Employee Travel Claims: Supervisory Approval of Vouchers

AIMD-97-44R Published: Mar 11, 1997. Publicly Released: Mar 11, 1997.

Highlights

Pursuant to an agency request, GAO provided an opinion on the permissibility of the Department of Energy (DOE) eliminating supervisory approval of staff travel vouchers if alternative controls that provide the same level of assurance are implemented.

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Electronic data processingClaims processingExpense claimsFederal agency accounting systemsInternal controlsRecords retentionStatistical methodsSystems conversionsTravel costsCredit cards