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COMDTNOTE 4600
SUBJ:  MANDATED GOVERNMENT TRAVEL CHARGE CARD TRAINING FOR CIVILIAN
EMPLOYEES
A. COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC 061531Z OCT 09/ALCOAST 580/09
B. COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC 071953Z OCT 09/ALCOAST 590/09
1.  REF A ANNOUNCED NEW DHS MANDATED GOVERNMENT TRAVEL CHARGE CARD
(GTCC) TRAINING FOR ALL GOVERNMENT TRAVEL CHARGE CARDHOLDERS.  REF
B TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED THE TRAINING REQUIREMENT FOR BARGAINING
UNIT CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES.  THIS SUSPENSION IS LIFTED AND ALL
CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES WITH A GTCC ARE NOW REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE DHS
TRAVEL CHARGE CARD TRAINING BY 30 NOV 2009.  GTCC ACCOUNTS WILL BE
SUSPENDED FOR ANY CARDHOLDERS WHO FAIL TO COMPLETE THE TRAINING BY
THIS DATE.  GTCC ACCOUNTS WILL BE PERMANENTLY CLOSED FOR
CARDHOLDERS WHO FAIL TO COMPLETE THE TRAINING BY 31DEC09.
2.  THE DHS TRAVEL CARD TRAINING COURSE IS AVAILABLE ON THE COAST
GUARD LEARNING PORTAL AT HTTPS://LEARNING.USCG.MIL AND IS
ACCESSIBLE FROM ANY COMPUTER WITH AN INTERNET CONNECTION.  IT IS
LOCATED UNDER MISCELLANEOUS TRAINING COURSES IN THE COURSE CATALOG.
A SCORE OF 70 PERCENT OR BETTER MUST BE OBTAINED IN ORDER TO PASS
THE COURSE.
3.  RADM RONALD T. HEWITT, ASSISTANT COMMANDANT FOR HUMAN
RESOURCES, SENDS.
4. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.
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