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.
Overview
This report is submitted as required by OMB Memorandum ("Promoting Efficient Spending to Support Agency Operations"), which requires federal agencies to report publicly on all conferencesA where expenses exceed $100,000. This report includes all ob体育-hosted conferences held in FY 2024 where the expenses associated with the conference exceeded $100,000.
FY 2024 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 scientific meetings and conferences (as found in ). At the forefront of these efforts is ob体育's work to implement improvements to event management practices through the release of updated training materials and resources.
The following summarizes information about ob体育-hosted conferences in FY 2024 where costs exceeded $100,000.
- Total number of conferences: 3
- Total cost of the conferences: $502,490
- Total number of attendees: 829
- Average cost per attendee: $606
- Percent of conferences held locally near ob体育 facilities: 67%
- Percent of attendees traveling at ob体育 expense: 13.5%
Learn more in the ob体育 Fiscal Year 2024 Report on Conference Spending.
- HHS defines a conference as "a meeting, retreat, seminar, symposium or event that involves attendee travel. The term "conference" also applies to training activities that are considered to be conferences under 5 CFR 410.404."