Trip reports for international travel are required and governed by DOE regulations. Additionally, these written reports should be posted to the staff web pages or presented at an all-hands meeting, group meeting, or technical forum. This policy includes a publications credit line that must be included in your publication. It is the responsibility of the group lead to manage within this budget. In order to help group leads and upper menagement understand and manage travel requirements, all travel requests should be categorized according to one or more of the categories below.
Examples are factory demos for procurements.
Trip is required for administrative support. Category D Trip is for gathering information, keeping current in the field, or learning about a new field. Category E Trip is for making a presentation or otherwise contributing to a conference or other technical meeting.