Posted on 08/23/2012 4:57:39 PM PDT by dynachrome
Should federal agencies be allowed to hold conferences at taxpayer expense?
Yes, but the government needs stricter standards for when to approve them
No, never. These conferences are pointless and wasteful
Of course. The private sector does it, so why shouldn’t the government?
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I can’t really see the point of having them at all.
Blowing money on trips to places to talk abut how to blow more money. If they want to talk about how to blow taxpayer money make them have teleconferences.
Should federal agencies be allowed to hold conferences at taxpayer expense?
No, never. These conferences are pointless and wasteful
63.47%
Yes, but the government needs stricter standards for when to approve them
34.25%
Of course. The private sector does it, so why shouldn’t the government?
2.27%
Total Votes: 51,701
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No, never. These conferences are pointless and wasteful 63.48% (32,841 votes)
Yes, but the government needs stricter standards for when to approve them 34.24% (17,715 votes)
Of course. The private sector does it, so why shouldn’t the government? 2.28% (1,179 votes)
Total Votes: 51,735
I retired from the Fed. and video conference or local was done on our time,or in some cases overtime.But all locale.Not for a vacation.These folks don’t give a damn about us,just their own enjoyment.Waste of our money .
Hell!when I was in the Air Force when you were issued travel Orders upon your arrival your expenses were audited.If it was good for the Military Back then it should be good enough for some Bureaucrats working for the Federal Government.
Gross! The link goes to a Sodomite pedophile article? WTF!
No! Never!
There is an extremely big difference between conferences and similar such events sponsored by the private sector and meetings sponsored by the government sector.
The private sector pays for their meetings out of their initial profit. This serves as a check on the number of conferences, their duration, and to a lesser degree their location.
The government has no such check on their conferences because the bills for these meetings come from our taxes.
If I was “king for a day” I would let every government agency hold as many meetings as they wanted because, after the first one, every meeting would be held in GP Tents provided by the DOD. Attendees would live in field conditions and they would eat either in field kitchens or MREs. Plus, the conference would be located in either very hot locations (summer) or very cold locations (winter). If it is good enough for the troops serving the Republic why shouldn't it be good enough for their bureaucratic masters?
While I was working overseas, I got called back annually for a Detachment Commanders conference (all civilians). Where possible, we were billeted in government quarters and occasionally government mess was provided. We were also given per diem for hotel and expenses when the government billets weren’t available. These conferences actually had operational purposes. If there was any hi-jinks going on, we paid for it ourselves. As any normal person would be, I was appalled by the GSA conference in Vegas. Our conferences were held in the DC area.
Got it. It was about 64/ 34 No when I voted.
Sodomite pedophile
Just another dem-o-rat perv caught
Thanks. To be honest I should have read the article before commenting.
I support conferences for government just as I do in business when needed. They can help bring together employees, departments, and outside groups with similar missions for more efficiencies.
But they need to be organized as though they are spending their own money and frugally at non resort locations. They need an approved objective and mission and to meet those goals at the lowest cost. Large and small organizations (private or public) need to be brought together on an annual or regular basis to create cohesion, but they do not need to be lavish events where coordinators outdo each other by spending more and more of other people’s money (taxpayers or shareholders.
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