DOE O 551.1, Official Foreign Travel
Functional areas: Business and Support Services
Establishes Department of Energy (DOE) requirements and responsibilities governing official foreign travel by Federal and contract employees.
Cancels DOE O 1500.3. Canceled by DOE O 551.1A.
Supersedes:
DOE O 1500.3 Chg 7, Foreign Travel Authorization on Jan 31, 2000
Version history and related documents
Supersedes
Earlier documents this one replaced.
- DOE O 1500.3 Chg 7Foreign Travel Authorization (Jan 31, 2000)
Document text
Text extracted from the attached file. Refer to the original document for the authoritative version.
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DISTRIBUTION: INITIATED BY:
All Departmental Elements Office of the Chief Financial Officer
U.S. Department of Energy ORDER
Washington, D.C.
Approved: 01-31-00
Sunset Review: 01-31-02
Expires: 01-31-04
SUBJECT: OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL
1. OBJECTIVES. To establish Department of Energy (DOE) requirements and responsibilities
governing official foreign travel by Federal and contractor employees.
2. CANCELLATION. This Order cancels DOE 1500.3, dated 7-6-94, and all exemptions,
waivers, and existing draft policy.
3. APPLICABILITY.
a. DOE Elements. This Order applies to all DOE elements.
b. Contractors. The Contractor Requirements Document (CRD), Attachment 1, sets forth
intended requirements to be applied to contractors responsible for management and
operation of Department-owned facilities and for other contractors as determined by the
contracting officer. Compliance with the CRD will be required to the extent set forth in a
contract.
c. Exclusions. This Order does not apply to grantees.
4. REQUIREMENTS.
a. General.
(1) Official foreign travel is to be used to advance DOE program objectives consistent
with U.S. foreign and nonproliferation policy, international energy policy and
agreements, and national security policy objectives.
(2) Counterintelligence and intelligence interests, security interests, and sensitive
information and technologies must be protected in a manner consistent with program
requirements, including compliance with export control laws and regulations.
(3) This Order establishes a Foreign Travel Board to oversee and review official DOE
foreign travel policies and to recommend updates to policy to ensure the
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Department’s foreign travel activities are conducted in a manner consistent with its
mission and objectives, as well as with prudent business practice. The Board consists
of one representative from each of the following organizations:
• Office of the Chief Financial Officer (Chair),
• Office of Counterintelligence,
• Office of Defense Programs,
• Office of Intelligence,
• Office of International Affairs,
• Office of Nonproliferation and National Security,
• Office of Science,
• Office of the Secretary,
• Office of Security and Emergency Operations, and
• Field Management Council.
(4) All requests for approval of official foreign travel must be entered in the Foreign
Travel Management System.
(5) Requests for travel to a sensitive country or involving a sensitive subject must be
entered in the Foreign Travel Management System 30 days before the proposed
departure date, or earlier, as necessary, to receive appropriate and timely country
clearance.
(6) Requests for travel to a non-sensitive country and not involving a sensitive subject
must be entered in the Foreign Travel Management System 21 days before the
proposed departure date, or earlier, as necessary, to receive appropriate and timely
country clearance.
(7) All requests for official foreign travel that have been entered in the Foreign Travel
Management System that are canceled or disapproved must be marked appropriately
in the system within 30 days after the proposed departure date.
(8) Blanket travel orders may be issued for all personnel who might be required to
respond immediately to an emergency.
(9) Country clearance must be granted before a Federal employee may begin travel.
b. Security.
(1) Appropriate pre-briefings and debriefings must be provided by–
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(a) Counterintelligence Officers to all employees traveling to a sensitive country
regardless of whether a personnel security clearance is held.
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(b) Security Officers to all employees who hold or have held personnel security
clearance within the past 5 years, and are traveling to a sensitive country.
(2) All employees handcarrying classified material overseas must comply with the
requirements in DOE M 471.2-1B, CLASSIFIED MATTER PROTECTION AND
CONTROL MANUAL, which includes possessing the appropriate access
authorization and diplomatic passport.
(3) Each organization will have access to official foreign travel data under its cognizance
in the Foreign Travel Management System. The Offices of the Secretary, Chief
Financial Officer, and International Affairs will have access to all data within the
Foreign Travel Management System except as provided in Paragraph 4(b)(4).
