FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICY MANUAL

appropriations in support of TAD travel exist as a result of specific
agreement and administrative determination. These special provisions
and exceptions are set forth in subpars. b through e.
b. Travel of Headquarters Personnel. The travel requirements of
personnel organizations are normally supported under the Operation
and Maintenance appropriation available to the headquarters
organizations. The Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Navy (RDT&E,N) appropriation, however, may support travel which
is integral to the technical execution of a specific RDT&E,N project,
both for project manager staff members and for other headquarters
personnel whose technical capabilities are required for a specific
project. The cost of TAD travel of headquarters personnel cannot be
charged to procurement appropriations but shall be financed by
Operation and Maintenance appropriations.
c. Travel in Support of Production. Travel of field activity personnel
necessary for the production of an end-item should be financed by
procurement funds provided for production support services.
d. Travel in Support of Another Service. When authorized, travel in
support of another service to provide work and or expertise in a
particular field is funded on a reimbursable basis by the requesting
service.
e. Invitational Travel Orders. Persons not employed by the Federal
Government may be authorized to travel at Government expense under
certain circumstances. Such travel is termed "invitational travel" and
the authority and restrictions for such travel are contained within the
provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations, Volume 2, Chapter 6, Part
A. Invitational travel is administered under the same funding policy as
TAD travel, i.e., the resources available to support the program in
whose interest the travel is performed will fund the invitational travel
as a cost in the interest of the Department of the Navy. For example,
when the services of Red Cross personnel are specifically requested
and invitational travel is performed, the travel cost that is incurred is
supported from the administrative TAD travel funds of the requester of
the Red Cross services. Another example is the cost of invitational
TAD travel in connection with Navy ship launching ceremonies that is
chargeable to the appropriation, Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy
(see par. 075373). As noted previously, invitational travel is limited
by administrative restrictions. Sponsored congressional travel is an
example. Responsibility for such travel cannot be delegated below the
Secretary of the Navy level and prior notice of invitations must be
provided to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs.
f. Evacuations. As the Executive Agent within the Department of
Defense for disasters/evacuations, the Department of the Army issues
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