DEFENSE TRAVEL SYSTEM (DTS) ADMINISTRATOR PERMISSION LEVEL VALIDATION:
UNCLASSIFIED// RTTUZYUW RUEWMCS0000 3561627-UUUU--RUCRNAD. ZNR UUUUU 221627Z Dec 11 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N4// TO NAVADMIN UNCLAS/N04650// NAVADMIN 393/11 MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO/WASHINGTON DC/N4/DEC// SUBJ/DEFENSE TRAVEL SYSTEM (DTS) ADMINISTRATOR PERMISSION LEVEL VALIDATION// REF/A/DOC/NAVAUDSVC/22JUN10/NOTAL// 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.// BT #0000 NNNN