(4) Access to travel information in the Foreign Travel Management System for the
Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Under Secretary, members of their staffs, and security
personnel directly supporting them will be limited to the Offices of the Secretary and
the Chief Financial Officer. The Office of the Chief Financial Officer may distribute
this information only with the authorization of the Deputy Chief of Staff to the
Secretary.
(5) Disclosure outside of DOE of any information contained in the system, except for the
purpose of obtaining country clearance, is prohibited unless approved by the Office
of the Secretary.
c. Review Procedures.
(1) Each organization must have an approval process for official foreign travel. This
process must include appropriate input from officials with responsibility for
intelligence, counterintelligence, security, export control, and technology transfer
concerns, and will ensure compliance with the Export Control Guidelines established
by the Office of Nonproliferation and National Security.
(2) The responsible Program Secretarial Officer funding the travel or, if there is no DOE
funding, the official having programmatic responsibilities associated with the travel,
has final approval for official foreign travel.
(3) Responsible Program Secretarial Officers may waive the time frame requirements of
21/30 days if appropriate justification is provided. The responsible Program
Secretarial Officer may require a written justification before considering expediting
the processing of travel requests. The responsible Program Secretarial Officer is
under no obligation to approve the travel.
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d. Trip Closeout.
(1) Post-travel trip reports for all official foreign travel are required from each traveler
with the exception of advance and security personnel supporting travel by the
Secretary, the Deputy Secretary, and the Under Secretary, and must be submitted
within 30 days after return to duty station (see Attachment 2).
(2) The traveler must provide information on the trip report regarding the actual cost of
the travel.
(3) Further foreign travel may be denied until all outstanding trip reports are received
from the traveler.
e. Travel by the Secretary of Energy.
(1) For the purposes of this Order, the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Department (DCOS)
serves as the Head of Organization and in that capacity, approves and authorizes
Office of the Secretary travel.
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(2) After authorizing a trip by the Secretary of Energy, the DCOS must approve a draft
budget for the trip and forward it to the Office of the Chief Financial Officer. Only
the DCOS or designee may authorize trip expenditures. No expenses in excess of
the approved mission budget can be incurred without prior approval from the DCOS
or designee.
(a) No arrangements for goods or services (either in the United States or foreign
country) other than those associated with trip planning, coordination, and
approval, may be completed before the budget is approved.
(b) Subsistence and related travel expenses for Federal travelers (employees or
invitees) must be authorized and regulated through standard Federal regulations
and processes.
(3) The DCOS must approve all participation in Secretarial travel, including that of DOE
employees, contractors, representatives from other agencies, and private sector
participants [see Paragraph 4(f)]. Only the minimum number of staff necessary to
support the mission objectives will be authorized to travel.
(4) Country Clearance Request.
(a) A country clearance request, as needed to obtain the clearance described in
Paragraph 4(a)(9), must describe authorized expenditures and appropriate
fiscal data.
(b) Only the DCOS or designee (usually members of the Office of Scheduling and
Advance) may authorize any expenditure not described in this request.
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(5) In addition to country clearance, advance agreement in writing to support the trip is
required from the relevant U.S. Embassy for any trip for which the budget is over
$150,000.
(6) The DCOS must notify the Office of Cabinet Affairs of proposed travel by the
Secretary.
f. Private Sector Participation in Trips.
(1) Private sector participants may accompany travelers when their participation is
consistent with the goals of the travel.
(2) Mission-specific, objective criteria for selecting participants from the private sector
must be approved by the Head of Organization before such participation is invited.
(3) At no time will DOE incur an expense for the sole benefit of the business community
or other private sector personnel.
5. RESPONSIBILITIES.
a. DOE Foreign Travel Board. Conducts quarterly meetings to review Departmental foreign
travel policy, aggregate system reports, Department-sponsored conferences, responsible
Program Secretarial Officer waivers or travel expedited earlier than the 21- or 30-day
requirement contained in Paragraphs 4a(5) and (6), and any other areas of Secretarial
interest.
b. Deputy Chief of Staff. Implements the requirements set forth in Paragraphs 4e and 5d (as
appropriate) of this Order.
c. Office of the Chief Financial Officer.
(1) Develops and disseminates DOE requirements and responsibilities for official foreign
travel and maintains the Foreign Travel Management System.
(2) Prepares reports for the quarterly meetings of the DOE Foreign Travel Board with
guidance of the Office of the Secretary.
d. Heads of Organizations.
