R 061241Z DEC 11



UNCLAS //N04600//

ALCGPSC 163/11

SUBJ: DHS TRAVEL CHARGE CARD TRAINING

A. COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC 061531Z OCT 09/ALCOAST 580/09

B. COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC 021711Z NOV 09/ALCOAST 623/09

1. PER REF (A) AND (B) ALL TRAVEL CHARGE CARDHOLDERS ARE REQUIRED TO

SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THE ON-LINE DHS TRAVEL CHARGE CARD TRAINING

PRIOR TO BEING ISSUED A GOVERNMENT TRAVEL CHARGE CARD (GTCC) AND

EVERY TWO YEARS THEREAFTER.

2. BASED ON A REVIEW OF CGBI DATA FOR THE REQUIRED DHS TRAVEL CHARGE

CARD TRAINING, THERE ARE CURRENTLY 2,021 CURRENT CARDHOLDERS WHO HAVE

NOT COMPLETED THE INITIAL TRAINING.  E-MAIL NOTIFICATIONS WILL BE

SENT TO THE CARDHOLDERS ADDRESS ON FILE REMINDING THEM OF THIS

REQUIREMENT.  CURRENT CARDHOLDERS WHO HAVE NOT COMPLETED THE REQUIRED

INITIAL TRAINING PRIOR TO 31JAN2012 WILL HAVE THEIR GTCC ACCOUNT

CLOSED ON 01FEB2012.

3. A CURRENT REPORT IS AVAILABLE AT HTTP://TINYURL.COM/3PTX88M UNDER

THE 'DETERMINING CARDHOLDER TRAINING STATUS' SECTION.  BASED ON THIS

REPORT, 21,746 CARDHOLDERS ARE OVERDUE FOR THE REQUIRED REFRESHER

TRAINING.  AN ADDITIONAL 3,243 WILL NEED TO COMPLETE THE REQUIRED

TRAINING BY 31JAN2012. COMMANDS ARE REQUESTED TO ENSURE ALL

CARDHOLDERS ARE MADE AWARE OF THIS TRAINING REQUIREMENT AND COMPLETE

THE TRAINING PRIOR TO 31JAN2012.  COMMANDS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO

INCORPORATE THIS TRAINING INTO THE UNIT TRAINING PLAN.

4. CHECKING CGBI. TO DOWNLOAD THE STATUS OF THE CARDHOLDER TRAINING

FROM CGBI, SELECT THE HTTP://CGBI.OSC.USCG.MIL/2.0/SEARCH.CFM LINK,

THEN IN THE SEARCH FIELD ENTER "GOVERNMENT TRAVEL CARD TRAINING" AND

SELECT SEARCH. THE GOVERNMENT TRAVEL CARD TRAINING REPORT WILL BE AT

THE TOP OF THE SEARCH RESULTS. LAUNCH THE REPORT, SELECT YOUR

SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONAL LEVEL, AND THEN RUN THE REPORT.

5. TRAINING COURSE COMPLETION. THE DHS-MANDATED TRAVEL CARD TRAINING

COURSE IS AVAILABLE VIA THE COAST GUARD LEARNING PORTAL.  AFTER

SELECTING THE HTTPS://ELEARNING.USCG.MIL/CATALOG/DEFAULT.ASP LINK,

SELECT COURSE CATALOG, AND THEN ENTER "TRAVEL" INTO THE SEARCH FIELD

TO LOCATE THE COURSE.

6. QUESTIONS OR PROBLEMS WITH THE COAST GUARD LEARNING PORTAL OR

COURSE COMPLETION NOT BEING REFLECTED IN THE CGBI SYSTEM SHOULD BE

DIRECTED TO YOUR LOCAL UNIT TRAINING OFFICER.

7. CARDHOLDER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THEIR TRAVEL

MANAGER.  THE LIST OF TRAVEL MANAGERS IS AVAILABLE AT

HTTP://WWW.USCG.MIL/PSC/BOPS/GOVTRVL/.

8.  QUESTIONS ON THIS POLICY OR THE GTCC PROGRAM SHOULD BE DIRECTED

TO MS. CARLENE CURRY AT E-MAIL EVELYN.C.CURRY(AT)USCG.MIL, OR MR.

MATT RUCKERT AT E-MAIL MATTHEW.T.RUCKERT(AT)USCG.MIL.

9. RELEASED BY RADM D. R. MAY, COMMANDER, CG PERSONNEL SERVICE

CENTER.

10. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.