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4017.1 Travel approvals shall be processed as follows:

(a) The employee requesting travel authorization shall submit the approval form to his or her immediate supervisor;

(b) The supervisor shall review and certify whether the requested travel benefits the agency;

(c) The supervisor shall submit the approval form to the travel officer;

(d) The travel officer

shall certify

whether the

request complies

with this chapter,

and that the r

equest is complete

and accurate;

(e) The travel officer

shall secure the

signature of the

agency fiscal

officer, certifying

that funds are

available to fund

the request;

(f) The agency head,

or designee, shall

either approve or

deny the travel

approval request;

and

(g) The travel officer

shall notify the

employee and the

supervisor of the

decision on the

request.

4017.2 Each agency head, or the agency head's designee, shall be the authorizing official for travel by an employee of the agency, except:

(a) The City

Administrator

shall be the

authorizing

official for deputy

mayors;

(b) Each deputy

mayor shall be the

authorizing

official for his or her agencies' directors;

(c) The Mayor's Chief of Staff shall be the authorizing official for the directors of agencies that report to the Executive Office of the Mayor;

4017.3 Travel must be authorized before the travel begins, unless extenuating circumstances acceptable to the authorizing official make it infeasible for the travel authorization to be issued before the travel begins. The extenuating circumstances shall be described in the authorization.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 67 DCR 7860 (June 26, 2020).