MCO 7300.22A governs fiscal responsibility and cost controls for planning and conducting Marine Corps-sponsored conferences.
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It defines conferences, assigns financial responsibility, and establishes review and approval requirements based on projected cost and attendance. It also covers conference justification, site selection, cost documentation, and retention of records for three years.
Applies to: This Order is applicable to the Marine Corps Total Force.
Financial responsibility for planning and conducting Marine Corps-sponsored conferences lies with the conference’s sponsoring commander or sponsoring staff agency head. (paragraph 4)
Marine Corps conferences that are projected to cost $100,000 or more (exclusive of personnel/salary costs), or are expected to have 125 attendees or more, regardless of cost, must have prior approval from the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps (ACMC). (paragraph 4)
Requests for ACMC approval must include conference documentation outlined in paragraph 5 below, and must be received by CMC (RFR) no later than 45 days prior to proposed conference start date. (paragraph 4)
For conferences involving 30 or more attendees in a temporary duty travel status, a minimum of 3 sites should be considered and decision documentation must be developed and maintained, regardless of total projected conference cost. (paragraph 5)
Conference planning and cost documentation, including both pre-conference cost estimates and actual conference costs incurred, must be retained by the conference sponsor for inspection by cognizant auditors, inspectors, or other management authorities for a period of three years. (paragraph 5)