UWM Procurement is an initial contact to provide individuals with general travel policy and E-Reimbursement information. Our objective is to either answer questions or connect individuals with the resource or individual who can answer inquiries that cannot be resolved with our guidance.
Services Provided:
General Travel Policy Inquiries
Procurement staff are happy to field initial travel policy inquiries and either provide answers or direct individuals to resources that can respond to their question.
- TravelWise
- UW-Milwaukee Travel Resources
- Universities of Wisconsin Travel and Expense Policy
- Meal and Incidental/Per Diem Allowances
- Per Diem Calculator
- Individual Travel Procedures
- Conference Travel
Spend Authorizations Formely Travel & Miscellaneous Expense Authorization (TMEA) Form
Spend Authorizations will replace TMEA’s-they will also be used for Cash Advance Request and Accountable Plan Requests
The Spend Authorization needs to be completed PRIOR to any Travel scheduled. The Spend Authorizations is a pre-authorization to travel and to ensure funding is available. Once approved, Travel can be scheduled. When travel is complete an Expense Report should be submitted before 90 days pass per IRS Regulations. The Spend Authorizations must be linked to the expense report. Spend Authorization is mandatory for UWM, they are not mandatory for PCard purchases.
- Determine Business Purpose & Documentation in Spend Authorizations (TMEA)
- Create a Spend Authorization and Cash Advance Request
- Request a New External Committee Member
Expense Reports
- Create an Expense Report in Workday
- Expense Reports in Workday
- Copy an Expense Report
- Scan Receipts, Enter Quick Expenses, and Submit Expenses Through the Workday Mobile App – Employee
- Cancel Expense Report
- Enter Non-standard Mileages – Employee
- Errors and Alerts in Expense Reports or Spend Authorizations – Employee
- Travel Expense Reduction
- Create Expense Report for Non Worker (non-employee)
- Submitting Expenses on Behalf of Other Employees
- Create Expense Report for Pre-Hire
- Expenses and Expense Report Main Job Aid Page
General E-Reimbursement Inquiries
UWM Procurement Travel Auditors will answer initial travel policy inquiries and either provide answers or direct individuals to resources that can respond to their questions.
Procurement Office Travel-PCard expense-reimbursement@uwm.edu