Regulations last checked for updates: May 18, 2024

Title 5 - Administrative Personnel last revised: May 15, 2024
§ 410.404 - Determining if a conference is a training activity.

Agencies may sponsor an employee's attendance at a conference as a developmental assignment under section 4110 of title 5, United States Code, when—

(a) The announced purpose of the conference is educational or instructional;

(b) More than half of the time is scheduled for a planned, organized exchange of information between presenters and audience which meets the definition of training in section 4101 of title 5, United States Code;

(c) The content of the conference is germane to improving individual and/or organizational performance, and

(d) Development benefits will be derived through the employee's attendance.

authority: 5 U.S.C. 1103(c), 2301, 2302, 4101,
source: 61 FR 66193, Dec. 17, 1996, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 5 CFR 410.404