparation Of Teleticket Payment Transmittals For Casual Firefighters And Other Personnel
Title: | II, Voucher And Invoice Payments Manual |
Chapter: | 2, Travel And Transportation Payments, Section 1, Travel System |
Bulletin: | 99-2, Preparation Of Teleticket Payment Transmittals For Casual Firefighters And Other Personnel |
Date: | July 9, 1999 |
To: | Holders Of The Travel System Procedure (Forest Service) |
In Bulletin 98-3, Preparation of Teleticket Payment Transmittals for Casual Firefighters, issued July 7, 1998, procedures were implemented to authorize transportation costs for natural disaster travel. These procedures were developed to accommodate the waiver granted by the Office of Management and Budget and the U.S. General Services Administration that allowed the processing of U.S. Government Transportation Request (GTR) teleticket transactions for non-USDA and non-Federal casual firefighters and emergency personnel who do not have a social security number on file. In an effort to standardize the processing of teleticket transactions for emergency situations, the procedures established in Bulletin 98-3 have been expanded to include all Federal and non-Federal casual firefighters and other emergency personnel. Instructions For Issuing Transportation Tickets The following instructions are for issuing transportation tickets for all casual firefighters and emergency personnel, which includes non-Federal employees, non-USDA Federal employees, and USDA Federal employees who have been hired for fire suppression and other emergency travel purposes:
This authorization is issued for the purpose of authorizing transportation costs, exclusively for the issuance of airline tickets via GTRs, for casual firefighters, non-Federal employees, non-USDA Federal employees, and USDA Federal employees by the GTR Accountable Officer, so named herein for fire suppression or other emergency purposes. Travel vouchers shall not be filed utilizing this authorization. For specific instructions on completing the authorization, see the Title II, Chapter 2, Section 1, of the Travel System procedure.
Special Considerations The following information must be kept in mind when using these instructions:
Note: Accountable Officers are reminded to retain proper documentation so they can respond to questions that result during audits. This bulletin supersedes Bulletin 98-3. Please discard the superseded bulletin. Please refer questions about this bulletin to the Travel and Transportation Section at 504-255-4878. RONALD R. BERNHARD, Director Financial Services Division |