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NAVADMIN 121/04
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SUBJ/DBSIGN - DEFENSE TRAVEL SYSTEM (DTS) DEPLOYMENT//
RMKS/1.  BACKGROUND.  THE DEFENSE TRAVEL SYSTEM (DTS) IS THE
STANDARDIZED TEMPORARY DUTY TRAVEL SYSTEM FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
(DOD).  ALL NAVY ACTIVITIES ARE REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT DTS PRIOR TO
THE END OF FY06.  NAVY DTS IMPLEMENTATION HAD RECENTLY BEEN DELAYED
DUE TO DBSIGN SOFTWARE PROBLEMS. DBSIGN IS THE DOD LICENSED SOFTWARE
THAT SUPPORTS SIGNING TRAVEL DOCUMENTS IN DTS.  DBSIGN MUST BE
DEPLOYED TO EACH DESKTOP USING DTS.
2.  ON 7 MAY 04, A MODIFICATION TO THE NMCI CONTRACT WAS SIGNED TO
SUPPORT A ONE-TIME DISTRIBUTION OF DBSIGN TO ALL CONUS NMCI SEATS
DEPLOYED BEFORE 07 JUNE 04.  THE NMCI CONTRACTOR WILL ELECTRONICALLY
DISTRIBUTE DBSIGN TO ALL CURRENTLY DEPLOYED NMCI CONUS SEATS AND TO
THOSE CONUS SEATS DEPLOYED BEFORE 07 JUNE 04.  THE CONTRACTOR WILL



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TARGET THE SEATS TO RECEIVE THE APPLICATION, ELECTRONICALLY DEPLOY
THE SOFTWARE, AND VALIDATE THAT THE APPLICATION IS OPERATIONAL AT
THE USER LEVEL.  THE NAVY DTS PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICE WILL FUND
THIS ONE-TIME DISTRIBUTION OF DBSIGN.
3.  SEATS DUE TO CUTOVER TO NMCI AFTER 07 JUNE 04 MUST ENSURE THAT
DBSIGN (CDA RFS #77702) IS ON THEIR RATIONALIZED LIST AND HAS BEEN
ORDERED FOR EACH SEAT.  THOSE COMMANDS FAILING TO INCLUDE DBSIGN ON
THE RATIONALIZED LIST, AS WELL AS ON THEIR SEAT ORDERS, WILL BE
REQUIRED TO PAY ALL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH HAVING DBSIGN PUSHED TO
THE NMCI SEAT.
4.  POCS ARE CHERYL STEVENS, N413B1, COML (703) 604-9949, DSN
664-9949, EMAIL:  CHERYL.STEVENS@NAVY.MIL; OR MR. TIM DONNELLY,
NMCI PEO IT, COML (703) 685-5576, EMAIL:  TIM.DONNELLY@NAVY.MIL.
5.  RELEASED BY VADM CHARLES W. MOORE, JR., N4.//
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