Permissions

REQUIREMENTS

Complete the following requirements and submit all four to the I MEF DTS HELPDESK organizational mailbox by email.

1. DD FORM 577

Found under the Forms tab, the DD Form 577 must be digitally signed by your current CO, Chief of Staff, or XO (with by direction letter which specifically states that XO has DTS billet appointing authority). If appointing authority changes command, a new DD Form 577 must be filled out with the new appointing authority’s signature.

2. AO/RO- accountable official and certifying officer (COL) certificate required for AO’s only and is an annual requirement.

3. "Program and Policies: TDY Travel Policies 101" certificate is required every 3 years for all permission holders.

4. DTS training certificate which is valid unit SNM executes PCS or EAS.

Taught by disbursing DTS training official, see DTS Training tab for the current training schedule.

DTS Permission Matrix and Training Requirements

	May Also Be:	Shall Never Be:	DD577 & Training Requirements	Permissions/Access	Who
Traveler	N/A	N/A	TraX Training: About DTS, DTS Travel Documents (DTS 101), TDY Travel Policies 101. TraX refresher training every 3 years.	0 : Do NOT assign Org/Group Access	No Contractor
Access to Reports Module	N/A	N/A	NDEA DD577. I MEF Initial DTS Classroom training required for newly appointed personnel. TraX Training: Maintenance Tool: People, Reports. Refresher every 3 years.	0, 1, 5: Organization Access & Group Access based on LDTA Determination	Military, Civilian, or Contractor
Non-DTS Entry Agent (NDEA)	LDTA, ODTA, FDTA	AO, SAO, RO, PPR, DMM	NDEA DD577. I MEF Initial DTS Classroom training. TraX Training: TDY Travel Policies 101. Refresher every 3 years.	0: Group Access	Military, Civilian, or Contractor
Budget Defense Travel Administrator (BDTA)	RO, NDEA, PPR, DMM	ODTA, AO, LDTA	BDTA DD577. I MEF Initial DTS Classroom training for newly appointed FDTAs. TraX Training: Lines of Accounting/Budgets. Refresher every 3 years.	0, 1, 3: Organization Access	Military or Civilian
Finance Defense Travel Administrator (FDTA)	RO, NDEA, PPR, DMM	ODTA, AO, LDTA	FDTA DD577. I MEF Initial DTS Classroom training for newly appointed FDTAs. TraX Training: Lines of Accounting/Budgets. Refresher every 3 years.	0, 1, 3, 6: Organization Access & Group Access	Military or Civilian
Organizational Defense Travel Administrator (ODTA)	NDEA, PPR, RO	LDTA, FDTA, AO, DMM	ODTA DD577. I MEF Initial DTS Classroom training. TraX Training: TDY Travel Policies 101. Refresher every 3 years.	0, 1, 5: Organization Access & Group Access	Military or Civilian
Routing Officials	NDEA, FDTA, BDTA, ODTA	AO, DMM	RO DD577. I MEF Initial DTS Classroom training. TraX Training: TDY Travel Policies 101. Refresher every 3 years.	0, 1, 2: Organization Access	Military, Civilian, or Contractor
Certifying Officials - Applies the Certified Stamp on authorizations and/or vouchers.	NDEA, PPR, DMM, BDTA	LDTA, ODTA, FDTA, AO	CO DD577. I MEF Initial DTS Classroom training. TraX Training: TDY Travel Policies 101. Refresher every 3 years.	0, 1, 2: Organization Access & Group Access	Military, Civilian, or Contractor
Approving Official (AO) - Applies the Approved stamp on authorizations. Applies the Authorization stamp on vouchers on CPEN routing lists. Applies the Reviewed stamp on WWT routing lists.	RO	LDTA, ODTA, FDTA, AO - (On voucher), NDEA, PPR, DMM, BDTA	AO DD577. I MEF Initial DTS Classroom training. TraX Training: Initial TAOCO (COL) Training, TDY Travel Policies 101. Annual TAOCO (COL) Refresher Training and TraX refresher training every 3 years.	0, 1, 2: Organization Access & Group Access	Military E-6 or above, Civilian GS7 or above
Post Payment Reviewer (PPR)	LDTA, ODTA, FDTA, BDTA, NDEA, DMM	AO, RO	PPR DD577. TraX Training: Initial TAOCO (COL) Training prior to appointment. Annual TAOCO (COL) Refresher Training every year.	0, 1: Access based on LDTA determination. Usually restricted to Disbursing personnel.	Military or Civilian
Lead Defense Travel Administrator (LDTA): Limited to RDO - West personnel.	NDEA, PPR, DMM	ODTA, AO, FDTA, RO (In a routing list - Other than training RL)	DD577 required for each role with "DM" defined in block 4. Initial TAOCO (COL) Training prior to appointment. The following TraX initial courses and refreshers every 3 years: Maintenance Tool: An Overview, Maintenance Tool: Groups, Maintenance Tool: Routing Lists, Maintenance Tool: Organizations, Maintenance Tool: People, Reports.	0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6: DM-Organization Access & Group Access, Approval Override, NDEA	Military or Civilian
Debt Management Monitor (DMM)	LDTA	N/A	DD577. Initial and 3-year refresher training via TraX: Debt Management Monitor, DTS Travel Documents (DTS 101), About DTS.	0, 6: Organization Access & Group Access, DMM	Military or Civilian