ITA's Congressionally Mandated Reports

The listing of ITA's Congressionally Mandated Reports has been updated. To view this listing go to http://www.ita.doc.gov/mad/cmr.htm. If you have questions or if your office has a new reporting requirement from Congress, please contact Jacqueline Harris at (202)482-4011 or Jacqueline_Harris@ita.doc.gov.

ITA Procurement E-mail Mailbox

Split Pay Period

In the past, ITA has required its timekeepers to split payroll costs manually for pay periods that are partly in the old fiscal year (FY) and partly in the new fiscal year. This year, timekeepers will not have to manually divide the pay period. The National Finance Center (NFC) will split each ITA employee's payroll costs for pay period 19 (September 21 - October 4) by prorating the costs between the two fiscal years. NFC will apply approximately 70% of the costs to Budget Fiscal Year (BFY) 2003, and the remaining 30% to BFY 2004. The NFC will ensure that the split payroll costs are posted to the current BFY. For more information, contact Lorese Green at (202)482-5232.

Employee Express Update on TSP Catch up Contributions

FY 2004 Budget

The full House passed the Commerce/Justice/State FY 2004 Appropriations Bill.  There has been no Senate action to date.  It is anticipated the Senate will take up the Bill after the August/ Labor Day recess.  If you have questions, please contact Alan Zegas at (202)482-5739. 

FY 2005 Budget

ITA received the Department's passback on its FY 2005 Secretarial Budget Submission. Under Secretary Grant Aldonas appealed two of the decisions from the passback.  Final Departmental decisions are due on August 5, 2003,or soon after.  After ITA receives the final Departmental decisions, we will have until August 21, 2003, to submit the OMB Budget Request to the Department.  The Office of Financial Management (OFM) will work closely with all the program offices to assure the budget submission is of the highest quality.  If you have questions, please call Alan Zegas at (202)482-5739.

DOC Draft Strategic Plan

The Department of Commerce has recently developed a new five-year strategic plan.  We recently sent the link to this draft plan to key ITA stakeholders. This affords stakeholders an opportunity to review and comment on the Department's long -term strategy. If you are interested in reading the draft plan, it is available at: http://www.osec.doc.gov/bmi/budget/stake2Plan.htm. Review by our stakeholders ensures that the Department is able to obtain a broad variety of perspectives on the DOC strategic plan that can then be taken into account before the draft is published in final for FY 2004, which begins October 01, 2003.  If you have any questions about the draft plan, contact Ed Meyer at (202)482-3304 or e-mail Ed_Meyer@ita.doc.gov. 

Traveler's Corner

Question:  May a traveler receive a travel advance if his/her Citibank Travel Card is cancelled because of delinquent payment or misuse of the card?

Answer:  No, If your travel card has been canceled because of delinquency or use for non-official purposes, you are expected to fund your trip with personal funds and then file a travel voucher for expenses.  Your common carrier transportation will be charged to the centrally-billed travel account through the Travel Management Center. If you have questions, call your travel contact or Sharon Russell at (202)482-3267.

Where Do I Find....Information on Publishing Notices in the Federal Register

If you have information that should be published in the Federal Register, such as an announcement for a meeting or a grant application due date, refer to Through the MAZE: "How To Publish Notices in the Federal Register" (http://www.ita.doc.gov/ooms/ooms29.htm). The Office of the Federal Register publishes notices three to four days after receipt of the notice. Information on publication procedures and the name and telephone number of your program unit Assistant Federal Register Liaison can be found in these instructions. If you have questions regarding publishing Federal Register notices, contact your program unit Federal Register Certifying Officer (http://www.ita.doc.gov/ooms/FRcontacts.htm) or Glenitta Chase, ITA Federal Register Liaison, at (202)482-3757.  

ITA's Comings and Goings 06/16/2003 - 07/30/2003

Arrivals - WELCOME!

US - Matthew Dauphinais; ADMIN - Allison Hopkins; IA - Maura Jeffords, John Kalitka, Margaret Ward; MAC - Naomi Clory, Garth Heckler, Sean King, Irina Mitchell, Ann-Marie Novelette Campbell, Charles Raether; TD - Christine McDaniel, Deborah Misouria, Joseph Morbach; US&FCS - Meghan Casey, Sandra Edwards, Amelia Goeppinger, Bill Morris.

 

Departures

US - Kimberly Herb; TD - Merciel Anderson, Christina Sajous; MAC - Liesel Duhon; US&FCS - Maria Cino, Merritt Cooke, Abby Freeman, Caroline McCall, Palma McLaughlin, Agnes Robinson.