DOINews: All DOI Employees: Transit Subsidy - Mandatory Annual Recertification and Training for FY 2015

October 14, 2014

To: All DOI Employees - Transportation Subsidy Participants, Supervisors and Program Coordinators

From: Joe Nassar, Director, Office of Facilities and Administrative Services (OFAS)

Subject: Transit Subsidy - Mandatory Annual Recertification and Training for FY 2015

October begins the annual mandatory recertification process, required for all Transit Subsidy participants, to maintain transit benefits. The monthly maximum benefit remains at $130.00.

This recertification is a Department-wide undertaking; therefore deadlines have been staggered to help with processing. Please contact your Transit Coordinator to answer any specific recertification questions. Click the Recertification Schedule to view the recertification deadlines.

Participants: If you do not complete the recertification process by the prescribed deadline for your Bureau or Office, you will be withdrawn from the Transportation Subsidy Program. If you are withdrawn because you did not complete the recertification process in time, you will not be reimbursed for lost funds.

Participant Supervisors and Program Coordinators: As a new program internal control, you are required to complete the Transit Benefit Integrity Awareness Training Course in DOI Learn prior to approving Program Applications. The Transit Training Completion Certificate will cover all Bureaus and Office participants until the next fiscal year's recertification period.

Please click the links below to access the Transportation Subsidy Participant Recertification Resources:

• Recertification Instructions
• Transit Benefit Integrity Awareness Training Login Instructions
• FY 2015 Transit Benefit Integrity Awareness Training Course
• Transit Subsidy Program Roles and Responsibilities

Other Recertification Transit Subsidy Program information can be found on the OFAS Transit Benefit Program website and Transit Subsidy Annual Recertification website.

For questions or additional information, please contact your Transit Subsidy Coordinator: http://www.doi.gov/ofas/support_services/coordinators.cfm