[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 699]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR410.404]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 410--TRAINING--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart D--Paying for Training Expenses
 
Sec. 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.