(1) Approve and oversee all official foreign travel under their purview, establish
appropriate internal controls to ensure accountability, and assume accountability for
all approval decisions within their organizations.
(2) Provide to the responsible Program Secretarial Officer justification for any trips that
are approved outside the 21- or 30-day requirement contained in Paragraphs 4a(5)
and (6).
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(3) Ensures all official foreign travel complies with the following.
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(a) Travel is consistent with programmatic requirements for travel, security issues,
effective use of resources, requirements governing conference management,
adequacy of funding, and leave taken in conjunction with travel.
(b) Travel to countries on the Sensitive Countries List or involving subjects on the
Sensitive Subjects List is conducted in compliance with U.S. national security,
counterintelligence, and nonproliferation policies including U.S. export control
regulations.
(c) All requests for official foreign travel to countries on the list of state sponsors of
terrorism maintained by the Department of State are reviewed according to
procedures established by the Office of Nonproliferation and National Security.
(4) May deny approval of a foreign trip if travelers have not complied with trip closeout
requirements for an earlier trip within specified time period.
(5) May deny reimbursement of travel expenses if all approvals, including country
clearance where required, have not been finalized prior to travel.
(6) May waive 21/30-day time requirements for emergency response activities, as long
as appropriate country clearances are obtained.
e. Responsible Program Secretarial Officer.
(1) Has final approval of official foreign travel funded by the office or under his or her
cognizance.
(2) Develops and issues instructions for implementing this Order within programmatic
responsibilities and consistent with this Order.
(3) Issues blanket travel orders, as needed, for emergency response and other national
security activities. Appropriate country clearances are still required before travel can
begin.
(4) Prepares and provides required cable and notification to the U.S. Embassy in the
country to be visited.
(5) Notifies the traveler when country clearance has been received.
(6) When the official foreign travel request is not received in time to meet the 21/30-day
requirement contained in Paragraphs 4a(5) and (6), considers expediting the trip with
appropriate justification.
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(7) Establishes requirements for format, content, and distribution of trip reports consistent
with requirements in Attachment 2.
f. Federal Traveler.
(1) Ensures the request for approval of official foreign travel is entered in the Foreign
Travel Management System. For travel not entered in time to meet the 21- or 30-
day requirement, provides a justification as required by the responsible Program
Secretarial Officer.
(2) Ensures the required information for obtaining a country clearance is provided to the
responsible Program Secretarial Officer.
(3) Receives country clearance from the U.S. Embassy, through the responsible Program
Secretarial Officer, in the country to be visited before travel begins.
(4) For purposes of pre-briefings and debriefing, 30 days prior to and upon return from
travel–
(a) ensures that local Counterintelligence Officers and Headquarters, Office of
Intelligence, are notified of the travel to a sensitive country;
(b) ensures that local Counterintelligence Officers are notified of travel to any
country where foreign monetary support is provided for the travel;
(c) ensures that local Security Officers are notified of travel to a sensitive country
when the traveler holds or has held a personnel security clearance within the
past 5 years.
(5) Obtains appropriate authorization from–
(a) Headquarters, Director of Safeguards and Security, when handcarrying
classified material overseas;
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(b) Headquarters, Director of Intelligence, when handcarrying classified foreign
intelligence material overseas.
(6) Provides briefings to appropriate offices as requested upon return. This applies to
emergency response personnel.
(7) Complies with trip closeout requirements (see Attachment 2).
(8) Ensures the Foreign Travel Management System is updated for official foreign travel
requests that were entered and subsequently canceled or disapproved.
g. The Office of Scheduling and Advance. Manages all Secretarial travel logistics.
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6. REFERENCES.
a. Federal Travel Regulations, Chapter 301, Temporary Duty (TDY) Travel Allowances.
b. Federal Travel Regulations, Chapter 304, Payment from a Non-Federal Source for Travel
Expenses.
c. Department of State Standardized Regulations, Section 925, related to per diem for foreign
areas.
d. DOE O 110.3, CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT, dated 11-03-99.
e. Presidential Decision Directive 12, SECURITY AWARENESS AND REPORTING OF
FOREIGN CONTACTS.
f. DOE M 471.2-1B, CLASSIFIED MATTER PROTECTION AND CONTROL
MANUAL.
7. CONTACT. Questions concerning this Order should be directed to the Office of Chief Financial
Officer, Capital Accounting Center, (202) 586-4048 or (301) 903-3077.
