Announcement

Travel Coordinator Training (3/2017)

The Accounting Office is pleased to announce training for new travel coordinators on March 7, 2017 from 8:30 am to 3:00 pm at the UC Intellicenter. The training will cover UC Business & Finance Bulletin G-28 Travel Policy, UCR Policy & Procedure 900-20, the UC Connexxus booking tool, and iTravel (web-based travel reimbursement system). Participants...
By Bobbi McCracken (Associate Vice Chancellor for Business & Financial Services and Controller) | | Travel Coordinators User List
Announcement

UC Travel Webinars (2017)

Please see the list of upcoming Travel Webinars providing by UC's Central Travel Management team. --------------- UPCOMING WEBINARS --------------- February 16th 1130AM: Introduction to Connexxus - New to UC? New to Connexxus? Join us and explore the benefits of UC's managed travel program and how to get the most out of the Connexxus portal. Noon...
By Bobbi McCracken (Associate Vice Chancellor for Business & Financial Services and Controller) | | Travel Coordinators User List
Announcement

Travel/ePay User Group Meeting 1/11 at 9:00 a.m.

There will be a Travel and ePay Users Group meeting on January 11th (Wednesday) from 9:00 a.m.- 10:30 a.m. in Highlander Union Building (HUB) in Room 302 South. The proposed agenda topics include: Staffing Update New State Law Restricting Use of State Funds for Travel International Travel Support Site: http://ucgo.org Foreign Per Diem Service Now...
By Bobbi McCracken (Associate Vice Chancellor for Business & Financial Services and Controller) | | Travel Coordinators User List, ePay Transactors Users List, UCRFS Users List
Announcement

Notice of New Law Prohibiting State Funding of Travel to Certain States

Please see the attached notice from Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Nathan Brostrom regarding the new state law prohibiting state-funded travel to states with discriminatory laws as identified by the California Attorney General (CAG) office. Included in the notice is a list of Frequently Asked Questions. Please note CAG has not yet posted...
By Bobbi McCracken (Associate Vice Chancellor for Business & Financial Services and Controller) | | MSO Admins, Travel Coordinators User List
Announcement

UC's 2017 Mileage Reimbursement Rate Changes

Please see attached letter from UC Office of the President announcing a decrease in the 2017 mileage reimburse rates associated with personal automobiles used for business travel or relocation. The rates are effective for expenses incurred on or after January 1, 2017. Please direct questions to travelfeedback@ucr.edu. Attachments: 2017 Mileage Reimbursement Letter
By Bobbi McCracken (Associate Vice Chancellor for Business & Financial Services and Controller) | | MSO Admins, Travel Coordinators User List
Announcement

New Travel Coordinator Training 11/17

The Accounting Office is pleased to announce training for new travel coordinators on Thursday, November 17, 2016, from 8:30 am to 3:00 pm in the C&C Training Room. The training will cover UC Business & Finance Bulletin G-28 Travel Policy, UCR Policy & Procedure 900-20, the UC Connexxus booking tool, and iTravel (web-based travel reimbursement...
By Bobbi McCracken (Associate Vice Chancellor for Business & Financial Services and Controller) | | Travel Coordinators User List
Announcement

UC Travel Webinars

The UC Travel Center is offering a series of travel related webinars. Please review the offerings below and register to attend any or all of them. Travel Webinars (Descriptions/Registration Links) These webinars are for UC users and open only to those with a UC email address. Click on the link next to the title/date/time you...
By Bobbi McCracken (Associate Vice Chancellor for Business & Financial Services and Controller) | | Travel Coordinators User List
Announcement

Travel Standardized Documentation-Foreign M&I Per Diem Clarification

In December 2015, the campus announced a campus-wide standard approach to documenting lower value items related to travel, business meetings and entertainment required to promote administrative efficiencies and consistency across departments. At the request of Vice Provost Kalu, additional clarification is being provided on documentation requirements for meals & incidentals (M&I) while traveling to foreign...
By Bobbi McCracken (Associate Vice Chancellor for Business & Financial Services and Controller) | | MSO Admins, Travel Coordinators User List
Announcement

Travel/ePay Users Group Meeting 8/25 at 9:00am

There will be a Travel and ePay Users Group meeting on August 25th (Thursday) from 9:00 a.m.- 10:30 a.m. in Highlander Union building in Room 302 South. The proposed agenda topics include: New Travel Feedback Tool (David Gracey, Amber Jones) Processing requests for registration, memberships, subscriptions (Vicki Gonzalez) Processing ePay PO Backup requests (Vicki Gonzalez)...
By Bobbi McCracken (Associate Vice Chancellor for Business & Financial Services and Controller) | | Travel Coordinators User List, ePay Transactors Users List
Announcement

Travel and Business Meeting & Entertainment Standardized Documentation

In support of UCR’s ongoing Operational Excellence and Lean Thinking initiatives, a campus-wide standard approach to documenting lower value items related to travel, business meetings and entertainment is required to promote administrative efficiencies and consistency across departments. With the support of the Provost/EVC D’Anieri, Vice Chancellor Coley, Vice Chancellor Anguiano and after consulting with organizational...
By Bobbi McCracken (Associate Vice Chancellor for Financial Services and Controller) | | MSO Admins, Travel Coordinators User List, ePay Transactors Users List
Announcement

Traveler Alert - Banking in Greece

The following information was received from UC’s Banking Services and may impact travelers in Greece. Please review the information below and convey to any department faculty, staff and students traveling to/from Greece, so these travelers are aware of the banking situation in this country. Please send travel related questions or concerns to travelfeedback@ucr.edu. *********************************************************** Excerpt...
By Bobbi McCracken (Associate Vice Chancellor for Business & Financial Services and Controller) | | Travel Coordinators User List
Announcement

New Visa Rules for Entry into South Africa

Per UCOP, effectively immediately, the South African Immigration Service will require all foreign travelers to South Africa to have at least two (2) unused visa pages for entry/departure endorsements in their passport and passport replacing documents, each time entry is sought into South Africa. These pages are in addition to the endorsement/ amendment pages at...
By Bobbi McCracken (Associate Vice Chancellor for Financial Services and Controller) | | Travel Coordinators User List
Announcement

iTravel Enhancements

The Accounting Office and Computing & Communications are pleased to announce improvements to the iTravel system that will be deployed this week. The new enhancements are aimed at streamlining the travel reimbursement process: Multiple Accountability Structures: Since users may be assigned iTravel roles in more than a one Accountability Structure, iTravel has been updated to...
By Bobbi McCracken (Associate Vice Chancellor for Financial Services and Controller) and David Gracey (Director of Enterprise Application Development) | | MSO Admins, Travel Coordinators User List