Travel

Government Travel Card

Overview

• The Travel Card Program provides travelers a safe, effective, convenient, and commercially available method to pay for expenses incident to official travel, including local travel. The Travel Card Program includes both Individually Billed Accounts (IBA) and Centrally Billed Accounts (CBA).
• It is DoD policy that the Government-sponsored, contractor-issued travel card be used to the maximum extent possible while on TDY. The travel card is intended for official travel-related use only and should never be used for personal purchases or to pay for someone else's travel expenses. To use the card for other than official use may result in disciplinary action.
• Travelers may be reimbursed for automated teller machine (ATM) expenses on cash withdrawals for official business. The Citi cash withdrawal fee, as well as the ATM access fee may be reimbursed.

Policy

• Use of the travel card is mandated by the Travel and Transportation Reform Act of 1998. DoD utilizes a central policy approach by including Travel Charge Card guidance in the DoD Financial Management Regulation, Vol. 9, Chapter 3.
• Services may further restrict/define with service level policy.
• DoD Policy letters from OUSD (P&R) further reiterate DoD's position.