Gov. M. Jodi Rell today directed her commissioners and agency chiefs to immediately begin a ban on out-of-state travel by all personnel unless the trip is paid for out of non-state funds.
The move is one of a series of economy measures the governor is undertaking in light of the decline in state revenues and national economic downturn.
“The state is paring its expenses and looking for savings,” Rell said in a statement. “With tax revenues slipping below projections and the national outlook growing dimmer, we have to make sensible cost-cutting moves. Thanks to e-mail, video conferencing and many other technological advantages, we will be able to trim the travel budget without putting ourselves at a disadvantage.”
