The Defense Travel System (DTS) is a fully integrated, electronic, end-to-end travel management system that automates TDY for the Department of Defense (DoD).The Defense Travel System is an online military travel program that allows travelers to create short term assignment authorizations (official travel orders), prepare reservations or input their lodging preference if the traveler has booked their own TDY lodging, they can receive approvals and generate travel vouchers, and also request a direct deposit disbursement to themselves or the the government credit card vendor. The Defense Travel System website is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week for use by military service members. The DoD's Business Transformation Agency has program oversight and the Defense Travel Management Office, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness has functional oversight of the Defense Travel System.
According to DoD, the DTS benefits include:
- Rapid creation of travel authorizations and vouchers
- Automated approval process
- Personalized on-line reservations & itinerary changes for airline, lodging, and rental cars
- Detailed pre-travel entitlement computations
- Direct deposit and split disbursements to both traveler and the government travel charge card vendor
- Timely payment of travel claims
- 24/7 availability via a single web portal
- Reduced transaction costs
- Encryption is used (the DBsign software package with HTTPS), with combined Common Access Card and PIN logins to authenticate users.
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