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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello and Happy New Year UO Travelers and Travel Delegates, <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It is an exciting time as we enter the new year, commence with winter term, and see our Ducks move on to the semi-finals of the college football playoffs! We want to share a couple of updates as we move into the new year.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">First, there will <b>not</b> be a January Travel/Concur Roundtable. Happily, we will resume the Travel/Concur Roundtable series beginning
<b>Wednesday, February 4<sup>th</sup> and UO Sponsored Project Services will be talking about grant funded travel</b>. Stay tuned for a description and post of the teams meeting link. If you have specific questions about grant funded travel, please sent them
to me at <a href="mailto:bmillett@uoregon.edu">bmillett@uoregon.edu</a> so I may pass them on to SPS in preparation for their discussion in February.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As of January 1<sup>st</sup>, 2026 the IRS Standard Mileage Rate has gone up by 2.5 cents to 72.5 cents a mile. This new rate has already been loaded into Concur. Please keep in mind alternatives to employees driving their personal vehicles
for UO business travel, such as UO Motor Pool or renting a car with either Enterprise/National or Hertz.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Safe travels and Go Ducks!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#201F1E">Brooke Millett Montgomery</span></b><span style="color:#201F1E;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#201F1E">** </span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D"> <b>If your travel involves human subjects research, please do not disclose any information that is protected
under UO Policy and other Regulations </b></span></i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#201F1E"><a href="http://rcs.uoregon.edu/content/regulations-and-uo-policy.%E2%80%8B**" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">http://rcs.uoregon.edu/content/regulations-and-uo-policy.</span></i></b><i><span style="color:blue">?**</span></i></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#201F1E">Travel Office/Concur Help Desk: Phone: 6-3100/Email: travel@uoregon.edu</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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