Federal employees traveling to conferences now have some clarity about whether accepting registration fees is considered an in-kind payment.

The Office of Governmentwide Policy issued new regulations stating it is not an in-kind payment if a federal employee receives a waived or discounted registration fee while participating as a speaker, panelist, or presenter.

Therefore, the waived and discounted registration fees will not need to be reported to the Office of Government Ethics.

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