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NPR 9770.1 Eff. Date: June 09, 2017 Cancellation Date:	NASA Conference Approval and Reporting
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Preface

P.1 Purpose

This National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Procedural Requirement (NPR) provides the financial management requirements for conference planning, approval, attendance, and reporting.

P.2 Applicability

a. This NPR is applicable to NASA Headquarters and all NASA Centers, including Component Facilities and Technical and Service Support Centers. This language applies to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) (a Federally Funded Research and Development Center), other contractors, recipients of grants, cooperative agreements, or other agreements only to the extent specified or referenced in the applicable contracts, grants, or agreements.

b. In this NPR, all document citations are assumed to be the latest version unless otherwise noted.

c. In this NPR, all mandatory actions (i.e., requirements) are denoted by statements containing the term "shall." The terms: "may" or "can" denote discretionary privilege or permission, "should" denotes a good practice and is recommended, but not required, "will" denotes expected outcome, and "are/is" denotes descriptive material.

P.3 Authority

a. Intergovernmental Personnel Act, 5 U.S.C. §§ 3371-3376.

b. Government Employees Training Act, 5 U.S.C. §§ 4101 et seq.

c. National Aeronautics and Space Act, 51 U.S.C. §§ 20101 et seq.

d. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2008, Pub. L. 110-422, 122 STAT. 4779, (2008).

e. Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2012, Pub. L. 112-55, 125 STAT. 552, (2012).

f. Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013, Pub. L. 113-6, 127 STAT. 198 (2013).

g. Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2015, Pub. L. 113-235, 128 STAT. 2130 (2014).

h. Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016, Pub. L. 114-113, 129 STAT. 2242 (2015).

i. Eliminating Excess Conference Spending and Promoting Efficient Government, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Memorandum M-11-35, September 21, 2011.

j. NPD 1000.3, The NASA Organization.

k. NPD 9010.2, Financial Management.

P.4 Applicable Documents and Forms

a. Definitions, 5 CFR § 410.101.

b. Federal Travel Regulation (FTR), 41 CFR pts. 300-304.

c. 41 FTR, Appendix C to Chapter 301, Standard Data Elements for Federal Travel.

d. Promoting Efficient Spending to Support Agency Operations, OMB Memorandum M-12-12, May 11, 2012.

e. Amending OMB Memorandum M-12-12, Promoting Efficient Spending to Support Agency Operations, OMB Memorandum M-17-08, November 25, 2016.

f. NPD 1000.3, NASA Organization.

g. NPD 8610.24, Launch Services Program Pre-Launch Readiness Reviews.

h. NPR 1441.1, NASA Records Management Program Requirements.

i. NPR 7120.5, NASA Space Flight Program and Project Management Requirements.

j. NPR 7120.7, NASA Information Technology and Institutional Infrastructure Program and Project Management Requirements.

k. NPR 7120.8, NASA Research and Technology Program and Project Management Requirements.

l. NPR 9700.1, Travel.

m. NASA Advisory Implementing Instruction (NAII) 9770.1, Conference Approval and Reporting Instruction.

n. NASA Form (NF) 1784, Conference Approval Form.

o. NF 1785, Conference Expense Report.

P.5 Measurement/Verification

Quality assurance reviews of conference expense packages and other data submitted through the continuous monitoring program will be used to measure compliance with this NPR.

P.6 Cancellation

a. NPR 9700.1, Travel, Chapter 2, dated September 30, 2008.

b. NID 9700.1, NASA Conference Approval and Reporting, dated October 8, 2014.

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