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Agenda 2008

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Tuesday, June 3
 9:00 am - 6:00 pm  Registration and Federal Agency Meetings
 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm  Opening Reception*

Wednesday, June 4 
 7:30 am - 5:00 pm Registration
 7:30 am - 8:30 am Welcome Breakfast*
 9:00 – 10:15 AM WA1  Relocation Change Is Coming!
 WA2  GSA Travel Training Toolbox: The Road to Effective 
         Travel Policy and Program Management
WA3  Federal Rental Car Program
WA4  Getting a Grasp on Generations in the Workplace
WA5  Performance Measurements in Government Travel
WA6  Contracting Air Fares
WA7  Federal Travel Regulation—an overview
10:45 am - 12:00 noon WB1  Best Practices in Government Lodging
WB2  Emerging Opportunities in Online Travel Management
WB3  Trends in Risk Management
WB4  New Initiatives (Policy Review) GSA/DoD
WB5  Overview of JTR/JFTR
WB6  Update on GSA's Government Relocation Services
WB7  Status Update DOD CTO Program
 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm General Session  / Luncheon*
 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Exhibits
 Thursday, June 5  
7:30 am - 4:00 pm Registration
7:30 am - 9:30 am General Session / Breakfast*
10:00 am - 1:00 pm Exhibits & Lunch*
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm THA1  Persuasive Communication
THA2  Supporting the DoD Traveler
THA3  Federal Rental Car Program
THA4  New Initiatives (Policy Review) GSA/DoD
THA5 Defining your Role as Government Travel Manager -Best Practices
THA6  Managing Change
THA7  Automation and the State Travel Process
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm THB1  GSA SmartPay® Savvy
THB2  Emergency Disaster Recovery Programs – Transportation
         and Emergency Lodging
THB3  Contracting for Travel Services
THB4  Overview JTR/JFTR
THB5  Government Travel and Related Ethics and
         Appropriations Issues:  Know the Rules!
THB6  Supporting the DoD Traveler
THB7  The Greening of the States
Friday, June 6
7:30 am - 2:00 pm Registration
7:30 am - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast*
9:00 am -  10:15 am FA1  Applying Project Management Principles to Government Travel
FA2  Meeting and Event Planning

FA3  CONUS & Foreign Area Per Diem: GSA and State Department 
       Rate Setting Processes

FA4  Travel Management Best Practices for your State/Local
       Government Agency
FA5  Federal Travel Regulation—an overview 
10:45 am - 12:00 Noon FB1  Managing Change
FB2  Emergency Disaster Recovery Programs – Transportation 
       and Emergency Lodging
FB3  FAA Infrastructure
FB4  Government Travel and Related Ethics and 
       Appropriations Issues:  Know the Rules!
12:00 noon - 2:00 pm General Sessions / Lunch*
2:00 pm Adjourn

* M&IE Information:

Federal Employees:

The Meals and Incidental expense rate (M&IE) for Atlanta is $48.00 per day.  The calculation for the first and last days of your travel is 75% of the $48.00, or $36.75.  

On your travel voucher, you must adjust your M&IE rate for the meals provided to you at NTF 2008.  You must deduct the appropriate amount for each meal provided during your attendance, whether or not you had those meals.

The value to be reduced for breakfast (provided Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday) is $9.00.
The value to be reduced for lunch (provided Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday) is $13.00.
The value to be reduced for dinner (provided Tuesday) is $24.00.

For Tuesday, June 3nd through Friday, June 6th:

Tuesday, June 3: (Travel day, Dinner provided)
$36.75 minus $24 (Dinner) = $12.75
Wednesday, June 4: (Breakfast and Lunch provided)
$49 minus $9 (Breakfast) and $13 (Lunch)= $27
Thursday, June 5:  (Breakfast and Lunch provided)
$49 minus $9 (Breakfast) and $13 (Lunch)= $27
Friday, June 6: (Travel day, Breakfast and Lunch Provided)
$36.75 minus $9 (Breakfast) and $13 (Lunch) = $14.75

If you depart from Atlanta on Saturday, June 7 the following Per Diems will be applicable:

Friday, June 6: (Breakfast and Lunch Provided)
$49 minus $9 (Breakfast) and $13 (Lunch)= $27
Saturday, June 7 (Travel Day, No Meals Provided)
$36.75

DOD Military and Civilian Employees:

Meals provided must be accounted for on the Per Diem Entitlements screen of DTS.  All meal deductions from M&IE will be computed using the Proportional Meal Rate (PMR) automatically calculated in DTS. 

For Atlanta the PMR will be: $31.00

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