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Frequently Asked Questions

 

For SMCRA-related State and Tribal agencies: Each office has a designated Training Contact who works with OSMRE to enroll you in NTTP classes. Please review a list of NTTP Training Contacts here.  

For OSMRE offices: Please contact your designated Training Contact who will assist you in submitting the necessary paperwork to attend our classes. Please review a list of NTTP Training Contacts here.

For non-SMCRA agencies: Please look over the course offerings and the schedule and contact the coordinator assigned to that particular class. If there is extra space available in a class, you may be able to attend. OSMRE is not authorized to pay your travel costs associated with attending our classes.

If a Training Contact for your State, Tribal, or Government Agency is not listed, please contact Karen Smalls at (202) 208 – 0871 or via email at ksmalls@osmre.gov.

 

Approximately 30 days prior to the start of the class, you will receive notification from the assigned coordinator. If we are paying for your attendance, you will also receive a participant note, which provides you with your travel authorizations, logistical information, and any other pertinent information you may need to know. Please read over this information carefully.

All materials for the class will be provided.  A list of any additional supplies, equipment, reports, etc. that students are required to bring with them to class will be included in the participant note. 

A coordinator has been assigned to each class. Please contact the assigned class coordinator directly for assistance. For a coordinator's contact information, please review the Training Schedule.

At the end of the class, you will receive a certificate of completion and your record of learning in the Department of the Interior's Learning Management System will be updated. You must attend all class hours to receive credit.

Yes, upon completion course, a certificate of completion will be provided.

No, we have already secured a room for you at the hotel listed in your participant note.

Please let your training contact and the assigned coordinator know as soon as possible. If you are travelling by air, and you cannot reach the assigned coordinator, please contact Duluth travel (1-855-847-6398; select option 2) to cancel your travel reservations.

Please notify the front desk of your departure date and inform one of our instructors and/or the NTTP Staff onsite person. If you are travelling by air, please contact Duluth travel (1-855-847-6398; select option 2) to change your reservations. Also, let your training contact and the assigned coordinator know as time permits.

Our number one priority is your safety. If there is inclement weather in your city, please use your best judgment when travelling to our classes. If you are unable to attend, please follow the instructions in the "What if I have an emergency prior to the class start date and can no longer attend?" section found above. If there is inclement weather in the class location, NTTP will either send you an e-mail or call you if we need to cancel course or make any changes to course times, course dates, or course location.

Your training contact submitted a nomination form to NTTP regarding your requested mode of transportation. We use this information in preparing your travel authorization. You must use the mode of transportation submitted by your training contact. We will not reimburse your expenses if another form of transportation is used.

  • AIR: You must book your ticket through OSMRE's travel agent, Duluth Travel, or with the assigned coordinator. Detailed guidance on booking your ticket will be by the assigned coordination.
  • POV: You must have prior approval from NTTP to use your POV. If you do not have access to a GOV, you will be reimbursed at the current GSA mileage rate per mile. If you are assigned or have access to a GOV, you will be reimbursed at a lower mileage rate, if you receive approval to use your POV.
  • GOV: You will not be reimbursed mileage except if you must use your POV to pick-up the GOV.

No, we have already secured a room for you at the hotel listed in your participant note.

Yes, parking is an allowable travel expense that is reimbursable up to a limit. Detailed guidance will be provided in your participant note relative to maximum daily reimbursable parking rate, preferred parking location, and parking type: (self or valet). We will not reimburse transportation tips associated with parking.

No.

At the end of the class, the instructor or on-site coordinator will go over the travel voucher and reimbursement process. 

  • Local Commuters - please complete, sign, date, and email the attached claim for reimbursement form (SF-1164) to the assigned coordinator for processing.
  • State and Tribal Travelers - please review the Standard Operating Procedure for travel voucher process.
  • OSMRE and other DOI Employees - You must process your travel voucher in the Department's travel management system no later than five (5) business days after your travel.

If you have not received payment within 30 days after class completion, please contact the assigned coordinator for assistance.