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.