United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Accounting and Information Management Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1996-07-09 monographic deposited born digital 10 p. GA 1.13:T-AIMD-96-127 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-96-127 P0b002ee180377f7e f:ai96127t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-96-127 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-96-127 T-AIMD-96-127 Travel costs Federal employees Travel allowances Reengineering (management) Proposed legislation Administrative costs Temporary duty expense allowances Cost control Relocation allowances Joint Financial Management Improvement Program Testimony AIMD GAO discussed the provisions of the proposed Travel Reform and Savings Act, focusing on governmentwide travel practices. GAO found that the proposed legislation would: (1) make federal travel practices more similar to private- sector practices; (2) result in significant efficiency gains and cost savings; (3) allow employees to travel without authorization documents, automate and streamline expense reporting, and use an integrated travel system; (4) establish travel data standards, assist federal agencies in their benchmarking efforts, and redesign temporary duty travel processes; (5) repeal the requirement that long-distance telephone cards be certified, require the use of a travel charge card, and reimburse employees for taxes on money received for travel expenses; (6) set allowances for seeking permanent resident quarters, temporary quarters subsistence expenses, and resident transaction expenses; (7) establish authority in paying for property management, provide employment assistance services to spouses, and transport privately owned motor vehicles; (8) pay for limited relocation allowances for employees on extended assignments; and (9) enable federal agencies to save millions of dollars in government relocation and travel costs. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-96-127/html/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-96-127.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-96-127/pdf/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-96-127.pdf GAO/T-AIMD-96-127 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-96-127 Testimony GAO/T-AIMD-96-127; Governmentwide Travel Management: Views on the Proposed Travel Reform and Savings Act; Travel costs Federal employees Travel allowances Reengineering (management) Proposed legislation Administrative costs Temporary duty expense allowances Cost control Relocation allowances Joint Financial Management Improvement Program