STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA TRAVEL REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2009-2010 Prepared by: Comptroller General's Office State of South Carolina Office of Comptroller General 1200 Senate Street 305 Wade Hampton Office Building Columbia, South Carolina 29201 Telephone: (803) 734-2121 Fax: (803) 734-1765 RICHARD ECKSTROM, CPA E-Mail: [email protected] JAMES M. HOLLY COMPTROLLER GENERAL CHIEF OF STAFF M E M O R A N D U M TO: State Agency Heads FROM: Richard Eckstrom Comptroller General RE: Travel Report – Fiscal Year 2009-2010 DATE: October 29, 2010 The enclosed Travel Report for Fiscal Year 2009-2010 is provided for your information. My staff compiled the report from data recorded in the Statewide Accounting and Reporting System (STARS) and South Carolina Enterprise Information Systems (SCEIS). Agencies and institutions that receive state appropriations but have the authority to issue their own checks and maintain their own accounting systems submitted a separate accounting of their travel to us and we have also included their data in this report. This report is intended to be used as a management tool to assist agency heads to ensure that the state's financial resources are being efficiently used. Please contact me if you have any questions about this report. PREFACE The Comptroller General's Office compiled this report on travel expenditures for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010, to the extent possible, from data recorded in the Statewide Accounting and Reporting System (STARS) and South Carolina Enterprise Information Systems (SCEIS). Agencies and institutions (both referred to hereafter as “agencies”) that receive state appropriations but have the authority to issue their own checks and maintain their own accounting systems, such as the state's technical colleges, state-supported universities, and certain autonomously-organized component units of the state that receive state appropriated funds, submitted their travel data to us. That data also is included in this report. Employee job titles were obtained from the Budget and Control Board’s Office of Human Resources (OHR), except for legislative and judicial agencies. Each legislative and judicial agency submitted the job titles for their employees listed in this report. This report includes travel related expenditures paid from state, federal, and other sources by all agencies that received appropriations in the 2009-2010 Appropriations Act. Expenditures for travel costs incurred in the issuance of bonds, state-owned leased cars, and employee moving expenses are not included. Persons employed by one agency may incur travel expenditures that are appropriately charged to another agency. In these instances, the employee and the related travel is listed under the agency that paid for the travel. This report is divided into four sections. Section One contains a summary of in-state, out-of-state, and non-state employee travel and registration expenditures by agency. Out-of-state travel includes domestic travel outside the state as well as travel outside the borders of the United States. Non-state employee travel represents expenditures made by agencies on behalf of non-state employees for transportation, mileage, lodging, meals, and other legal charges necessary in the performance of their services while under contract with the State. This category includes registration fees and travel paid to volunteer workers. Section One list agencies in descending order beginning with the agency that spent the most on travel. Section Two ranks each agency by the total amount spent on in-state and out-of-state travel. This category also includes in-state and out-of-state registration fees. Section Three ranks each agency by the combined total amount spent on in-state and out-of-state travel. For each agency, the top twenty-five employee travelers are listed in descending order according to the amount expended. For agencies with more than twenty-five employee travelers, a line-item is included to show the total travel expenditures of all other employees not listed in the top twenty-five. In instances where more than one employee incurred the same amount of travel expenditures as one of the top twenty-five, each employee is listed. Therefore, it is possible that some agencies will have more than twenty-five employees listed. Expenditures for non-state employee travel are not included in this section. Accordingly, an agency's rank in Section Two may differ from its rank in Section One. Section Four contains narratives provided by each agency summarizing the type of travel incurred. Agencies are listed alphabetically. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA TRAVEL REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2009-2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION SECTION SECTION SECTION ONE TWO THREE FOUR SECTION ONE In-State, Out-Of-State, And Non-State Employee Travel Expenditures By Agency In Descending Order Of Total Spending i-iii SECTION TWO In-State And Out-Of-State Employee Travel Expenditures By Agency In Descending Order Of Total Spending iv - vi SECTION THREE Travel Expenditures Ranked By Agency And Top Employee Travelers 1 - 110 SECTION FOUR Travel Summaries by Agencies in Alphabetical Order 111 - 132 ALPHABETICAL LISTING ACCIDENT FUND iii vi 86 111 ADJUTANT GENERAL’S OFFICE ii iv 37 111 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW COURT iii vi 88 111 AERONAUTICS DIVISION iii vi 85 111 AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT ii v 49 112 AIKEN TECHNICAL COLLEGE ii v 52 112 ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG ABUSE SERVICES DEPARTMENT iii vi 92 112 ARCHIVES AND HISTORY DEPARTMENT iii vi 82 112 AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CONSORTIUM ii v 74 129 ARTS COMMISSION iii vi 93 112 ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE ii v 50 113 BLIND COMMISSION iii vi 79 113 BUDGET AND CONTROL BOARD i iv 33 113 BUDGET AND CONTROL BOARD - STATE AUDITOR’S OFFICE iii vi 103 113 CENTRAL CAROLINA TECHNICAL COLLEGE ii v 57 114 CLEMSON UNIVERSITY i iv 1 114 COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY i iv 13 114 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON i iv 5 114 COMMERCE DEPARTMENT ii v 41 114 COMPTROLLER GENERAL’S OFFICE iii vi 107 114 CONSERVATION BANK iii vi 105 115 CONSUMER AFFAIRS COMMISSION iii vi 80 115 CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT iii vi 76 115 DEAF AND BLIND SCHOOL ii v 63 115 DENMARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE ii v 48 115 DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS DEPARTMENT iii vi 81 116 EDUCATION DEPARTMENT i iv 14 116 EDUCATION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE iii vi 87 116 EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION COMMISSION ii v 62 116 ELECTION COMMISSION iii vi 89 116 EMPLOYMENT AND WORKFORCE DEPARTMENT i iv 6 117 ETHICS COMMISSION iii vi 104 117 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS BOARD i iv 30 117 FLORENCE-DARLINGTON TECHNICAL COLLEGE ii v 44 117 FORESTRY COMMISSION ii v 47 117 FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY i iv 29 118 GOVERNOR’S OFFICE – EXECUTIVE CONTROL OF STATE iii vi 90 118 GOVERNOR’S OFFICE – EXECUTIVE POLICY AND PROGRAMS i v 39 118 GOVERNOR’S OFFICE – STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION i iv 35 118 CONTINUED TC-1 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA TRAVEL REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2009-2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION SECTION SECTION SECTION ONE TWO THREE FOUR ALPHABETICAL LISTING CONTINUED GREENVILLE TECHNICAL COLLEGE i iv 18 118 HEALTH AND ENVIRONONMENTAL CONTROL DEPARTMENT i iv 3 119 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT i iv 24 119 HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION ii v 56 119 HIGHER EDUCATION TUITION GRANTS COMMISSION iii vi 100 120 HORRY-GEORGETOWN TECHNICAL COLLEGE i v 43 120 HOUSING, FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ii v 55 120 HUMAN AFFAIRS COMMISSION iii vi 96 120 INDIGENT DEFENSE COMMISSION ii v 72 120 INSURANCE DEPARTMENT ii v 46 121 JOHN DE LA HOWE SCHOOL iii vi 95 121 JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT i iv 8 121 JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT iii v 73 121 LABOR, LICENSING AND REGULATION DEPARTMENT i iv 7 121 LANDER UNIVERSITY i iv 28 122 LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING COUNCIL ii v 66 122 LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES i iv 9 122 LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT - LEGISLATIVE AUDIT COUNCIL iii vi 108 122 LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT - LEGISLATIVE PRINTING, INFO AND TECH SYSTEMS iii vi 109 122 LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT - SENATE i iv 21 123 LIBRARY iii vi 75 123 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR’S OFFICE ii v 70 123 LOWCOUNTRY TECHNICAL COLLEGE ii iv 36 123 MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA i iv 4 124 MENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT i iv 32 124 MIDLANDS TECHNICAL COLLEGE i iv 23 124 MINORITY AFFAIRS COMMISSION iii vi 101 124 MOTOR VEHICLES DEPARTMENT ii v 51 124 MUSEUM COMMISSION iii vi 94 125 NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT ii v 38 125 NORTHEASTERN TECHNICAL COLLEGE iii vi 78 125 ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN TECHNICAL COLLEGE ii v 54 125 PARKS, RECREATION AND TOURISM DEPARTMENT i iv 25 125 PATIENTS’ COMPENSATION FUND iii vi 99 125 PATRIOTS POINT DEVEVLOPMENT AUTHORITY iii vi 84 126 PIEDMONT TECHNICAL COLLEGE i iv 27 126 PROBATION PAROLE AND PARDON DEPARTMENT ii v 69 126 PROCUREMENT REVIEW PANEL iii vi 110 126 PROSECUTION COORDINATION COMMISSION ii vi 77 127 PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT ii v 45 127 PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ii v 64 127 REGULATORY STAFF OFFICE ii v 58 127 RETIREMENT SYSTEM INVESTMENT COMMISSION ii v 60 128 REVENUE AND TAXATION DEPARTMENT i iv 15 128 CONTINUED TC-2 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA TRAVEL REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2009-2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION SECTION SECTION SECTION ONE TWO THREE FOUR ALPHABETICAL LISTING CONTINUED SEA GRANT CONSORTIUM ii v 59 128 SECOND INJURY FUND iii vi 83 129 SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE iii vi 102 129 SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT i iv 20 129 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY i iv 10 129 SPARTANBURG TECHNICAL COLLEGE ii v 42 130 TECHNICAL AND COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION BOARD ii v 40 130 THE CITADEL i iv 12 130 TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT i iv 16 130 TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE BANK iii vi 106 131 TREASURER’S OFFICE iii vi 91 131 TRI-COUNTY TECHNICAL COLLEGE i iv 26 131 TRIDENT TECHNICAL