Foreign Travel Management System (FTMS)

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Foreign Travel Management System (FTMS)

• Approving a foreign travel request

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Email Notification

• Trip 20080xxxx is awaiting your review/approval
  at sequence x0 in the FTMS system at
  https//ftms.doe.gov/. Please log onto the system
  or contact your local OPOC/Foreign Travel
  Specialist to take appropriate action.

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Log In to FTMS - Production

• Foreign Travel Management System (FTMS)Login
  Screen User Name    Password      Forgot Your
  Password? System  Production Training Testing 
  Request Account Privacy Policy DisclaimerDOE
  F 551.1, Request for Approval of Foreign Travel
  Login Screen Help User Agreement Password
  Change Request Policy   Contact the FTMS help
  desk at [phone] or FTMSHelp_at_ppc.com for
  specific questions.   Bulletin Board Happy New
  Year!   Note If you try to login to FTMS more
  than once, any unsaved work will be lost.

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If asked, respond YES to close window
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Continue
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Select Pending Approval status
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To view the travel request before approving the
trip, click on the Trip Number
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Form 551.1 Divisions

• Section I Travelers Information
• Travelers personal data (name, address, etc)
• Employment contact info.
• Section II General Trip Info.
• Funding Sources
• Benefit to the Government
• Section III Trip Itinerary
• Destination(s), purpose of travel, contact info
• Technical Justification

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When finished with review, click HOME to return
to the list of trips that are pending approval.
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Choose Pending Approval for Travelers trip
number being approved In this example Andrew
Hutton
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Select Approve from drop down, then select Save
and Sign. OR If you are required to approve
more than once,
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If you are to approve on more than one line
select Save and Sign (Remain) this will return
you to the approval screen to perform the second
approval. On the final approval, select Save and
Sign.
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After returning to the Pending Approval screen,
another trip can be selected for approval or you
can LOG OFF.