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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 79 (Monday, April 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 22878]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9949]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2011-OS-0045]

Defense Transportation Regulation, Part IV

AGENCY: United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: DOD has issued draft business rules for the electronic payment 
of Nontemporary Storage (NTS) invoices in the Defense Transportation 
Regulation (DTR) Part IV (DTR 4500.9R). This process proposes mandatory 
use of the DOD Third Party Payment System (TPPS) as the transaction and 
payment system for all NTS Transportation Service Providers (TSP). 
Implementation of electronic payments for NTS at all Military Services 
and Coast Guard installations is the goal of the Defense Personal 
Property Program (DP3). The initial rollout of the TPPS and the 
electronic payment process for NTS is scheduled for August, 2011.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 24, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Do not submit comments directly to the point of contact 
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT or mail your comments to any 
address other that what is shown below. Doing so will delay the posting 
of the submission. You may submit comments, identified by docket number 
and title, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Federal Docket Management System Office, 1160 
Defense Pentagon, OSD Mailroom 3C843, Washington, DC 20301-1160.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and docket number for this Federal Register document. The general 
policy for comments and other submissions from members of the public is 
to make these submissions available for public viewing on the Internet 
at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without change, 
including any personal identifiers or contact information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jim Teague, United States 
Transportation Command, TCJ5/4-PI, 508 Scott Drive, Scott Air Force 
Base, IL 62225-5357; (618) 256-9605.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Request comments be submitted in the 
identified matrix-format posted with the business rules. In furtherance 
of DOD's goal to develop and implement an efficient personal property 
program, Electronic Billing and Payment Business Rules were developed 
by the Military Services, DFAS and SDDC. In addition, the proposed 
electronic billing processes will compliment the future implementation 
of the Defense Personal Property Program (DP3) Phase III NTS 
capabilities within the Defense Personal Property System (DPS). The 
proposed NTS TPPS business rules are available for review on the 
USTRANSCOM Web site at http://www.transcom.mil/dtr/part-iv/nts.cfm.
    Any subsequent modification(s) to the business rules beyond the 
above stated changes will be published in the Federal Register and 
incorporated into the Defense Transportation Regulation (DTR) Part IV 
(DTR 4500.9R). These program requirements do not impose a legal 
requirement, obligation, sanction or penalty on the public sector, and 
will not have an economic impact of $100 million or more.

Additional Information

    A complete version of the DTR is available via the internet on the 
USTRANSCOM homepage at http://www.transcom.mil/dtr/part-iv.cfm.

    Dated: April 20, 2011.
Morgan F. Park,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2011-9949 Filed 4-22-11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 5001-06-P
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