May 2012, OMB issued Memorandum No. M-12-12, Promoting Efficient Spending to Support Agency Operations, outlining a series of new policies and practices regarding conferences.  The memorandum directs agencies to report conferences expenses for the previous fiscal year on their public web sites beginning January 31, 2013.  

 

FY2013 was the first full year of reporting since the conference system was deployed in 2012.