<div dir="ltr">All,<div><br></div><div>Please see email below for E2 training being offered in March. </div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">The following courses will be offered: </span></div><ul style="font-size:12.8px"><li style="margin-left:15px">Federal Traveler/Arranger Basic - to be taken by all travelers, travel arrangers, and approvers</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Federal Traveler/Arranger Advanced - to be taken by all travel arrangers</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Federal Supervisory Travel Approver - to be taken by all approvers</li></ul><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">All those who arrange travel and approve travel should take the training (either in person or webinar) prior to May 22, 2017. </span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Travel authorizations/vouchers will continue to be prepared by NCEP Center travel arrangers, however, all travelers will be expected to sign their own vouchers in E2. </span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">For those new employees that do not have access or contractors who do not have access, an email can be sent to </span><a class="gmail-m_3480994903185829327m_-8963139689735398964gmail-m_-1888738055211437348moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:cbs.trainingservices@noaa.gov" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">cbs.trainingservices@noaa.g<wbr>ov</a><span style="font-size:12.8px"> stating the class(es)/date(s) and time(s) they wish to attend.</span><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Genene</span></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Client Services Announcements</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Client.ServicesII@noaa.gov">Client.ServicesII@noaa.gov</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 11:03 AM<br>Subject: New E2 Training Schedule - March 2017<br>To: CBS TrainingServices <<a href="mailto:CBS.TrainingServices@noaa.gov">CBS.TrainingServices@noaa.gov</a>><br><br><br>
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>This message is going out to all current Integrated
Travel Manager users.</b> <b>Please feel free to forward to
others who may not have received this message and would be
interested in attending the E2 Travel Training sessions.</b><br>
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will
transition to CWTSatoTravel’s <span class="gmail-m_3480994903185829327m_-8963139689735398964gmail-il">E2</span>travel system
on <span class="gmail-m_3480994903185829327m_-8963139689735398964gmail-aBn" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="gmail-m_3480994903185829327m_-8963139689735398964gmail-aQJ">May 22, 2017</span></span> and
NOAA’s Integrated Travel Manager (ITM) system will be retired on<span class="gmail-m_3480994903185829327m_-8963139689735398964gmail-aBn" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="gmail-m_3480994903185829327m_-8963139689735398964gmail-aQJ">July 31, 2017</span></span>. <span class="gmail-m_3480994903185829327m_-8963139689735398964gmail-il">E2</span> is a web-based
end-to-end travel and expense management tool that offers a
convenient way to book travel reservations, create travel
authorizations (TAs), receive approvals, submit receipts and other
supporting documentation, and submit travel vouchers (TVs) for
reimbursement.<br>
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Some <span class="gmail-m_3480994903185829327m_-8963139689735398964gmail-il">E2</span> highlights
include:<br>
<ul>
<li style="margin-left:15px">Online Booking Engine (similar to
Travelocity or Expedia) for domestic and international
airline, rail, hotel and car reservations;</li>
<li style="margin-left:15px">"Travel for Others" feature,
allows designated travel arrangers/preparers to make travel
plans for other users;</li>
<li style="margin-left:15px">Paperless Travel Authorization
(TA) and Travel Voucher (TV) process, including automated
approval routing with email notifications;</li>
<li style="margin-left:15px">The ability to scan, route and
attach receipts to the voucher electronically;</li>
<li style="margin-left:15px">Faster travel reimbursement;</li>
<li style="margin-left:15px">Enhanced, agency-wide reporting.</li>
</ul>
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The initial round of NOAA <span class="gmail-m_3480994903185829327m_-8963139689735398964gmail-il">E2</span> <span class="gmail-m_3480994903185829327m_-8963139689735398964gmail-il">training</span> is being
provided by the vendor and will be offered from February through
May 2017 for all travel users. All <span class="gmail-m_3480994903185829327m_-8963139689735398964gmail-il">training</span> will be
offered in a webinar format that allows users to take <span class="gmail-m_3480994903185829327m_-8963139689735398964gmail-il">training</span> online
with a live instructor from anywhere as well as hands-on
Instructor Led <span class="gmail-m_3480994903185829327m_-8963139689735398964gmail-il">Training</span>(ILT) <span class="gmail-m_3480994903185829327m_-8963139689735398964gmail-il">training</span> ses<wbr>sions
here in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.<br>
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The following courses will be offered: <br>
<br>
<ul>
<li style="margin-left:15px">Federal Traveler/Arranger Basic</li>
<li style="margin-left:15px">Federal Traveler/Arranger
Advanced</li>
<li style="margin-left:15px">Federal Supervisory Travel
Approver</li>
</ul>
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<b>Attached are the courses that will be offered in March 2017</b>.
We are working with the vendor to finalize the <span class="gmail-m_3480994903185829327m_-8963139689735398964gmail-il">training</span> schedules
for March, April, and May and will be sending out additional
messages as we load them into the Commerce Learning Center (CLC).<br>
<br>
We suggest that anyone who is going to be a traveler, preparing
their own travel, arranging travel for others, or approving travel
attend the classes that are being offered prior to <span class="gmail-m_3480994903185829327m_-8963139689735398964gmail-aBn" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="gmail-m_3480994903185829327m_-8963139689735398964gmail-aQJ">May 22, 2017</span></span> .
If you have anyone that may be new and not on our communication,
feel free to share the email with them.<br>
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Registrations for all sessions will be via the Commerce Learning
Center (CLC) <a href="https://doc.csod.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://doc.csod.com</a><br>
<br>
For those new employees that do not have access or contractors who
do not have access, an email can be sent to <a class="gmail-m_3480994903185829327m_-8963139689735398964gmail-m_-1888738055211437348moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:cbs.trainingservices@noaa.gov" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">cbs.trainingservices@noaa.g<wbr>ov</a> stating
the class(es)/date(s) and time(s) they wish to attend and we will
register them outside of the CLC.<br>
<br>
As <span class="gmail-m_3480994903185829327m_-8963139689735398964gmail-il">training</span> dates
are finalized, schedules and <span class="gmail-m_3480994903185829327m_-8963139689735398964gmail-il">training</span> materials
will be posted to the <span class="gmail-m_3480994903185829327m_-8963139689735398964gmail-il">E2</span> Travel
Page:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.corporateservices.noaa.gov/finance/e2travel.html" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.corporateservices.n<wbr>oaa.gov/finance/e2travel.html</a>.<br>
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For any questions concerning the <span class="gmail-m_3480994903185829327m_-8963139689735398964gmail-il">training</span> please
contact <a class="gmail-m_3480994903185829327m_-8963139689735398964gmail-m_-1888738055211437348moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:cbs.trainingservices@noaa.gov" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">cbs.trainingservices@n<wbr>oaa.gov</a></div>
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