Army officials and employee unions have finished bargaining
on a guidance implementing the provisions of a law requiring
Defense Department travelers using the government-issued
travel charge card to pay their charged expenses using
split disbursement at travel settlement. The policy had
been in abeyance pending the bargaining.
Effective with an October 6 memo from the Army’s financial
operations office, all Army civilian personnel required to
use the individually billed travel card must use split
disbursement. It is to be accomplished through the travel
voucher process. All Army travelers required to use the
individually billed travel card are responsible for
designating an amount equal to the charges on their travel
card to be sent to the card-issuing bank. Approving/reviewing
officials will review vouchers and will return for correction
vouchers submitted by travel card holders that do not, at a
minimum, accurately reflect the reimbursable charges for
which travel card use is mandatory.
