5 CFR § 410.404 - Determining if a conference is a training activity.

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title: "5 CFR § 410.404 - Determining if a conference is a training activity."
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title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "410.404"
section_name: "Determining if a conference is a training activity."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
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# 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.