New Method of Making Government Travel Arrangements
United States Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
Wyoming State Office
P.O. Box 1828
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003-1828
In Reply Refer To:
1382 (WY-953) P
November 2 , 2007
Instruction Memorandum No. WY-2008-008
Expires: 09/30/2009
To: All Wyoming Employees
From: Acting Associate State Director
Subject: New Method of Making Government Travel Arrangements Effective 11-05-
2007
Program Area: Travel
Purpose: The purpose of this Instruction Memorandum (IM) is to provide direction for
employees making Government travel arrangements. B eginning on November 5, 2007,
Northrop Grumman's GovTrip (a self-service stand-alone on-line booking engine) becomes the
official provider for making Government travel reservations. GovTrip provides Department of
the Interior travelers the ability to create, change, and view official air, car, and hotel
reservations via the internet. Access to full service travel agents will also be available.
Policy/Action: All BLM employees will begin using GovTrip as of November 5, 2007.
The lead Federal Agency Travel Administrator’s for Wyoming are Terri Trevino and Janet
Edmonds. Their duties will include creating user profiles, maintaining the database, and
assisting employees learn to use the system.
Before an employee may use GovTrip, they must:
1. Have a user profile created by lead Federal Agency Travel Administrator
2. Log into GovTrip and unlock user profile
3. Update user profile with their Government charge card and contact information.
All Wyoming permanent employees who were onboard as of October 1, 2007, have already had
their user profiles created. New employees, when applying for a Government travel charge
card, must complete the GovTrip User Profile (attached) and submit a copy to Terri Trevino or
Janet Edmonds to have a new profile created.
A Wyoming BLM Travel website has been created and contains a variety of information
regarding GovTrip. The website is located at http://web.wy.blm.gov/950/travel/
Two 10 minute power point trainings have been created which provide step-by-step instructions
for using GovTrip. The first training is “1st Time Log-in to GovTrip†and the second training is
“Making Travel Arrangements.†These power point trainings are also found at
http://web.wy.blm.gov/950/travel/. Before attempting to access GovTrip.com, employees are
required to view these power point trainings.
At the State Office, assistance with GovTrip will also be provided by Jessica Camargo
(WY910), Sheri Latham (WY920), Carolyn Hert or Donna Nye (WY930) and Rudy Torres
(WY950). In the Field Offices, zoned assistance will be provided by Rose Montanez (Worland),
Bev Forrest (Rawlins), Ron Giles ( Rock Springs), and Silva Hardy ( Casper).
The processes for arranging travel related to fire have not changed. Use the same phone number
to access GovTrip agents when making arrangements for fire crews as you used for CWGT.
Time frame: This IM is effective immediately.
Budget Impact: No budget impact at the time of transition to GovTrip.
Background: On July 31, 2007, the Department of the Interior (DOI) announced the award of
the E-Gov Travel Task Order to Northrop Grumman as the DOI’s travel management service
provider. By November 30, 2007, all of the DOI must be migrated from CWGT E2 Solutions
travel management services to the Northrop Grumman GovTrip travel management services.
The BLM will migrate the weeks of November 5 and November 12, 2007.
Manual/Handbook Sections Affected: None.
Coordination: This IM was coordinated with Human Resources and the Business Manager.
Contact: Please direct questions or comments to Terri Trevino, 307-775-6020 or Janet
Edmonds, 307-775-6007.
Signed by: Authenticated by:
James K. Murkin J. Camargo, Secretary
Acting Associate State Director State Director's Office
1 Attachment:
1 - GovTrip User Profile (1 p.)