To help reduce __(1)__ , the officers have voted to change the company's travel policy.

Question 13 - 16 refer to following conversation:

From: Madeleine DeVries, Director of Operations

To: All Employees

Date: June 1

Re: Travel Policy

To help reduce __(1)__ , the officers have voted to change the company's travel policy. The revised policy will be __(2)__ on June 15. From that point forward, employees traveling within the country will be required to submit their travel requests to the accounting office no later than three weeks before the date of departure. __(3)__ .

__(4)__ exceptions to this policy will be decided on a case-by-case basis and must first be approved by the individual employee's supervisor.

13. To help reduce __(1)__ , the officers have voted to change the company's travel policy