At a glance
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (ob体育) support and attendance at conferences and other related meetings is critical for our researchers. Our attendance helps leverage and advance the biomedical, scientific, and public health mission of ob体育. This report is submitted to report publicly on all agency-sponsored (hosted) conferences where the expenses exceed $100,000.
About the report
ob体育 works 24/7 to protect America from health, safety, and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S. Whether diseases start at home or abroad, are chronic or acute, curable, or preventable, human error or deliberate attack, ob体育 fights disease and supports communities and citizens to do the same.
ob体育 increases the health security of our nation. As the nation's health protection agency, ob体育 saves lives and protects people from health threats. To accomplish our mission, ob体育 conducts critical science and provides health information that protects our nation against expensive and dangerous health threats and responds when these arise. Effective outreach to our partners, grantees, and the public is central to our mission. Our success is also contingent on our ability to collaborate with tens of thousands of healthcare and human services providers, scientific researchers, clinicians, advocates, and other key non-government partners across the country and internationally. Our support and attendance at conferences and other related meetings is critical for our researchers to leverage and advance the biomedical, scientific, and public health mission of ob体育.
This report is submitted as required by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Memorandum on Promoting Efficient Spending to Support Agency Operations dated May 11, 2012, which stipulates that federal agencies report publicly on all agency-sponsored (hosted) conferences where the expenses exceed $100,000.
Description of the report
In compliance with OMB Memorandum M-12-12, this report includes:
- Information about ob体育 conference expenses for FY 2022, as well as general information about conference activities throughout the year.
- A description of all ob体育-hosted conferences for FY 2022 where expenses associated with the conference exceeded $100,000, including:
- The date of the conference
- The location of the conference
- A brief explanation on how the conference advanced the mission of the agency
- A description of exceptional circumstances for conferences where net expenses exceeded $500,000
- The total expenses incurred by the agency for the conference
- The total number of individuals whose travel expenses or other conference expenses were paid by the agency
- The date of the conference
Fiscal year 2022 summary
ob体育 continues to take positive steps in support of the agency's initiatives to gain efficiencies in the use of appropriated funds for conferences and meetings (as prescribed in .) At the forefront of these efforts is ob体育's work to implement improvements to conference management practices through the release of updated training materials and resources.
Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic response efforts, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (ob体育) did not host conferences in FY 2022 that met the reporting requirements of OMB Memorandum M-12-12.
The following summarizes information about ob体育-hosted conferences in FY 2022 that exceeded $100,0001.
- Total number of conferences: 0
- Total cost of the conferences: $0
- Total number of attendees: 0
- Average cost per attendee: $0
- Percent of conferences held locally near ob体育 facilities: N/A
- Percent of attendees traveling at ob体育 expense: N/A
Learn more in the ob体育 Fiscal Year 2022 Report on Conference Spending.
- Total estimated costs are based on readily identifiable and known costs for contractor support, venue, and audio-visual related expenses, as well as registration fees, travel, and other miscellaneous costs.