International Travel Guidance
- Register all foreign travel with Travel and Reimbursement Services.
- Insure all international travel.
- It is recommended to use a clean loaner laptop for international travel
- A clean loaner laptop may be requested from your Department IT or the Office of Foreign Influence
- Follow international travel IT recommendations
- Move working documents to a BOX account/folder that could be accessed and worked from while abroad and remove any unnecessary or privileged information from a laptop or device prior to travel
- Enable duo-authentication
- Use a VPN or a secure connection (avoid public connections and public workstations)
- Change passwords when returning
- Safeguard your cell phone by removing any unsecure information from your phone prior to international travel and not accessing such information during your travels.
- Be aware of any potentially applicable export control regulations for your travel destination(s).
Extended International Work
- Working internationally for more than 21 days is required to be submitted to Human Resources (HR) by your supervisor for review.
- Remote work outside of the United States is not permitted except for: temporary, short-term periods involving exceptional circumstances, but approval for such arrangements must be obtained prior to the initiation of any remote work from another country.
- No employee is authorized to engage in remote work for periods longer 21 days unless approval has been obtained through this process and employees may be subject to discipline for violation of this directive.