DEFENSE TRAVEL SYSTEM (DTS) ADMINISTRATOR PERMISSION LEVEL VALIDATION:
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NAVADMIN 393/11
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SUBJ/DEFENSE TRAVEL SYSTEM (DTS) ADMINISTRATOR PERMISSION LEVEL VALIDATION//
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AMPN/REF A WAS NAVAL AUDIT SERVICE DTS AUDIT.//
POC/MR MARK SULLIVAN/NAVY DTS PROGRAM MANAGER (PM)/OPNAV/N413S/TEL (DSN: 225):
703-695-4866/EMAIL: MARK.J.SULLIVAN3@NAVY.MIL//
RMKS/1. IRT REF A, THE NAVAL AUDIT SERVICE IDENTIFIED NUMEROUS NAVY DTS
ADMINISTRATORS WITH INSUFFICIENT SEPARATION OF DUTIES (SOD) WITHIN DTS.
SPECIFICALLY, THE INDIVIDUALS IDENTIFIED HAD DTS PERMISSION LEVELS ENABLING
THEM TO CREATE, REVIEW AND APPROVE TRAVEL AUTHORIZATIONS AND VOUCHERS.
INSUFFICIENT SOD POTENTIALLY PERMITS THE CREATION AND SUBMISSION OF ERRONEOUS
TRAVEL CLAIMS AND THE ALTERATION OF SYSTEM DATA WITHOUT VISIBLE EVIDENCE.
2. DEFINITIONS OF DTS PERMISSION LEVELS MAY BE FOUND ON THE DEFENSE TRAVEL
MANAGEMENT OFFICE (DTMO) WEBSITE:
HTTP://WWW.DEFENSETRAVEL.DOD.MIL/DOCS/TRAINING/DTA_3.PDF INSUFFICIENT SOD
EXISTS WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL USER HAS BEEN GRANTED PERMISSION LEVELS 2, 3, 4, 5,
AND 6 OR ANY COMBINATION.
3. ALL COMMANDS ARE DIRECTED TO IMMEDIATELY REVIEW ALL PERSONNEL ASSIGNED DTS
PERMISSION LEVELS AND ELIMINATE CONFLICTS WITH INSUFFICIENT SOD. WHEN
REASSIGNING PERMISSION LEVELS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE, PERSONNEL SHOULD BE
ASSIGNED TO ONLY ONE POSITION. PERMISSION LEVELS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH
POSITION MAY BE FOUND ON NAVSUP'S CONSOLIDATED CARD PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
DIVISION'S (CCPMD) WEBSITE: HTTPS://WWW.NAVSUP.NAVY.MIL/CCPMD/DTS.
APPROVING OFFICIALS (LEAD DEFENSE TRAVEL ADMINISTRATOR (LDTA), ORGANIZATIONAL
DTA (ODTA), FINANCIAL DTA, DEBT MANAGEMENT MONITOR (DMM), APPROVING OFFICIAL
AND CERTIFYING OFFICIAL (CO) MUST COMPLETE THE CO LEGISLATION (COL) TRAINING
AND DOCUMENT COMPLETION BY COMPLETING AND SUBMITTING A DD FORM 577 TO THEIR
COMMANDING OFFICER. ALL SIGNED DD FORM 577'S MUST BE MAINTAINED BY THE
COMMAND. SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR THIS TRAINING CAN BE FOUND AT:
HTTP://WWW.DEFENSETRAVEL.DOD.MIL/SITE/GO.CFM?COL.
4. IN ISOLATED CASES WHERE INSUFFICIENT SOD CANNOT BE ELIMINATED, COMMANDS
SHALL PROVIDE THE NAVY DTS PM OFFICE, VIA THEIR ECHELON II LDTA, A
JUSTIFICATION EXPLAINING WHY THE CONFLICT CANNOT BE ELIMINATED AND INCLUDE THE
FOLLOWING MANDATORY INFORMATION:
(A) USER'S NAME
(B) PERMISSION LEVELS ASSIGNED
(C) JUSTIFICATION FOR PERMISSION LEVELS ASSIGNED
(D) MANAGEMENT CONTROLS ESTABLISHED TO MONITOR PERMISSION LEVEL ACTIVITY
5. IF THE PERMISSION LEVELS AND SUBSEQUENT JUSTIFICATION FOR USERS WITH
INSUFFICIENT SOD ARE NOT PROVIDED OR JUSTIFIED WITHIN 90 DAYS OF THIS
NAVADMIN, ALL DTS PERMISSION LEVELS FOR THE ORGANIZATION WILL BE REMOVED.
6. THE LDTA POSITION SHALL BE AT THE ECHELON II COMMAND. THE LDTA IS THE
PRIMARY POC TO THE NAVY DTS PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICE (PMO) FOR FURTHER
DISSEMINATION OF DTS POLICY. SUBORDINATE COMMAND SENIOR ADMINISTRATORS SHALL
BE ORGANIZATIONAL DTA'S (ODTA).
7. THE NAVY DTS PMO HAS IDENTIFIED ALL FY10 TRANSACTIONS WHERE TRAVEL
VOUCHERS WERE APPROVED FOR PAYMENT BY PERSONNEL WITH MULTIPLE PERMISSION
LEVELS. ALL ECHELON II COMMAND LDTA'S ARE REQUIRED TO REQUEST THIS DATA FROM
THE DTS PMO, EMAIL: NAVSUP_NAVY_DTS_PMO@NAVY.MIL, FOR REVIEW AND DISSEMINATION
TO SUBORDINATE COMMANDS WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THIS NAVADMIN.
8. TO ENSURE TIMELY RESOLUTION OF OUTSTANDING TRAVELER DEBT, COMMANDS ARE
INSTRUCTED TO HAVE THEIR FINANCIAL PERSONNEL WORK WITH THEIR COMMAND DMM TO
COMPARE OUTSTANDING TRAVELER DEBT IN DTS WITH OUTSTANDING TRAVELER DEBT IN
STARS-FL. A SPECIFIC STARS-FL QUERY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED TO ASSIST WITH THIS
EFFORT. QUERY INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS ARE AVAILABLE ON NAVSUP'S CCPMD
DTS WEBSITE.
9. RELEASED BY VADM W. R. BURKE, N4.//
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