<div dir="ltr">The AMS meeting was just approved! Please make sure your travelers see the details listed below regarding Travel Authorizations. If someone in your center does not plan to attend, please let me know. OD will do all we can to see if we can get those on the NCEP waitlist on the official group travel list. <div><br></div><div>Genene<br><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Robert Ransom - NOAA Federal</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:robert.ransom@noaa.gov">robert.ransom@noaa.gov</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 11:56 AM<br>Subject: APPROVED - AMS 97th Annual Meeting - Seattle Washington<br>To: Robert Ransom <<a href="mailto:robert.ransom@noaa.gov">robert.ransom@noaa.gov</a>><br>Cc: Darone Jones - NOAA Federal <<a href="mailto:darone.jones@noaa.gov">darone.jones@noaa.gov</a>>, John Potts <<a href="mailto:John.Potts@noaa.gov">John.Potts@noaa.gov</a>>, George Jungbluth - NOAA Federal <<a href="mailto:george.jungbluth@noaa.gov">george.jungbluth@noaa.gov</a>>, OAR Group Travel - NOAA Service Account <<a href="mailto:oar.group.travel@noaa.gov">oar.group.travel@noaa.gov</a>>, _OAR Travel Data Calls <<a href="mailto:oar.travel.datacalls@noaa.gov">oar.travel.datacalls@noaa.gov</a>>, NWS Group Travel Conference - NOAA Service Account <<a href="mailto:nws.group.travel.conference@noaa.gov">nws.group.travel.conference@noaa.gov</a>>, _NWS Group Travel POCs <<a href="mailto:NWS.Group.Travel.POCs@noaa.gov">NWS.Group.Travel.POCs@noaa.gov</a>>, _NESDIS Travel <<a href="mailto:nesdis.travel@noaa.gov">nesdis.travel@noaa.gov</a>>, NMFS Group Travel - NOAA Service Account <<a href="mailto:nmfs.group.travel@noaa.gov">nmfs.group.travel@noaa.gov</a>>, NOS ConferenceTravel - NOAA Service Account <<a href="mailto:nos.conferencetravel@noaa.gov">nos.conferencetravel@noaa.gov</a>><br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>Everyone,</div><div><br></div><div>I'm pleased to inform you that <u>we are approved to attend the 97th annual AMS Conference in Seattle Washington from January 22-26, 2017</u>. You're receiving this email since you are included on the list of travelers. Look for your name on the <a href="https://docs.google.com/a/noaa.gov/spreadsheets/d/14kCPeFYjjEvRVcVhGt36CSaD5X_5gLrio4fI_PXa5lk/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">list of attendees and estimated travel costs</a> which is posted to google documents.* </div><div><br></div><div>The next step is to register for the conference and plan your travel. A few reminders regarding your travel request:</div><ul><li>Adjust M&IE allowance for travel days: As required by the Federal Travel Regulation, please ensure that the M&IE allowance for the first and last days of your travel are set at 75% of the allowable M&IE.</li><li>Adjust M&IE allowance for meals: A dinner will be served during the AMS Awards Banquet that be held on Wednesday, January 25th. Also, a continental breakfast will be served on Thursday morning in the exhibit hall. Since the cost of these two meals is included in the registration fee, the daily M&IE allowance for each day should be reduced as follows: </li><ul><li>For the awards banquet dinner, each traveler’s M&IE should be reduced by $34.00 for that day per instructions on the GSA M&IE website. </li><li>For the Thursday morning breakfast, M&IE should be reduced by $17.00.</li></ul><li>In Travel Manager, travel preparers should identify the GSA travel code as "Non-Government Sponsored Conference." <br></li><li>If you are an NWS employee, please ensure that "PF2" is identified as the task code in the accounting string.<br></li><li>Record actual costs: Once your travel is complete, please note your ACTUAL travel expenses on the far right side of the <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14kCPeFYjjEvRVcVhGt36CSaD5X_5gLrio4fI_PXa5lk/edit?userstoinvite=john.eise@noaa.gov&ts=58402aca&actionButton=1#gid=360683900" target="_blank">google document</a> (columns highlighted in yellow). Also, per NOAA policy, please be sure to retain a copy of the travel voucher including invoices from your travel card or purchase card per your office's document retention policy. This information will be needed if NOAA or DOC elect to audit our actual costs.<br></li></ul><div>If you have any questions, please feel free to call or write. </div><div><br></div><div>Safe travels,</div><div>-Bob</div><div><br></div><div>*Please note that we had a few substitutions (rows highlighted in yellow). In these cases, the estimated travel costs were based on the previous traveler, so new travel costs will need to be developed based on the substitute traveler's location and travel dates. I believe I've accounted for everyone on the waiting list. <b>If you are no longer planning on attending, please let me know so I can accommodate anyone else on my waiting list.</b></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="m_-6301839136718204366gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Bob Ransom</div>
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