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October 25, 2019 By cs

Government answers FAQs about feds attending conferences

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.

Read article and listen to audio podcast at: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2019/10/government-answers-faqs-about-feds-attending-conferences/

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: conference expense, ethics, Office of Government Ethics, Office of Governmentwide Policy

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