8. DEFINITIONS.
a. Blanket Travel Orders. Travel authorization that is valid for the Domestic Emergency
Support Team (DEST) led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Foreign Emergency
Support Team (FEST) led by the Department of State, or emergency response activities
that have been authorized or deployed by an emergency response officer.
b. Country Clearance. Notification from the U.S. Embassy of the country to be visited that a
request to travel to that country has been approved.
c. Emergency Response. Emergency response provides for the national technical capability to
respond to radiological and nuclear incidents and accidents within the United States and
abroad. This emergency response capability typically supports the Department of Energy,
Department of Defense, Department of State, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and other
government agencies and must be able to deploy without notice (i.e., no-notice). This may
require an emergency team to deploy within 4 hours of notification.
d. Foreign Travel Management System. The official Departmental system for tracking,
monitoring, and reporting on foreign travel by Federal and contractor employees.
e. Head of Organization. The head official of the organization that employs the traveler. For
the purposes of this Order, the responsible Program Secretarial Officer may designate
Head of Organization(s). In addition, the Head of Organization approving and authorizing
the travel of the Office of the Secretary and Assistant Secretaries in Headquarters program
offices will be the Deputy Chief of Staff for the Secretary.
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f. Official Foreign Travel. Approved travel (whether wholly or partly on official
business) from the United States (including Alaska, Hawaii, the Commonwealths of
Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, and the territories and possessions of
the United States) to a foreign country and return, within a foreign country, or travel
between foreign countries by persons, including foreign nationals, whose salaries or
travel expenses or both will ultimately be funded in whole or in part by the DOE from
its appropriations. Official foreign travel includes travel funded by non-DOE sources,
travel for which the traveler is representing the Department or conducting business on
behalf of the U.S. Government, or travel by a DOE Federal employee or contractor for
another government agency or industry/company within the private sector.
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g. Responsible Program Secretarial Officer. The senior DOE Headquarters official,
whose office will fund the requested travel, or if there is no DOE funding, the official
having programmatic responsibilities associated with the requested travel. For
Headquarters employees, this may be the same person as the Head of Organization.
h. Sensitive Country. A country to which particular consideration is given for policy
reasons. Countries may appear on the sensitive country list for reasons of national
security, nuclear nonproliferation, regional instability, threat to national economic
security, or terrorism support. The Office of Nonproliferation and National Security
maintains this list.
i. Sensitive Subjects. Unclassified subjects/topics identified in existing Federal
regulations governing export control as well as those identified by the Department as
unique to its work, which involve information, activities, and/or technologies that are
relevant to national security. Disclosure of sensitive subjects has the potential for
enhancing weapons of mass destruction capability, leading to weapons of mass
destruction proliferation, divulging militarily critical technologies, or revealing other
advanced technologies that may adversely affect U.S. national economic security.
The Office of Nonproliferation and National Security maintains this list.
BILL RICHARDSON
Secretary of Energy
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CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT
All contractor personnel employed by entities under contract or subcontract with the Department of
Energy (DOE) must comply with the requirements of this Contractor Requirements Document,
government regulations concerning contractor travel, procedures established by the Office of the Chief
Financial Officer, and guidance provided by the responsible Program Secretarial Officer.
Disclosure outside of DOE of any information contained in the system, except for the purpose of
obtaining country clearance, is prohibited unless approved by the Office of the Secretary.
1. REQUIREMENTS.
a. In preparing for or performing official foreign travel, contractors must ensure the following.
(1) Review, approve, and oversee all official foreign travel under their purview and
establish appropriate internal controls to ensure accountability within their
organizations. Ensure that travel complies with regulations and DOE directives, and
that it is consistent with U.S. foreign and nonproliferation policy, international energy
policy and agreements, and national security policy objectives, and that it considers
DOE missions and resources. Final approval for official foreign travel is with the
responsible Program Secretarial Officer funding the travel or, if there is no DOE
funding, the official having programmatic responsibilities associated with the requested
travel.
(2) Ensure all official foreign travel complies with the following:
(a) Travel is consistent with programmatic requirements for travel, security issues,
effective use of resources, requirements governing conference management,
adequacy of funding, and leave taken in conjunction with travel.
(b) Travel to countries on the Sensitive Countries List or involving subjects on the
Sensitive Subjects List is conducted in compliance with U.S. national security,
intelligence, counterintelligence, and nonproliferation policies including U.S.
export control regulations.
