Foreign Travel Management
System (FTMS)
Approving a foreign travel request
Revised: 6/8/2011
Email Notification
Trip 20080xxxx is awaiting your
review/approval at sequence x0 in the
FTMS system at https://ftms.doe.gov/.
Please log onto the system or contact your
local OPOC/Foreign Travel Specialist to
take appropriate action.
Foreign Travel Management System (FTMS)
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DOE F 551.1, Request for Approval of Foreign Travel |
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Select “Pending Approval” status
To view the travel request before approving
the trip, click on the “Trip Number”
Form 551.1 Divisions
• Section I – Traveler’s Information
– Traveler’s personal data (name, address, etc)
– Employment contact info.
• Section II – General Trip Info.
– Funding Sources
– Benefit to the Government
• Section III – Trip Itinerary
– Destination(s), purpose of travel, contact info
– Technical Justification
When finished with review, click “HOME” to return to the list of trips
that are pending approval.
Choose “Pending Approval” for Traveler’s trip number being
approved – In this example “Andrew Hutton”
Select “Approve” from drop down, then select Save and Sign.
OR If you are required to approve more than once,
If you are to approve on more than one line select “Save and Sign (Remain)” this
will return you to the approval screen to perform the second approval. On the final
approval, select Save and Sign.
After returning to the Pending Approval screen, another trip can be
selected for approval or you can LOG OFF.