Comments on: Promoting Efficient Travel Spending http://cgtp.net/promoting-efficient-travel-spending/ Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:49:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.3 By: Daniel Carozza http://cgtp.net/promoting-efficient-travel-spending/#comment-458 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 01:01:44 +0000 http://cgtp.net/?p=1283#comment-458 Since writing this paper last year, there have been recent developments affecting the efficient spending of Federal travel funds. As a result of GSA Inspector General audits of questionable spending involving temporary duty travel trips, The Office of Management and Budget issued Memorandum 12-12, “Promoting Efficient Spending To Support Agency Operations”, on May 11, 2012. This Memorandum instructed agencies in part to:

“…Travel is often necessary for Federal employees to discharge their duties effectively and the travel industry plays an important role in creating jobs and supporting local economies; however, as good stewards of Federal funds, agencies must do all they can to manage their travel budgets efficiently. Accordingly, in FY 2013, each agency shall spend at least 30 percent less on travel expenses covered by this memorandum than in FY 2010. 1 Agencies must maintain this reduced level of spending each year through FY 2016. For the purposes of this section only, the term “agency” means any agency described in 31 U.S.C. 901(b)”.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/05/11/continuing-crack-down-government-waste

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