<div dir="ltr">All,<div><br></div><div>I have received several questions about the AMS group travel. Please note it has not been approved yet. I know the early registration deadline is today, but federal employees are not allowed to register until the approval goes through. If there is an extension to the early registration fee, I will let you know.</div><div><br></div><div>Also, please note that since the conference registration fee includes the cost of a meal, the employee’s Federal travel card must be used to pay the registration fee. (The purchase card should NOT be used). Employees may register for the conference only after the conference package is approved by DOC.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">A few reminders regarding your travel authorizations (this was sent out in December from CFO):</span></div><ul style="font-size:12.8px"><li style="margin-left:15px">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 style="margin-left:15px">Adjust M&IE allowance for meals: A dinner will be served during the <span class="gmail-il">AMS</span> Awards Banquet that be held on <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">Wednesday, January 25th</span></span>. 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 style="margin-left:15px">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 style="margin-left:15px">For the Thursday morning breakfast, M&IE should be reduced by $17.00.</li></ul><li style="margin-left:15px">In Travel Manager, travel preparers should identify the GSA travel code as "Non-Government Sponsored Conference." <br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">If you are an NWS employee, please ensure that "PF2" is identified as the task code in the accounting string.</li></ul><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Genene Fisher, PhD</div><div>Executive Officer</div><div>National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)</div><div>NOAA/NWS </div><div>301-683-1323 office</div><div>301-452-7366 cell</div>
<div><a href="mailto:genene.fisher@noaa.gov" target="_blank">genene.fisher@noaa.gov</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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