Re: Airline Vouchers Received On Grant Funded Travel BOB 24 Feb 2003 16:44 EST
I am sure we all have opinions on this very interesting question. What we need is a citation of Federal regulations as they apply. Perhaps the institution's own standard practice guide has a policy on this. I look forward to an official answer. If we are not careful, we will all need to be turning our complementary airline peanuts into our CFO. Bob xxxxxx@umich.edu --On Monday, February 24, 2003 1:34 PM -0800 Judith Opacki <xxxxxx@ATMOS.WASHINGTON.EDU> wrote: > Hi, > > On the contrary, I believe that the vouchers belong to the university. > The university paid for the tickets, and the students were traveling on > university business. Therefore, all benefits belong to the university. > > Sincerely, > > Judy > ____________________________________________________________ > Judith Opacki, Assistant for Special Projects Tel: (206) 543-6026 > Cloud & Aerosol Research Fax: (206) 685-7160 > Department of Atmospheric Sciences or Fax: (206) 543-0308 > University of Washington > Box 351640 > Seattle, WA 98195-1640 USA > > On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Tania H. Clucas wrote: > >> Lola - >> >> My opinion - the travel still happened at no additional cost to the >> project, and the vouchers are meant to recompense the traveler for their >> inconvenience. On a related matter, I assume they are not restricted >> from claiming frequent flyer miles, which I think would fall into a >> similar regulatory category. >> >> As far as I know, we don't do anything, because it's not our concern, as >> long as they get to the location to do what they are supposed to, >> without incurring extra costs. >> >> Tania >> >> -- >> Accountability and accounting are not the same thing >> >> Tania H. Clucas, CRA mailto:xxxxxx@sfos.uaf.edu >> Sponsored Programs Manager Voice 907.474.6736 >> School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences Fax 907.474.7204 >> University of Alaska Fairbanks http://www.sfos.uaf.edu >> >> >> ====================================================================== >> Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including >> subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available >> via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") >> ====================================================================== >> > > > ====================================================================== > Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including > subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available > via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") > ====================================================================== ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ======================================================================