COMDTINST 12570.4
14 MAR 1988
4. e. First Class Travel. Authority to authorize first class travel of civilian employees is reserved
to Commandant (G-C). Requests for first class travel of civilian employees should be
submitted via Commandant (G-P-1/1).
f. Actual Subsistence Expense Travel. Authority to approve actual subsistence travel in
consonance with reference (a) is delegated to area and district commanders, commanders of
maintenance and logistics commands, unit commanding officers, and chiefs of offices and
special staff divisions in Headquarters. This authority may be redelegated but no lower than
one level.
g. Non employee (Invitational) Travel. Authority to approve invitational travel is reserved to
Commandant (G-C) except for pre employment interview travel, as described in paragraph
2-0203c of reference (a), and the following for which the Deputy Secretary of
Transportation has approved redelegation to Commandant (G-P):
(1) Participants in Family Support Programs Ombudsman Training;
(2) Members of the Coast Guard Academy Advisory Committee;
(3) Members of the National Boating Safety Advisory Council;
(4) Lecturers and Instructors at National Boating SafetyCourses; and
(5) Members of the Rules of the Road Advisory Council.
5. RESPONSIBILITIES.
a. Area and district commanders, commanders of maintenance and logistics commands, unit
commanding officers, and chiefs of offices and special staff divisions in Headquarters.
Area and district commanders, commanders of maintenance and logistics commands, unit
commanding officers, and chiefs of offices and special staff divisions in Headquarters are
responsible for managing the civilian travel program in their commands and monitoring the
effectiveness with which officials to whom they redelegate travel approving authority
carry out their responsibilities.
b. Commandant (G-P). Commandant (G-P) is responsible for overall management of the Coast
Guard travel program.
c. Commandant (G-PC). Commandant (G-PC) is responsible for management of the Coast
Guard civilian travel program; establishing and interpreting Coast Guard civilian travel
Policy and providing guidance on civilian travel policy and entitlements.
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