RALEIGH, N.C. – Gov. Perdue this week ordered the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety and the State Highway Patrol to implement new travel record keeping protocols for security details assigned to both the governor and lieutenant governor.

“I’ve pledged to run an open and transparent administration,” said Gov. Perdue.  “This new protocol will provide clear direction for how the State Highway Patrol executive security detail collects and retains travel records.”

The new travel record form will include detailed information about each trip outside of Wake County taken by the governor or lieutenant governor when a member of the executive security detail provides protection.

“Governor Perdue has made it clear that her entire administration should operate with the highest standards of openness, and that’s exactly what we intend to do,” said CCPS Secretary Reuben Young.

All records will be maintained by the State Highway Patrol for four years after the governor or lieutenant governor’s term, at which point they will be transferred to state archives.