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5. BACKGROUND.
a. A multi-agency travel reinvention task force was organized in August 1994, under the
auspices of the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP), to reengineer
Federal travel rules and procedures. The task force developed 25 recommended travel
management improvements published in a December 1995 JFMIP report entitled Travel
Management Governmentwide.
b. On 23 September 1996, the President signed into law the Federal Employee Travel
Reform Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-201), which included eight legislative changes
recommended by the JFMIP to improve travel and the delivery of relocation services.
This law allowed each agency the discretionary authority to implement these changes as
needed.
c. This Instruction identifies certain responsibilities, criteria, and restrictions, and
implements sections of the Act which the Coast Guard deems advantageous to effectively
manage the Civilian PCS Travel Program.
6. DEFINITIONS.
a. Permanent Change of Station. The assignment or transfer of an employee to a
new/different permanent duty station, under competent orders. The PCS should be in
the best interest of the Government and not primarily for the convenience or benefit of
the employee or at his/her request.
b. Transfer. A move of a permanent Federal employee without a break in service from
one official station to another for permanent duty. In critical situations, the Coast
Guard Personnel Command, Civilian Personnel Management Division (CGPC-cpm)
may authorize exceptions to transfer an employee from a permanent official duty
station to a term not-to-exceed 4 year position. Exception: An employee separated by
reason of reduction in force or transfer of function who is reemployed with the Federal
Government within 1 year of the date of separation to a nontemporary appointment,
will be treated as a transferred employee.
c. New Appointee. Any person newly appointed for permanent duty to Government
service, including former temporary employees being converted to permanent duty,
student trainees who are assigned upon completion of college work, and individuals
appointed after a break in service.
d. Break in Service. A separation from Federal service of 4 calendar days or more.
e. Days. For the purpose of this instruction, the word "days" refers to calendar days.
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