Allowable ONLY if:

1. The NOAA employee has approved travel orders stating that UCAR is funding the travel; and

2. The NOAA employee does not work for a NOAA organizational unit that provides funding to UCAR; and

3. The funds used to pay for the NOAA employee's travel are not NOAA funds.

To clarify and determine whether or not we receive funding from a NOAA organizational unit can be tricky and we need to use a very broad definition.

For example, let's assume that UCAR receives funding from GFDL but does not receive funding from NSSL and we want to pay for the travel of an NSSL employee with NSF funds. Sounds good but we can't do it because both GFDL and NSSL are part of the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) and by virtue of receiving funds from GFDL we are receiving funds from OAR. From NOAA's perspective the restriction applies to the highest organizational unit level, such as OAR, NWS, NESDIS, etc. Thus we are prohibited from paying for the travel for any OAR employee, regardless of whether they work in GFDL, NSSL or any other OAR subordinate office.

Effectively, this prohibits us from paying for travel for almost all NOAA employees, except maybe those who work for the National Marine Fisheries Service.

There will be NO exceptions to this. It is being monitored by NOAA currently.

* Also, effective immediately, all NOAA travel that fits the above guidelines, will have the reimbursement made payable to NOAA in care of the traveler.

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