BREAKING DOCTRINE: New Army Conference Policy

If you are in a position that requires involvement in, organization of, or attendance at conferences, there's breaking doctrine out for you.

The new version of AR 1-50, Army Conference Policy, released on August 30, has a whole host of requirements and regulations for approval, funding and reimbursement.

Here's the synopsis of changes:

• Updates address for suggested improvements (title page).

• Inserts records management requirements (para 1–5).

• Updates website for the Army conferences home page and Army Conference Reporting and Tracking Tool (para 1–6a).

• Updates email address for Army conferences inbox (para 1–6b).

• Removes responsibilities of principal officials as approval authorities for actual expense allowances between 150 and 300 percent to align with changes to the Joint Travel Regulations granting such authority to authorizing officials (formerly paras 2–5c).

• Removes restriction for approving multiple recurring conferences in a single memorandum to align with DoD Conference Guidance (paras 3–1j and 4–1c).

• Incorporates changes to the Joint Travel Regulations granting authorizing officials actual expense authority up to 300 percent of the per diem rate (paras 4–1c, 4–4b, and 7–1f).

• Removes references to principal official approval of actual expense authorizations between 150 and 300 percent (tables 4–1 and 4–2).

• Updates website for the Federal Emergency Management Agency hotel-motel national master list (para 6–1b).

• Updates General Services Administration website for state tax exemption information (para 7–1c).

• Updates references (app A)

As always, you're smart to go peruse the whole publication yourself, So go read it, here.