For trips that will be completed in a 24-hour period, a Travel Authorization is not required.
For insurance/liability purposes, employees should always make sure that they can support their travel activities as being for official university business as authorized by the department even for day trips. It is recommended for verification purposes that employees document their communication of the travel plans and the business purpose of day trips with their supervisor or their designee prior to the trip by email, memo, letter or other departmental form.
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