An Audit of Salt Lake County Health Department’s Travel Expenses

December 16, 2025

Report Highlights

Opportunity To Strengthen Travel Form Signatures

We found that three of 29 (10%) merit employee travel instances either lacked the traveler’s signature or did not include proper approval signatures on the Travel Request Addendum, Travel Request, or Travel Authorization Forms.

Opportunity To Strengthen Approval Signatures On The Request for Travel Allowance Form

We found that two out of 29 (7%) merit employee travel packets were missing the required secondary approval signature from either the Elected Official or Department Head.

Opportunity To Enhance Supporting Travel Document Retention

Based on a review of supporting documentation, we found that two out of four (50%) appointed employee travel packets did not have U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Per Diem rate supporting documentation retained with the completed travel packet.