STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA TRAVEL REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2017-2018 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 2017-2018 DATE: November 1, 2018 The enclosed Travel Report for Fiscal Year 2017-2018 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. 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, 2018, 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 2017-2018 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, but 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. 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 2017-2018 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 - 120 SECTION FOUR TRAVEL SUMMARIES BY AGENCIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER 121 - 144 ALPHABETICAL LISTING ACCIDENT FUND, STATE iii vi 101 121 ADJUTANT GENERAL, OFFICE OF i iv 14 121 ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF i v 61 121 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW COURT iii vi 110 122 AERONAUTICS, DIVISION OF iii vi 94 122 AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF ii v 49 122 AIKEN TECHNICAL COLLEGE ii v 60 122 ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG ABUSE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF ii v 55 122 ARCHIVES AND HISTORY, DEPARTMENT OF iii vi 111 123 AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CONSORTIUM iii vi 96 123 ARTS COMMISSION iii vi 97 123 ATTORNEY GENERAL, OFFICE OF ii iv 41 123 AUDITOR, OFFICE OF THE STATE iii v 79 124 BLIND, COMMISSION FOR THE ii v 75 124 CENTRAL CAROLINA TECHNICAL COLLEGE ii v 58 124 CLEMSON UNIVERSITY - EDUCATION & GENERAL i iv 1 124 COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY i iv 6 124 COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF i iv 20 124 COMMISSION ON INDIGENT DEFENSE iii vi 87 124 COMPTROLLER GENERAL, OFFICE OF iii vi 107 125 CONFEDERATE RELIC ROOM AND MILITARY MUSEUM COMMISSION iii vi 114 125 CONSERVATION BANK, S. C. iii vi 120 125 CONSUMER AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF iii vi 93 125 CORRECTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF ii v 59 125 DENMARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE ii v 72 126 DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS, DEPARTMENT OF ii v 73 126 EDUCATION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE iii vi 98 126 EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF i iv 13 126 CONTINUED TC-1 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA TRAVEL REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2017-2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION SECTION SECTION SECTION ONE TWO THREE FOUR ALPHABETICAL LISTING CONTINUED EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION COMMISSION ii v 57 127 ELECTION COMMISSION ii vi 90 127 EMPLOYMENT AND WORKFORCE, DEPARTMENT OF i iv 18 127 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, BOARD OF i iv 38 127 FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS i v 53 127 FLORENCE-DARLINGTON TECHNICAL COLLEGE ii v 52 128 FORESTRY COMMISSION ii v 54 128 FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY i iv 25 128 GOVERNOR’S OFFICE - EXECUTIVE CONTROL OF STATE iii vi 116 128 GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS ii v 51 128 GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES ii vi 83 129 GREENVILLE TECHNICAL COLLEGE i iv 36 129 HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF i iv 4 129 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF i iv 11 129 HIGHER EDUCATION TUITION GRANTS COMMISSION iii vi 104 130 HIGHER EDUCATION, COMMISSION ON ii v 69 130 HORRY-GEORGETOWN TECHNICAL COLLEGE ii v 47 130 HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ii v 62 130 HUMAN AFFAIRS COMMISSION iii vi 84 131 INSPECTOR GENERAL, OFFICE OF iii vi 113 131 INSURANCE, DEPARTMENT OF ii v 67 131 JOHN DE LA HOWE SCHOOL iii vi 106 131 JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT i iv 7 131 JUVENILE JUSTICE, DEPARTMENT OF ii v 43 131 LABOR, LICENSING AND REGULATION, DEPARTMENT OF i iv 17 132 LANDER UNIVERSITY i iv 24 132 LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING COUNCIL ii v 82 132 LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT - CODIFICATION OF LAWS AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL iii vi 108 132 LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES i iv 8 132 LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT - LEGISLATIVE AUDIT COUNCIL iii vi 105 133 LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT - LEGISLATIVE SERVICES AGENCY iii vi 89 133 LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT - THE SENATE i iv 27 133 LIBRARY, STATE ii v 63 133 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, OFFICE OF ii v 65 133 LOWCOUNTRY TECHNICAL COLLEGE ii v 56 133 CONTINUED TC-2 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA TRAVEL REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2017-2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION SECTION SECTION SECTION ONE TWO THREE FOUR ALPHABETICAL LISTING CONTINUED MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA i iv 3 134 MENTAL HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF i iv 28 134 MIDLANDS TECHNICAL COLLEGE i iv 30 134 MINORITY AFFAIRS, STATE COMMISSION FOR iii vi 95 135 MOTOR VEHICLES, DEPARTMENT OF i iv 29 135 MUSEUM COMMISSION, STATE iii vi 103 135 NATURAL RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF i iv 19 135 NORTHEASTERN TECHNICAL COLLEGE ii v 71 136 ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN TECHNICAL COLLEGE ii v 64 136 PARKS, RECREATION & TOURISM, DEPARTMENT OF i iv 34 136 PATIENTS’ COMPENSATION FUND iii vi 115 136 PATRIOTS POINT DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ii v 74 137 PIEDMONT TECHNICAL COLLEGE ii iv 40 137 PROBATION, PAROLE, & PARDON SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF ii v 42 137 PROCUREMENT REVIEW PANEL iii vi 119 137 PROSECUTION COORDINATION COMMISSION iii vi 109 137 PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFIT AUTHORITY ii v 66 137 PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF ii v 44 138 PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION iii v 80 138 REGULATORY STAFF, OFFICE OF ii v 70 138 RETIREMENT SYSTEM INVESTMENT COMMISSION ii v 50 138 REVENUE AND FISCAL AFFAIRS OFFICE iii vi 102 139 REVENUE, DEPARTMENT OF i iv 16 139 RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE AUTHORITY iii vi 112 139 SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND THE BLIND ii v 45 139 SEA GRANT CONSORTIUM iii vi 86 139 SECRETARY OF STATE, OFFICE OF iii vi 100 140 SOCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF i iv 22 140 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY i iv 32 140 SPARTANBURG COMMUNITY COLLEGE ii v 48