• Travel and Transportation

  Temporary Duty Assignments (TDY)

  CCPM Pamphlet 51: Information on Temporary Duty Travel, August 1999 (635kb)

  Temporary Duty with the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps

  Temporary duty (TDY) is duty at one or more locations, away from the permanent duty station (PDS), under orders providing for further assignment, or pending further assignment, to return to the old PDS or to proceed to a new PDS.

  TDY travel is to one or more places away from a PDS to perform duties for a period of time and, upon completion of assignment, return or proceed to a new PDS.

  Within these TDY sections are helpful information to assist you with your TDY travel.

  If any information within this document conflicts with the Joint Federal Travel Regulations (JFTR), the JFTR will take precedence over the provisions of this document.

  Privately Owned Conveyance (POC)
  Mileage Rates

  TDY TRAVEL
  Effective Date	Car	Motorcycle	Airplane
  01 January 2009	$0.55	$0.52	$1.24

  Laundry/Dry Cleaning

  • Laundry/dry cleaning and/or pressing of clothing is not a separately reimbursable travel expense for OCONUS travel. It is part of the incidental expense allowance included within the per diem rates/AEA authorized/approved for OCONUS travel.
  • For CONUS travel, the cost for laundry, dry cleaning, and pressing of clothing is a separately reimbursable travel expense if it meets the following criteria/limitations:
  • up to an average of $2 per day;
  • while on TDY travel within CONUS (not after returning to PDS) requiring at least 7 consecutive nights lodging in CONUS (i.e., 6 nights, no laundry, 7 nights, NTE $14, 8 nights, NTE $16); but
  • not when the traveler is entitled to a reduced per diem under JFTR, par. U4135.

  Allowance for telephone calls for personal reasons:

  • In accordance with the JFTR, reimbursement may be authorized/approved by the order-issuing official.
  • The order-issuing official may determine certain communications to a traveler's home/family are official.
  • These communications must be only to advise of the traveler's safe arrival, to inform or inquire about medical conditions, and to advise regarding changes in itinerary.
  • The order-issuing official should limit these communications to a dollar amount in advance of the TDY so the traveler is aware of the limit.
  • Prepaid communication services (i.e., prepaid phone cards, cell phones) are not reimbursable unless the authorizing official can determine they were used for official business.
  • When cellular phones are used for official communication, the member must be able to document each call showing the additional cost incurred outside of the normal usage covered in the cell phone contract.
  • Charges for internet connections used for computers for official Government business also are reimbursable.
  • The order-issuing official may approve charges after the TDY when appropriate (General Services Board of Contract Appeals (GSBCA)) 14554-TRAV, August 18, 1998). See JFTR, App G, Part I, Item 21g.

   

  Last Updated: 6/10/2024
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