NIH-Domestic Travel (GovTrip Travel System)
Course Number: 2700

Description

Receive complete instruction for preparing travel for federal employees traveling within the continental United States and outside the continental United States, non-foreign. Also during hands-on exercises, prepare travel using the GovTrip Travel System. You will receive a handbook you can use as a desk reference. This course satisfies the mandatory requirement for access to the GovTrip travel system.

Key Topics

• Understanding rules and regulations governing the travel of federal employees.
• Estimating travel costs.
• Making reservations using the on-line booking tool.
• Using the government travel charge card with ATM features.
• Using the GovTrip Travel System to enter: Domestic Travel Orders, Domestic Travel Vouchers, and Local Travel Vouchers.

Audience

• NIH employees (and others) who have been role-mapped as travel planners, reviewers, or approvers.
• NIH employees (and others) who require refresher travel training (those who received travel training more than two years ago).

* This class is open to new NIH travel planners, reviews and approvers who have not attended NIH DomesticTravel (Gelco/NBS Travel System), course ID 2601, prior to their IC's transition wave AND existing NIH travel planners, reviewers and approvers who have missed their transition wave training. Inquiries regarding IC transition waves and/or eligibility to attend the NBS' GovTrip transition training should be directed to your IC's Travel Change Advocate.

Special Notes

• The ideal order of training for NIH travel planners is (1) NIH Domestic, (2) NIH Sponsored, if necessary, (3) NIH Foreign, if necessary.
• Travel Approving Officials and Administrative Officers should attend NIH Travel for AOs & Approving Officials (GovTrip Travel System) (prerequisite: NIH Domestic Travel). It is also strongly recommended that Approving Officials and AOs approving foreign or sponsored travel should attend NIH Foreign Travel or Sponsored Travel, respectively.

Currently accepting enrollment