FAM No. 2000-10 (Resolving Delinquencies on Individually-Billed Travel Charge Card Accounts)
May 1, 2000
FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION MEMORANDUM (FAM) NO. 2000-010 (II.G.1)
To: Bureau Assistant Directors, Administration
Chief Executive Officer, National Business Center
Bureau Finance Officers
Finance Officer, Financial Management Services
From: Director, Office of Financial Management /s/
Director, Office of Personnel Policy /s/
Subject: Resolving Delinquencies on Individually-Billed Travel
Charge Card Accounts
The purpose of this Financial Administration Memorandum is to provide
updated procedures for resolving delinquencies on individually-billed
Government-sponsored travel charge cards, and to implement the Travel and
Transportation Reform Act (TTRA) of 1998 and Amendment 90 to the Federal
Travel Regulation (issued on January 19, 2000). A related goal is to
streamline and automate the process for resolving delinquencies to the
greatest extent possible, by making maximum use of the services of the
National Business Center, Payroll Operations Division.
The objectives of the attached procedures are to:
- comply with the mandatory charge card use and salary offset provisions
of the Travel and Transportation Reform Act of 1998;
- minimize financial penalties to the Department associated with the
risk mitigation provisions of the SmartPay contract;
- comply with ethics guidelines for Federal employees (5 C.F.R. Part 2635,
Section 809); and
- reduce the amount of delinquencies owed by employees to the travel
charge card issuer.
Also attached is a time line highlighting actions being taken by both Bank
of America and the Department during different periods of time. Should you
have questions or require additional information regarding this FAM, please
contact either John Combs on (202) 208-6754, or Ted Woronka on (202) 208-4701.
Attachments
cc: Bureau Personnel Officers
Prior Financial Administration Memorandums on this subject:
No. 98-030, dated November 16, 1999 - Canceled
