FOREIGN TRAVEL--FY 1996 Third Quarter Foreign Travel

Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 08:47:33 -0500
To: "E  - All WRD Employees"<distribution@usgs.gov>
From: lseverin@usgs.gov (Lory Severin)
Subject: Third Quarter Request


In Reply Refer To:
Mail Stop 414

                     RESPONSE REQUESTED BY COB December 8, 1995


                                   MEMORANDUM


To:     All WRD Employees

From:   Anna M. Lenox, Chief
        International Water Resources Program

Subject: FOREIGN TRAVEL--FY 1996 Third Quarter Foreign Travel

If you are planning foreign travel to participate in a scientific meeting,
conference, symposia, workshop, or training activity during the third
quarter (April 1 - June 30, 1996), please complete the attached form and
forward, through supervisory channels via EMAIL, to for_trav by COB
December 8. After approval by Division management, your request will be
consolidated into a Bureau listing of proposed foreign travel for the third
quarter and forwarded to the Associate Director for Operations for review.
The information that you have provided will be used to initiate your
Foreign Travel Certification (Form DI-1175).

Remember that reporting requirements for travel to Canada have changed.
Please refer to Water Resources Division Memorandum No. 95.48 for detailed
information on Canadian travel requirements.

If you expect to accept reimbursement of travel expenses from a non-Federal
source, to a destination other than Canada, you must complete, sign, and
mail to this office a DI-2000 Form. It will be forwarded, along with the
DI-1175, to the appropriate approving authority. After approval, the
DI-2000 will be forwarded to the Bureau Ethics Counselor for filing, and
the DI-1175 will be mailed to you.

Travel to accomplish field work or collaborative research is not included
in the quarterly listing and can be processed at any time; however, this
type of travel must be forwarded to the Associate Director for Operations a
minimum of 21 days prior to departure. Please continue to forward to us,
just as soon as information is available, any request to travel abroad for
the purpose of accomplishing field work or collaborative research.

A final reminder--requests to attend a meeting outside the United States
(during the third quarter) must reach this office by COB December 8. Travel
requests that are not included in the quarterly meeting list require a
special justification and may be denied.

Attachment

FOREIGN TRAVEL REQUEST (For Canada travel refer to WRD Memo No. 95.48)


1. Name of traveler.

2. Telephone number. (Home and office)

3. Fax number.

4. Position title and grade.
Also check preference: Dr.___ Mr.___ Ms.___ Mrs.___

5. Duty station and organization code.

6. a. Dates of travel including date of departure and date of return.
   b. Location - including city and country.

7. Name(s) of host scientist(s), in-country contact and address (including
agency name), telephone number, and dates at each location.

8. Total costs during travel period (this includes what USGS and others pay.)

Salary and benefits:$
Per Diem:$
Transportation:$
Other costs:$
Total:$

9. Will another donor pay/share the costs? If YES, provide the following
information.

Name and type of donor (from following list):

a. Self --
Tax Exempt Organization --
Foreign Government --
Federal Agency --
International Organization --
Other (Identify/explain) --

Donor contribution:

b. Salary and benefits:$
Per Diem:$
Transportation:$
Other costs:$
Total:$

c. How will funding be provided? (Examples: Reimbursement to USGS? Airline
ticket provided? Incountry transportation provided? Subsistence-in-kind
provided?)

10. Are other USGS employees known to be attending meeting or conference?
If so, list names.

11. Justification for travel. Please provide concise information that describes:
a.  Specific mission to be accomplished during travel,
b.  role of traveler, and
c.  if appropriate, consequence if travel does not occur.

Approved by: Give name and date of approval at each supervisory level and
forward, via EDOC, to next level. The request must be forwarded to this
office by the appropriate SES supervisor.






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                               Lory Severin
                               International Water
                                 Resources Program
                               tel. 703-648-6686
                               fax  703-648-6687

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