TechWorks Update and Impact on Travel & Expense Users

For security purposes, TechWorks has a timeout after 30 minutes if there has been no user activity on any window that may be open.  Since T&E went live, there have been increased complaints and issues raised regarding the timeout and the impact of users losing their information and having to rekey.

T&E was initially launched as a separate TechWorks window. The main TechWorks window would register 30 minutes of inactivity even if a user was actively entering information in the separate T&E window. We are changing Travel and Expense so that it does not open in a separate window, but in the main TechWorks window. Every time a user navigates from one field to another entering data, the counter will be reset and the 30 minutes will start over. We believe that this will improve the user experience related to the timeout issue for T&E.


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Travel Policy News: No Change in Mileage Reimbursement Rate for GT Business Travel

Please click here to review and distribute information from Greg Griffin, State Accounting Officer, concerning the State's standard mileage reimbursement rate. This information should be shared with all travelers and travel administrators in your unit.

The Official Code of Georgia Annotated (OCGA) Section 50-19-7 requires the State of Georgia to follow the General Services Administration (GSA) rates for mileage when State employees are reimbursed for use of a privately owned vehicle while on official travel.

Although the IRS recently announced an increase to the standard automobile mileage rate from 51 cents to 55.5 cents effective July 1, 2011, the GSA has chosen not to adopt this rate at this time based on further evaluation.  Therefore, the State of Georgia’s current standard mileage reimbursement rate will remain at 51 cents/mile until further notice.

For more information, please contact travel.ask@business.gatech.edu