Defense Travel System

This four-day training course is designed for the more experienced Defense Travel Administrator (DTA) and a refresher for the DTA whose role broadens with policy changes. This training provides lectures, demonstrations, and internal reviews that require the correct permission levels and access to DTS.

Subject matter experts will be available to assist the DTA with DTS processes and provide guidance to complex issues regarding structural changes, questions regarding policy, system functionality and System Problem Reports (SPRs) including workarounds.

The training course concludes with reports, helpful guides, contacting the Travel Assistance Center/TRAX, and a certificate of training. It will include:

• Overview of DTS changes
• Lines of accounting and budgets
• Rejects
• Groups and GGMR
• Reorganization
• Routing lists
• Policy Regarding Travel
• Document processing
• Approval failure
• Commercial Travel Office (CTO)/Travel Management Company (TMC)
• Debt Management Monitor (DMM)
• Reports and scheduling
• Internal audits
• SPR and PPT
• Travel Assistance Center/Travel Explorer

This three-day hands-on training course is designed for the Approving (AO) and Reviewing Officials (RO) in Defense Travel System (DTS).

It includes an overview of the DTS and Defense Travel Management Office (DTMO) website, resources, and training guides. The responsibilities of travelers, Commercial Travel Office (CTO)/Travel Management Company (TMC), other routing officials and accountability of AOs will be defined. The student will gain an understanding of how documents are created, adjusted, and approved. The policies and procedures contained in the Joint Travel Regulation (JTR) and DoDI 5154.31 will be discussed throughout this course.

The course concludes with helpful guides, Travel Assistance Center (TAC) contact information, Travel Explorer (TRAX), and a certificate of training. It will include:

• Traveler and AO Responsibilities
• Routing process
• Document processing
• Creation of authorizations for travel arrangements
• Approval process
• Amendment and cancellation procedures
• Voucher creation and per diem entitlements
• Reports and scheduling
• Travel policy compliance

This three-day course is designed for Centrally Billed Accounts Specialists (CBA-S) and Transportation Officials (TO) who are responsible for implementation, management, and reconciliation of the CBA reconciliation process in DTS. 

Our leading expert will provide instruction, demonstrations and guidance with easy-to-understand processes and work-arounds for system-related issues.  Navigation of the DTS CBA reconciliation module, responsibilities of the traveler, CBA Specialists and TO responsibilities will be defined throughout this course. 

The course concludes with helpful guides, Travel Assistance Center (TAC) contact information, Travel Explorer (TRAX), and a certificate of training. It will include:

• Overview of DTS
• CBA fielding, setup, and responsibilities
• DTS CBA reconciliation
• Duplicate transactions
• CBA working group
• DTS CBA reconciliation problem solving and collections

This course is designed to assist the Financial Defense Travel Administrator (FDTA) in tracking, processing, and recording debt incurred by travelers within Defense Travel System (DTS), using the Debt Management Monitor (DMM) gateway.

Subject matter experts will provide over-the-shoulder training, field questions, and assist in navigation of the gateway. The course concludes with guidance on how to mitigate future debt, helpful guides, Travel Assistance Center (TAC) contact information, Travel Explorer (TRAX), and a certificate of training. It will include:

• Overview of DTS System and DMM
• Managing the Debt – DMM Gateway
• Debt Collection, Waivers and Appeals
• Out-of-Service Debt
• DMM Reports
• Problem Solving

This four-day course is designed for the Lead, Organizational, and Financial DTA's who have responsibility for setting up and maintaining their organization with DTS.

The students will experience in-depth hands-on training by creating an organization, self-registration, profiles, routing lists, lines of accounting, budgets, and groups. Training concentrates on using the DTA maintenance tool, as well as the roles and responsibility of the traveler, Non-DTS Entry Agent, Travel Clerk, Routing Officials, Approving Officials and Defense Travel Administrators of DTS. The student will gain an understanding of how documents are created, adjusted, and approved. Policies and procedures contained in the Joint Travel Regulation (JTR) and DoDI 5154.31 will be discussed throughout this course. A full day is dedicated to document processing of authorizations, vouchers, and the approval process.

The course concludes with reports, helpful guides, and system and policy changes regarding travel and Travel Explorer.