{"id":1963302,"date":"2023-07-03T13:40:09","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T17:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-mace-seeks-answers-on-pentagons-return-to-defense-travel-system\/"},"modified":"2023-07-03T13:41:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T17:41:18","slug":"nancy-mace-seeks-answers-on-pentagons-return-to-defense-travel-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-mace-seeks-answers-on-pentagons-return-to-defense-travel-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Mace inquires about Pentagon&#8217;s return to Defense Travel System."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnancy-mace-seeks-answers-on-pentagons-return-to-defense-travel-system%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1963302&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A House Subcommittee Chair Raises Concerns Over Defense Department&#8217;s Decision<\/h2>\n<p>The Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, Nancy Mace (R-SC), has expressed her concerns to the Department of Defense regarding its recent decision to abandon the transition from the Defense Travel System to MyTravel.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter addressed to Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Gilbert Cisneros and Director of Defense Capabilities and Management at the Government Accountability Office Elizabeth Field, Chairwoman Mace reached out to seek clarification on this decision.<\/p>\n<h3>Unveiling Troubling Reversal<\/h3>\n<p>In a memorandum issued on May 24, Cisneros announced that the Pentagon would not proceed with the implementation of the new MyTravel system, opting to continue using the Defense Travel System instead. Both systems are web-based applications designed to facilitate government travel planning for service members and DOD&#8217;s civilian personnel.<\/p>\n<p>The Defense Travel System has been in use by the Pentagon for the past 25 years.<\/p>\n<p>Chairwoman Mace expressed her concerns about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-hotel-occupancy-falling-amid-omicron-surge\/\" title=\"Report: Hotel Occupancy Falling Amid Omicron Surge\">sudden reversal<\/a>, stating, &#8220;The rapid reversal on MyTravel \u2014 a system being developed for DoD for over four years at a direct cost of more than $20 million \u2014 is troubling. It <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-mace-seeks-answers-on-pentagons-return-to-defense-travel-system\/\" title=\"Nancy Mace inquires about Pentagon's return to Defense Travel System.\">inevitably raises broader questions<\/a> about DoD&#8217;s ability to manage its finances and information technology.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Chairwoman Mace has requested that Cisneros testify at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-gaetz-defends-his-decision-to-criticize-rep-cheney\/\" title=\"Rep. Gaetz defends his decision to criticize Rep. Cheney\">subcommittee hearing<\/a> on July 18 to provide further insight into the cancellation of the MyTravel transition. She has asked his office to confirm his availability by July 7.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Defense initially selected the software, later known as MyTravel, to replace the Defense Travel System in August 2018. However, in an October 2022 memorandum, Cisneros instructed DOD travelers to begin using the new platform. The recent memorandum from May revokes the previous one, announcing the complete discontinuation of MyTravel operations in September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Travel Management Office (DTMO) William Mansell to express concerns about the decision to halt the transition from the Defense Travel System to MyTravel. Chairwoman Mace seeks clarification on the reasoning behind this decision and its potential impact on cybersecurity, information technology, and government innovation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1963303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1963302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1963302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1963302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1963302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1963303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1963302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1963302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1963302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}