This is a running list of known issues and procedural highlights for the past six months.

Also, be sure to visit our branch news page for travel-related news updates.

December:

• Discontinued Mandatory Use of CG Form 2070 after 05 Jan 2022: ETS streamlines the process for Coast Guard travelers. Members are required to update their profiles with their supervisor's information in the notification portion to confirm entry of travel into ETS. Travelers must receive their command's permission to travel prior to ETS entries. Commands should assist travelers with understanding the appropriate supervisory level to approve travel. Units seeking greater control of member travel may elect to continue to use CG Form 2070. (Ref: Paragraph 4, ALCOAST 456/21, E-Gov Travel System (ETS) Implementation Update Two).
• Vouchering prior FY travel: As part of the cutover to FSMS, the Coast Guard migrated open travel obligations. Authorizations will appear in ETS for the member to voucher. Members will select the open authorization within ETS and create a voucher. Members will not need to select accounting information for the Project, Organization, Expenditure and Task (POET) because prior year TONOs were migrated to reimburse against the prior year expenditures. The vouchers should only require approval from an ETS approving official.

November:

• Attendant Travel for Specialty Care Over 100 Miles travel user guide updated.
• Travel Reimbursement for Specialty Care Over 100 Miles travel user guide updated.

October:

• ACN 121/21 - Change to the CG Supplement to JTR Vehicle Processing Center (VPC) Selection
• ALCOAST 398/21 - MOVE.mil Website to Close on 1 November 2021 - Switch to Military OneSource
• ETS FAQ updated.

September:

• ALCOAST 347/21: E-Gov Travel System (ETS) Travel Assist Team
• ALCOAST 341/21: Fiscal Year 2022 "A" and "C" School Orders and TDY Travel Guidance
• Last day to approve TPAX claims is September 17, 2021 (source ETS FAQs)
• ALCGPSC 088/21: New Travel Management Center (TMC) for Travel Reservations And Ticketing
• ALCGPSC 087/21: Government Travel Charge Card (GTCC) Program: Financial and Travel System Transition Guidance
• ALCGPSC 082/21: Guidance for Requesting Advance Dislocation Allowance (DLA) During Financial System Modernization Solution (FSMS) Cutover

August:

• ALCOAST 309/21: Joint Travel Regulations Update to Temporary Lodging Expense (TLE) 

  • TLE Extension Approval - Process
    JTR Revisions
    Expedited TLE Extension Approval Process
    TLE Extension Request Form

• Joint Travel Regulations Update to Temporary Lodging Expense (TLE) - Flag Voice 556
• Invitation Only E-Gov Travel System (ETS) Begins on August 31
• ALCGFINANCE 027/21: Interim Guidance for FY22 Temporary Duty/TDY Travel Orders Preparation
• FY 2022 Per Diem Highlights:   All current NSA lodging per diem rates will remain at FY 2021 levels. The standard lodging per diem rate will also remain unchanged at $96. The M&IE reimbursement rates were revised. The M&IE NSA tiers range from $59-$79, and the standard M&IE rate is $59. Visit https://www.gsa.gov/travel/plan-book/per-diem-rates to look up FY 2022 per diem rates.

July:

• T-PAX Authorizing Officials Validation Request - Immediate Action Required for Units (23 July 2021)
  1. The new travel system, E-Gov Travel System (ETS), implementation will begin on 01 October 21. With such a significant transition, we are in the process of updating all approval level POCs in order to mitigate risks associated with this transition period.
  2. Important Information:
     • Use the TPAX Command Reports module to generate a list of AOs or run other reports. See: TPAX Command Reports user guide for procedures.
     • Units need to ensure that all Authorizing Officials (AO) information is validated in T-PAX NLT Friday, 30JUL21, as PPC will begin transferring this data to ETS 02AUG21.
     • Ensure only current AOs remain in T-PAX. If a member is no longer an AO, or the member has transferred to another unit or department within an existing unit, then an update must occur or the member should be removed.
     • If members AO’s permissions are set to expire, then members need to work towards renewing their credentials prior to 01OCT.
  3. As noted in the ALCGPSC, if information is not current in T-PAX prior to 30JUL21, units may be at risk for existing AOs to be uploaded into the wrong approval pool within ETS upon go-live of 01OCT21.
      
• Video introduces new electronic travel system (15 July 2021)
• ALCOAST 254/21: SITREP 1 - E-Gov Travel System (ETS) Implementation (14 July 2021)

June:

• How you can prepare for the new travel system (29 June 2021)
• ALCGPSC 054/21: Government Travel Charge Card Financial System Transition (21 June 2021)

May:

• New travel system coming soon! (6 May 2021)
• ALCOAST 194/21: Warning Order- Financial System Modernization Solution (FSMS) Implementation (21 May 2021)

April:

• PCS Entitlements / Advances, TLE and Separation Leave Calculator updated.

March:

• Per ACN 034/21, COVID-19 Major Cutter Resiliency Absence Update​ (CG Portal Link), members who will be executing a PCS transfer in AY21, and are not able to use some or all of their Resiliency Absence days prior to executing their PCS orders, are now authorized to combine Resiliency Absence with their PCS travel, proceed time and leave.
• What you need to know about transfer season 2021 | Getting ready to PCS? Be sure to read this first.
• ALCOAST 096/21 - COVID-19: Calendar Year 2021 Travel and Leave SITREP 2
• PCS Entitlements / Advances, TLE and Separation Leave Calculator updated.
• ALCOAST 083/21 - Personally Procured Movements (PPM) of Household Goods (HHG)
• ALCOAST 082/21 - Household Goods (HHG) and Mandatory Customer Satisfaction Survey (CSS) information

February:

• ALCOAST 046/21 COVID-19: Calendar Year 2021 Travel and Leave SITREP 1 (Canceled by ALCOAST 096/21, SITREP 2)

January:

• Assignment Year 2021 PCS and HHG Shipments - SITREP: ALCOAST message 030/21 provides information ​and resources for Coast Guard members transferring in the upcoming assignment year. While the information provided in the message will be of particular interest to those transferring in AY21, it also includes critical information to commands, supervisors, and SPO/ADMIN offices to assist their members in planning, preparing for, and executing PCS orders.
• Travel Authorizing /Approving Official (AO) Course Offline: The AO Course contains Adobe FLASH Media and has been temporarily removed as Adobe FLASH Media is no longer supported and deemed a cyber-vulnerability by CG-6. Please submit your CG-7421a without any attachments and permissions will be granted. As soon as the course comes back online, we will update our website and require proof of completion of the AO course for new AO's or proof the tests have been completed for renewing AO permissions.
• PCS Mileage (MALT) and TDY Mileage Rates: Effective 1 January 2021, the MALT (monetary allowance in lieu of transportation) rate per authorized POC (privately owned conveyance) is $0.16 (sixteen cents) per mile. This rate is effective for all PCS travel that commences on or after 1 January 2021 (i.e., the initial travel is started). TDY mileage rates changed on 01 January 2021. The new TDY rates are:

  POC:
  $0.56	-	Automobile (if no GOV is available)
  $0.16	-	POC use instead of a government furnished vehicle (if a GOV is available) when use of a government furnished vehicle is to the government's advantage.
  $0.54	-	Motorcycle
  $1.26	-	Airplane

  
  Current and previous PCS & TDY mileage rates are posted at https://www.defensetravel.dod.mil/site/otherratesMile.cfm.