December 9, 1997
SUBJECT: Reviews of Non-Temporary Storage Requests
1. Purpose: To establish procedures for standardized review and approval of requests for non-temporary storage (NTS) of household goods (HHG) for Department of Defense Dependents School (DoDDS) employees.
2. Applicability: This SOP applies to all Operations Branch employees responsible for authorizing requests for NTS of HHG.
3. Definition: NTS is the storing of HHG at government expense provided to employees for a portion of or for the duration of their overseas assignment.
4. Reference: Joint Travel Regulations, Volume 2, C8002-C. 3. a and b.
5. Procedures:
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A. In reviewing requests for approval of NTS, one of the following conditions must be met in order for an employee to be eligible for NTS:
- The Permanent Duty Station (PDS) is one to which the employee is not authorized to take or at which the employee is unable to use his/her HHG;
- The storage is authorized in the public interest;
- The estimated cost of storage would be less than the cost of round-trip transportation (including temporary storage) of the HHG to the new PDS.
B. If the employee’s request meets conditions 1 or 3 above, the travel approving official may authorize nontemporary storage of HHG on the employee’s travel order. All other requests should be forwarded to the Quality Assurance and Evaluation (QA&E) Branch for review, to include any requests for storage of HHG that have already been shipped to the employee’s duty station at Government expense. QA&E will determine if the request is in the public interest and prepare an official response for the signature of the Chief, Personnel Center. A copy of the determination will be filed on the left-hand side of the employee’s official personnel folder.
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//Original Signed//
Paul Wolfe
Chief, Personnel Center