A DI-2000 form is required whenever the USGS is accepting travel expenses from a non-Federal source using the legal authority of 31 U.S.C. § 1353. The DI-2000 indicates that acceptance of $250 or more per employee must be reported to the Department of Interior Ethics Office. This is refers to the semi-annual report that the USGS Ethics Office sends to the Departmental Ethics Office. The report is forwarded by DOI to the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) and is posted on the OGE website. Travelers should add the name of their Administrative Officer (or other person) as reader on the DI-2000. This will enable that person to view and print the DI-2000. The DI-2000 must be filed (and approved) PRIOR to travel, so travel expense amounts must be estimated. Refer to the per diem rates on the GSA website for domestic travel or Department of State for foreign travel to assist in your estimation of travel expenses. It is best to estimate high on the cost of travel expenses. The Ethics Office has limited capability to make corrections on the DI-2000. If the estimated total amount of expenses is more than the actual total amount of travel expenses received from the non-Federal entity, the DI-2000 does not need to be corrected. If estimated total amount of travel expenses is less than the actual total amount of travel expenses received from non-Federal entity, the DI-2000 should be corrected to reflect the actual amount of expenses received from the non-Federal entity. When sending an e-mail to the Ethics Office () regarding a DI-2000 question, please include the traveler’s name, dates of travel, location of travel and reason for travel. More information is always helpful. If a non-Federal source offers to pay the registration fee for a USGS employee who will not be in travel status, do not use a DI-2000. Instead, use a Form 9-3089 and consider this to be a contribution to the USGS (using the legal authority of 43 U.S.Code § 36c and documented with a Form 9-3089) Non-Federal source of Payment (Identify all sources from which payment was accepted under 31 U.S.C. §1353 for this employee and/or
A DI-2000 form is required whenever the USGS is accepting travel expenses from a non-Federal source using the legal authority of 31 U.S.C. § 1353. The DI-2000 indicates that acceptance of $250 or more per employee must be reported to the Department of Interior Ethics Office. This is refers to the semi-annual report that the USGS Ethics Office sends to the Departmental Ethics Office. The report is forwarded by DOI to the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) and is posted on the OGE website. Travelers should add the name of their Administrative Officer (or other person) as reader on the DI-2000. This will enable that person to view and print the DI-2000. The DI-2000 must be filed (and approved) PRIOR to travel, so travel expense amounts must be estimated. Refer to the per diem rates on the GSA website for domestic travel or Department of State for foreign travel to assist in your estimation of travel expenses. It is best to estimate high on the cost of travel expenses. The Ethics Office has limited capability to make corrections on the DI-2000. If the estimated total amount of expenses is more than the actual total amount of travel expenses received from the non-Federal entity, the DI-2000 does not need to be corrected. If estimated total amount of travel expenses is less than the actual total amount of travel expenses received from non-Federal entity, the DI-2000 should be corrected to reflect the actual amount of expenses received from the non-Federal entity. When sending an e-mail to the Ethics Office () regarding a DI-2000 question, please include the traveler’s name, dates of travel, location of travel and reason for travel. More information is always helpful. If a non-Federal source offers to pay the registration fee for a USGS employee who will not be in travel status, do not use a DI-2000. Instead, use a Form 9-3089 and consider this to be a contribution to the USGS (using the legal authority of 43 U.S.Code § 36c and documented with a Form 9-3089) Non-Federal source of Payment (Identify all sources from which payment was accepted under 31 U.S.C. §1353 for this employee and/or
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