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(c) All requests for official foreign travel to countries on the list of state sponsors of
terrorism, maintained by the Department of State, are reviewed according to
procedures established by the Office of Nonproliferation and National Security.
(3) Coordinate the approval of official foreign travel with officials responsible for
intelligence, counterintelligence, security, export control, and technology concerns to
ensure compliance with the Export Control Guidelines established by the Office of
Nonproliferation and National Security.
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(4) Provide sufficient information for the responsible Program Secretarial Officer to
prepare and provide notification to the U.S. Embassy in the country to be visited
when contractors are–
(a) traveling to a sensitive country or
(b) traveling to a non-sensitive country but meeting with senior government officials.
(5) As required by Paragraph 1(a)(4), receive country clearance from the U.S. Embassy
in the country to be visited prior to the start of travel.
(6) Ensure appropriate pre-briefings and debriefings are provided 30 days prior to the
start of and upon return from travel by–
(a) Counterintelligence Officers to all contractors traveling to a sensitive country
regardless of whether a personnel security clearance is held;
(b) Security Officers to all contractors who hold or have held personnel security
clearance within the past 5 years, and who are traveling to a sensitive country.
(7) When traveling to any country where foreign monetary support is provided for the
travel, notify the local Counterintelligence Officer 30 days prior to the start of the
travel.
(8) Ensure employees have complied with trip closeout requirements for one trip before a
subsequent foreign trip is authorized or approved.
(9) May waive requirements for emergency response activities, as long as appropriate
country clearances are obtained.
(10) Ensure that emergency response personnel provide briefings to appropriate offices as
requested, upon return.
(11) Obtain appropriate authorization from–
(a) Headquarters, Director of Safeguards and Security, when handcarrying
classified material overseas;
(b) Headquarters, Director of Intelligence, when handcarrying classified foreign
intelligence material overseas.
(12) Ensure blanket travel orders are issued for all personnel who might be required to
respond immediately to an emergency.
b. In controlling official foreign travel, contractors must complete the following.
(1) Enter all official foreign travel in the Foreign Travel Management System.
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(2) Enter and approve all requests for travel to a sensitive country or involving a sensitive
subject in the Foreign Travel Management System 30 days before the proposed
departure date, or earlier, as necessary, to receive appropriate and timely country
clearance.
(3) Enter and approve all requests for travel to a non-sensitive country and not involving
a sensitive subject in the Foreign Travel Management System 21 days before the
proposed departure date, or earlier, as necessary, to receive appropriate and timely
country clearance.
(4) If notice of required official foreign travel is not received in time to meet the 21- or
30-day requirement, enter travel in the Foreign Travel Management System as soon
as possible, and coordinate with the responsible Program Secretarial Officer. The
responsible Program Secretarial Officer may require a written justification and is
under no obligation to approve the travel.
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(5) Within 30 days after the proposed departure date, update the Foreign Travel
Management System by marking all requests for official foreign travel that have been
entered in the system but were subsequently canceled or disapproved.
(6) Ensure that foreign travel will not be permitted to start unless all approvals have been
finalized.
c. Contractors must comply with the following trip closeout requirements.
(1) Post-travel trip reports for all official foreign travel are required from each traveler
and must be submitted within 30 days after return to duty station (see Attachment 2).
(2) The traveler must provide information regarding the actual cost of the travel in the trip
report.
2. REFERENCES.
a. DOE O 110.3, CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT, dated 11-03-99.
b. Presidential Decision Directive 12, SECURITY AWARENESS AND REPORTING OF
FOREIGN CONTACTS.
c. DOE M 471.2-1B, CLASSIFIED MATTER PROTECTION AND CONTROL
MANUAL.
3. DEFINITIONS.
a. Blanket Travel Orders. Travel authorization that is valid for the Domestic Emergency
Support Team (DEST) led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Foreign Emergency
Support Team (FEST) led by the Department of State, or emergency response activities
that have been authorized or deployed by an emergency response officer.
