This web site is intended to enhance our mission and vision in providing support and services to the staff, students, and other customers of the Naval Postgraduate School. We provide a number of resources here to help you make travel plans, check travel regulations, view current rates, resolve problems, and suggest improvements to our service. - Access to DTS (2 Aug 2011)
Welcome to the new era of government travel that can really take you places. Featuring the best practices in industry and plug-and-play components, Defense Travel System streamlines the entire process involved in global Department of Defense (DoD) travel.
- Deactivation of Government Travel Credit Cards (GTCC) for infrequent travelers (6 Jan 2012)
In accordance with the Navy DASN for Financial Management and Comptroller Memorandum dated Fed 12,2008, Subject: MANDATORY USE OF THE GOVERNMENT TRAVEL CHARGE CARD (GTCC) Individually Billed Account(IBA), IBAs for infrequent travelers shall remain in a de-activated status. The Travel Card Coordinator will be monitoring an authorization report on a daily basis to ensure customers that have upcoming travel have active cards. Customers that have more than 12 trips a year will remain open with an active status due to their travel plans. If you have a new requirement to travel frequently, please advise your Organizational Defense Travel Administrator (ODTA). Cards for infrequent travelers will be de-activated. In addition, to be proactive, please ensure to contact the Travel Card Coordinator to ensure your charge card is active if you anticipate having travel arrangements booked. Further, the NPS travel office is hosting two more training classes for Travelers and ODTAs in January on the 17th and 19th. Please click on "Training" above for details on these classes.
- Fall Edition of Defense Travel Dispatch (19 December 2011)
The latest edition of the DTMO periodical is located here.
- New Travel Justification Required for All Travel Orders (19 August 2011)
A Secretary of Defense memorandum, "Track Four Initiative Decisions," dated March 14, 2011 (see page 10), mandates that "all DoD travel requests must include justification that alternate means such as, Secure Video Teleconference (SVTC) or other web-based communication, are not sufficiently able to accomplish travel objectives." In response, the Joint Federal Travel Regulations (JFTR) and the Joint Travel Regulations (JTR) have been updated to comply with this mandate.
JFTR, par. U4000-3b, JTR, par. C4405-b3 and Appendix I - Travel Orders, and the JTR/JFTR, Appendix E - Invitational Travel Orders, now require all DD 1610 forms and other order formats (including DTS) to include a statement justifying that alternate methods (SVTC or other web-based communication) are not sufficient to accomplish the travel objectives.
Where to place the justification in DTS
At this time, DTS will not be configured to automatically note that an alternate method was considered. Travelers and/or Approving officials (AO's) will have to manually add the justification comments to the travel authorizations by going to OTHER AUTHS, clicking the link "ADD ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION FOR THIS TRIP", selecting OTHER, and typing the justification remark.
- Lodging Receipts Required (3 Feb 2011)
If you make a hotel reservation through an on-line booking agent (Travelocity, Priceline, etc.) rather than through DTS or directly with the hotel, you will not be reimbursed for the cost of lodging unless you have an itemized receipt from the hotel. You also may not use a 'lost receipt' statement as a substitute for an on-line booking hotel receipt. The references from the Joint Travel Regulations and Appendix O thereto are attached here. This information has been verified by Jeffrey Adcock, OPNAV N413C.
- Parking Fees at Terminal (1 Feb 2011)
According to JTR C2192 and JFTR U3320, parking fees at an air terminal may not exceed the cost of one round-trip taxi fare from home or duty station, including tip. For determining terminal parking fees for travelers residing on the Monterey Peninsula, we use the cost of airport shuttles, plus the cost of getting to the shuttle. Parking fees will not exceed the following:
San Jose Airport: $105
San Francisco Airport: $125
Monterey Airport: Depends on taxi cost from residence or NPS
| - The Travel Office is open from 0700 to 1600 Monday through Friday, except it will be closed from 1330 to 1430 on Wednesday for a meeting.
COMM 831-656-2041
DSN is 756-2041
Fax 831-656-7632 or DSN 756-7632.
E-mail travel@nps.edu
- Our official address is:
Naval Postgraduate School
Travel Office, Code 21
1 University Circle, Building 220
Herrmann Hall - Room 038
Monterey, California 93943
- Travel Officer
COMM 831-656-3600
E-mail NPSTravelOfficer@nps.edu
- NPS Travel Office Passport Agent
Travel Office
Tue-Thur: COMM 831-656-2247, Mon & Fri: 831-324-3769
Available by appointment 0730-1600 Tuesday - Thursday
- DTS Contact Numbers for Help Desks of other commands - Link
- SATO:
NPS Bldg. 300
855 744-4657 | FAX 866 352-9235 (both toll-free)
After hours: 800-359-9999 (toll-free)
- G2 Software Systems contractors working with the Defense Travel System Software
- Lead DTA
1-866-817-5245 x170
Herrmann Hall - Room 038
E-mail LeadDTA@nps.edu
- NPS DTS Help Desk:
1-866-817-5245 ext 2 | FAX (619) 226-8025
Physically Located in San Diego
DTS Help Desk: DTS-HelpDesk@nps.edu
- DTS Instructor, x3192 | Cell 277-0622
Herrmann Hall - Room 038
E-mail DTSInstructor@nps.edu
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