Employees will not be reimbursed on travel vouchers for daily calls home or calls charged to hotel rooms unless the calls are due to emergency conditions, the employees did not have sufficient time to acquire Federal or Prepaid Calling Cards, or for other extenuating circumstances. In these instances, NOAA managers may set dollar limits for calls home. Calling cards will be ordered for all CASC employees who travel. Supervisors have the option of distributing cards to employees, or holding the cards for specific trips. The billing statements will be broken out by name so identifying calls made will not be difficult.
Supervisors review billing statements on a montly basks.
A funds obligation document must be prepared, in addition to completing the application for an FTS FedCard . Lorri Rose, in Systems Division, coordinates ordering of the calling cards for CASC employees.