Travel at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:10137281
Our audit disclosed that Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) did not always comply with the travel requirements of its contract. Specifically: (1) Travelers were routinely reimbursed for lodging costs without receipts; (2) other travel costs were not always adequately documented; (3) supervisors did not always review and approve travel before or after trips; and (4) travel advances exceeded contract limitations. These conditions resulted because laboratory management decided that lodging receipts were not required by the contract, so they did not enforce contract travel requirements. Consequently, $301,073 of travel costs were not in compliance with the contract and are therefore unallowable. Accordingly, we recommend that the Acting Manager, Department of Energy Chicago Field Office, direct the laboratory to comply with the contract`s travel requirements and recover these unallowable travel costs. Management concurred with our recommendations to direct PPPL to comply with the travel requirements of its contract but did not occur that PPPL incurred costs that were not in compliance with its contract and should be disallowed and refunded. Management did not concur with the conclusion that PPPL`s management of travel expenses represents a material internal control weakness.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE Office of Inspector General, Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Eastern Regional Audit Office
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 10137281
- Report Number(s):
- ER-B--92-05; ON: TI92011914; NC: NONE
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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