4032. LOCAL TRAVEL: APPROVAL OF LOCAL TRAVEL AND LOCAL TRAVEL EXPENSES

LOCAL TRAVEL: APPROVAL OF LOCAL TRAVEL AND LOCAL TRAVEL EXPENSES Local travel expenses shall be approved by OAG’s authorizing official or his or her designee. OAG’s authorizing official may delegate to supervisory personnel in OAG the authority to approve their supervised employees’ local travel if the local travel includes only subway, bus, taxi, or ride-hailing expenses or involves only the use of a government vehicle. Employee requests and OAG approvals for local travel need not be in writing, if the Attorney General or designee authorizes oral requests and approvals. An employee shall obtain approval in advance of the local travel and in advance of incurring any local travel expenses unless the authorizing official determines there is good cause for obtaining approval after the local travel. In order to receive written authorization to engage in local travel and incur local travel expenses, an employee shall prepare and submit to the authorizing official or OAG’s travel officer a local travel authorization form specified for the means of local travel requested. The employee shall request authorization for local travel at least five (5) calendar days before any local travel expenses are expected to be incurred; except, if the employee only becomes aware of the need to incur local travel expenses within five (5) calendar days before any local travel expenses are expected to be incurred, the employee shall submit the form as promptly as possible after the employee becomes aware of the need to incur local travel expenses. An authorizing official or his or her designee (or supervisory personnel with delegated authority under § 4032.2) may authorize local travel only if the authorizing official determines that the travel and associated expenses are consistent with the principles set forth in § 4000. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 73 DCR 010818 (July 31, 2026). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Office of the Attorney General Personnel 6-C DCMR § 4032