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b. Country Clearance. Notification from the U.S. Embassy of the country to be visited that a
request to travel to that country has been approved.
c. Emergency Response. Emergency response provides for the national technical capability to
respond to radiological and nuclear incidents and accidents within the United States and
abroad. This emergency response capability typically supports the Department of Energy,
Department of Defense, Department of State, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and other
government agencies and must be able to deploy without notice (i.e., no-notice). This may
require an emergency team to deploy within 4 hours of notification.
d. Foreign Travel Management System. The official Departmental system for tracking,
monitoring, and reporting on foreign travel by Federal and contractor employees.
e. Official Foreign Travel. Approved travel (whether wholly or partly on official business)
from the United States (including Alaska, Hawaii, the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and
the Northern Mariana Islands, and the territories and possessions of the United States) to a
foreign country and return, within a foreign country, or travel between foreign countries, by
persons, including foreign nationals, whose salaries or travel expenses or both will ultimately
be funded in whole or in part by the DOE from its appropriations. Official foreign travel
includes travel funded by non-DOE sources, travel for which the traveler is representing the
Department or conducting business on behalf of the U.S. Government, or travel by a DOE
Federal employee or contractor for another government agency or industry/company within
the private sector.
f. Responsible Program Secretarial Officer. The senior DOE Headquarters Official, whose
office will fund the requested travel, or if there is no DOE funding, the official who has
programmatic responsibilities associated with the requested travel.
g. Sensitive Country. A country to which particular consideration is given for policy reasons.
Countries may appear on the sensitive country list for reasons of national security, nuclear
nonproliferation, regional instability, threat to national economic security, or terrorism
support. The Office of Nonproliferation and National Security maintains this list.
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h. Sensitive Subjects. Unclassified subjects/topics identified in existing Federal regulations
governing export control as well as those identified by the Department as unique to its
work, which involve information, activities, and/or technologies that are relevant to national
security. Disclosure of sensitive subjects has the potential for enhancing weapons of mass
destruction capability, leading to weapons of mass destruction proliferation, divulging
militarily critical technologies, or revealing other advanced technologies that may adversely
affect U.S. national economic security. The Office of Nonproliferation and National
Security maintains this list.
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FOREIGN TRAVEL TRIP REPORTS
Trip reports for DOE employees and contractors are to consist of the two parts described below.
Because of the unique nature of travel by the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, and Under Secretary, trip
reports from this travel are to be maintained by the Executive Secretary.
1. Part 1 is to be an extract of the foreign travel trip request form, with an abstract of the results of
the trip.
a. Part 1 of the trip report will be forwarded through the responsible Program Secretarial
Office to the Office of Science and Technical Information (OSTI), Oak Ridge, TN 37831.
b. Part 1 of the trip report will not contain classified information.
c. Part 1 will be included in a limited-access electronic database available to DOE. (Once a
new Foreign Travel Management System (FTMS) is in place, certain sections of Part 1 of
the trip report will become automated to simplify completion of the trip report.)
d. Part 1 of the trip report will consist of the following information in the following format:
a. title of the report (i.e., “Travel to___”);
b. report date (MM,DD,YYYY);
c. date(s) of travel (MM,DD,YYYY);
d. name of all traveler(s) on this trip;
e. position/title of the traveler;
f. employing organization and organization code;
g. business address including street, city, and zip code;
h. Foreign Travel Management System (FTMS) trip number;
i. travel destinations (include organization, facility, city, state/province, country);
j. brief purpose of the trip (include the justification from the foreign travel request);
k. abstract (such as major highlights, benefits of the travel, people contacted, results of
meetings, facilities visited, including their locations).
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2. Part 2 of the trip report will provide a complete report on and thorough analysis of the trip.
a. Part 2 should include the results of any meetings or discussions with representatives of
foreign government(s) and/or company(ies).
b. When more than one traveler follows the same schedule, only one member of the party
needs to report on each meeting or event that took place.
c. When appropriate, Part 2 should also include observations, conclusions, speculations and
information relating to the safety, health, and security of future travelers.
d. Part 2 of the trip report will be used for programmatic purposes and will not be forwarded
to OSTI.
e. Part 2 of the trip report is to provide actual costs of the trip.
f. In addition to the above requirements, trip reports for travel by the Secretary, Deputy
Secretary, and Under Secretary must include a justification for any private sector
participation in the trip and major accomplishments of the trip.
A reporting cable sent through State Department channels may also serve as Part 2 of a foreign
trip report. Security and advance personnel traveling in support of the Secretary, Deputy
Secretary, and Under Secretary are exempt from the requirements of Part 2.
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Objectives, Cancellation, Applicability, Requirements
Responsibilities
References, Contact, Definitions
Attachment 1, Contractor Requirements Document
Requirements
References, Definitions
Attachment 2, Foreign Travel Trip Reports
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