Money.

It probably costs less to go from Seattle to Vancouver, Burlington to Montreal, and Houston to Mexico City than it does to go from Portland ME to San Diego or Madison Wisc to Honolulu.

We are a big country with a challenging geography.  [One must travel east to get from Reno to LA.]

CH

At 12:16 PM 9/8/2004, you wrote:
>Happy September Resadm,
>
>I was just asked a question and I based my answer on NSF but I was
>wondering if you all could shed some light on it.  The question was
>"Should travel to Canada and Mexico be considered domestic?"  I
>answered: "NSF does."
>
>But what are the factors that contribute to Canada and Mexico being
>considered domestic?  Same continent?  So, maybe, crossing large bodies
>of water AND entering another country is the definition of foreign?
>
>Do you think it is an insurance issue?  Is it the Fly America Act?
>
>When I started in research administration, prior approval was required
>for foreign travel.  In light of Canada/Mexico being considered
>domestic, maybe prior approval was just an expense issue - is it worth
>the expense to cross a large body of water to learn something at a
>foreign conference?
>
>Oh, Wise Ones of Resadm-land, why is Canada and Mexico considered
>domestic?   Does your institutuion's policy define destinations in
>Canada and Mexico as domestic travel?  In Post-9/11 America, should this
>definition be reviewed, continued and/or discontinued?
>
>Ruth
>
>Ruth Tallman
>Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
>Lehigh University
>526 Brodhead Avenue
>Bethlehem, PA  18015
>Phone:   (610)758-3024
>FAX:    (610)758-5994
>E-mail:   xxxxxx@lehigh.edu
>
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