raymond bowen jr exec v p finance treasurer enron employees raymond bowen jr evp finance treasurer subject update employee expense reimbursement post petition expenses effective immediately processing expense reimbursement business expenses incurred employees enron corp chapter 11 filing december 2 nd returned normal expenses reimbursed promptly upon submission employees conduct business travel ordinary course business approved direct supervisors new travel entertainment guidelines regarding business travel employee expenses forthcoming meantime please use discretion incur expenses expenditures made consideration given enron current financial situation pre petition expenses immediately begin reimburse pre petition expenses current former employees incurred prior december 2 nd chapter 11 filing maximum 5 000 understand number employees pre petition expenses excess 5 000 however first day orders bankruptcy court 15 000 allowance per employee unpaid pre petition compensation benefits related employee expenses 15 000 cap imposed without input enron management counsel sought clarification bankruptcy court assure 15 000 cap include reimbursement medical dental vision related expenses commenced manual review every individual pending pre petition expenses excess 5 000 even prior clarification court regarding medical dental vision expense issue begin reimburse pre petition expenses excess 5 000 15 000 soon verify aggregate reimbursements individual employee exceeded 15 000 cap unfortunately since manual process take time work employees pre petition business expenses excess 5 000 assist us manual review process providing brief email summary situation including total amount pending pre petition medical dental vision claims expensereport enron com thank patience