Official Business Travel

The State of Arkansas differentiates between travel that is considered for official business and other travel. Official business travel includes:

  • State employee travel for presenting/representing the agency of the State
    • Development officers
    • Presenting at a conference/seminar
    • Recruiting (admissions, athletics)
  • Board/commission member travel
  • Non-state employee travel
    • Guests
    • Candidates
    • Volunteers
  • Internal training for own employees
    • New employee orientation
    • Required annual on-site training
    • Conducting research (field samples, meetings with collaborators)

If a state employee is traveling to a conference or seminar to receive training or information that will enable them to do their job more efficiently, the travel will be coded as CI-09 in the Business Purposed of the Spend Authorization/Expense Report. If a state agency is sponsoring or hosting a conference, seminar, or training program for other state agencies or entities, then the costs associated with that event will also be coded as CI-09.