STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA TRAVEL REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2018-2019 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] WILLIAM E. GUNN 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 2018-2019 DATE: November 1, 2019 The enclosed Travel Report for Fiscal Year 2018-2019 is provided for your information. The report contains a listing for every agency receiving an appropriation in the annual General Appropriations Act. The Comptroller General's Office compiled the report as much as possible from data recorded in the state’s central accounting system. Agencies and institutions that have the authority to issue their own checks and maintain their own accounting systems provided us their travel data to include in this report. This report is prepared as a management tool to assist agency heads and state leaders in ensuring that the state's financial resources are being used efficiently. Total travel-related spending for the year was ten percent (or $8.1 million) higher than the year before. 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, 2019, to the extent possible, from data recorded in the South Carolina Enterprise Information System (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, provided their travel data to us. That data also is included in this report. This report includes travel related expenditures paid from state, federal, and other sources by all agencies that received appropriations in the 2018-2019 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 ultimately 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 charges necessary in the performance of their services while under contract with the State. This section includes registration fees and travel paid to volunteer workers. Agencies are listed in descending order beginning with the agency that has the highest total of travel expenditures. Section Two ranks each agency by the total amount spent on in-state and out-of-state travel. Expenditures for non-state employee travel are not included in this section. Accordingly, an agency’s rank in this section may differ from its rank in Section One. Section Three ranks each agency by the combined total amount spent on in-state and out-of-state travel, excluding non-state employee travel. Accordingly, an agency's rank in this section may differ from its rank in Section One. 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 an identical 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. Section Four contains narratives provided by each agency summarizing the type of travel incurred. Agencies are arranged alphabetically. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA TRAVEL REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2018-2019 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 - 124 SECTION FOUR TRAVEL SUMMARIES BY AGENCIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER 125 - 150 ALPHABETICAL LISTING ACCIDENT FUND, STATE iii vi 104 125 ADJUTANT GENERAL, OFFICE OF i iv 6 125 ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF i v 61 125 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW COURT iii vi 113 126 AERONAUTICS, DIVISION OF iii vi 102 126 AGING, DEPARTMENT ON iii vi 94 126 AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF ii iv 42 126 AIKEN TECHNICAL COLLEGE ii v 58 126 ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG ABUSE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF iii v 78 127 ARCHIVES AND HISTORY, DEPARTMENT OF iii vi 99 127 AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CONSORTIUM ii vi 90 127 ARTS COMMISSION iii vi 98 127 ATTORNEY GENERAL, OFFICE OF i v 44 127 AUDITOR, OFFICE OF THE STATE ii v 70 128 BLIND, COMMISSION FOR THE ii v 80 128 CENTRAL CAROLINA TECHNICAL COLLEGE ii v 59 128 CLEMSON UNIVERSITY i iv 1 128 CLEMSON UNIVERSITY - PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES i iv 11 129 COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY i iv 8 129 COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF i iv 29 129 COMMISSION ON INDIGENT DEFENSE iii vi 96 129 COMPTROLLER GENERAL, OFFICE OF iii vi 112 129 CONFEDERATE RELIC ROOM AND MILITARY MUSEUM COMMISSION iii vi 120 129 CONSERVATION BANK, S. C. iii vi 123 130 CONSUMER AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF iii vi 97 130 CORRECTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF ii v 57 130 DENMARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE ii v 72 130 DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS, DEPARTMENT OF ii v 73 130 EDUCATION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE iii vi 110 130 TC-1 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA TRAVEL REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2018-2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION SECTION SECTION SECTION ONE TWO THREE FOUR ALPHABETICAL LISTING CONTINUED EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF i iv 14 131 EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION COMMISSION ii v 53 131 ELECTION COMMISSION ii vi 100 131 EMPLOYMENT AND WORKFORCE, DEPARTMENT OF i iv 20 132 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, BOARD OF ii v 46 132 FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS ii v 68 132 FLORENCE-DARLINGTON TECHNICAL COLLEGE ii v 55 132 FORESTRY COMMISSION ii v 56 132 FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY i iv 28 133 GOVERNOR’S OFFICE - EXECUTIVE CONTROL OF STATE iii vi 117 133 GOVERNOR’S OFFICE - MANSION AND GROUNDS iii vi 122 133 GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS ii v 52 133 GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES iii vi 85 134 GREENVILLE TECHNICAL COLLEGE ii iv 40 134 HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF i iv 4 134 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF i iv 10 134 HIGHER EDUCATION TUITION GRANTS COMMISSION iii vi 111 135 HIGHER EDUCATION, COMMISSION ON ii v 69 135 HORRY-GEORGETOWN TECHNICAL COLLEGE ii v 49 135 HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ii v 65 136 HUMAN AFFAIRS COMMISSION iii vi 91 136 INSPECTOR GENERAL, OFFICE OF iii vi 114 136 INSURANCE, DEPARTMENT OF ii v 67 136 JOHN DE LA HOWE SCHOOL iii vi 115 136 JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT i iv 7 136 JUVENILE JUSTICE, DEPARTMENT OF ii v 47 137 LABOR, LICENSING AND REGULATION, DEPARTMENT OF i iv 19 137 LANDER UNIVERSITY i iv 26 137 LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING COUNCIL ii v 81 137 LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT - CODIFICATION OF LAWS AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL iii vi 107 137 LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES i iv 12 138 LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT - LEGISLATIVE AUDIT COUNCIL iii vi 109 138 LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT - LEGISLATIVE SERVICES AGENCY iii vi 86 138 LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT - THE SENATE i iv 30 138 LIBRARY, STATE ii v 60 138 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, OFFICE OF ii v 77 139 TC-2 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA TRAVEL REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2018-2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION SECTION SECTION SECTION ONE TWO THREE FOUR ALPHABETICAL LISTING CONTINUED LOWCOUNTRY TECHNICAL COLLEGE ii v 54 139 MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA i iv 3 139 MENTAL HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF i iv 33 139 MIDLANDS TECHNICAL COLLEGE i iv 31 140 MINORITY AFFAIRS, STATE COMMISSION FOR iii vi 103 140 MOTOR VEHICLES, DEPARTMENT OF i iv 27 140 MUSEUM COMMISSION, STATE iii vi 105 141 NATURAL RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF i iv 17 141 NORTHEASTERN TECHNICAL COLLEGE ii v 82 141 ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN TECHNICAL COLLEGE ii v 62 141 PARKS, RECREATION & TOURISM, DEPARTMENT OF i iv 36 141 PATIENTS’ COMPENSATION FUND iii vi 119 142 PATRIOTS POINT DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ii v 75 142 PIEDMONT TECHNICAL COLLEGE ii v 43 142 PROBATION, PAROLE, & PARDON SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF i iv 39 143 PROCUREMENT REVIEW PANEL iii vi 124 143 PROSECUTION COORDINATION COMMISSION iii vi 106 143 PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFIT AUTHORITY ii v 66 143 PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF i iv 21 143 PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION iii vi 89 143 REGULATORY STAFF, OFFICE OF ii v 74 144 RETIREMENT SYSTEM INVESTMENT COMMISSION ii v 51 144 REVENUE AND FISCAL AFFAIRS OFFICE iii vi 92 144 REVENUE, DEPARTMENT OF i iv 15 144 RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE AUTHORITY iii vi 116 144 SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND THE BLIND ii v 48 145 SEA GRANT CONSORTIUM ii v 79 145 SECRETARY