As House Committees investigate the General Services Administration Las Vegas conference scandal in Washington, the NCUA scaled back its annual examiner training conference in Orlando to a bare bones affair.

Executive Director David Marquis confirmed reports that the regulator canceled a reception for examiners and support staff and said, "There are no frills and no meals for attendees."

"The reception was originally planned to help with the networking and relationship-building that only come during these conferences for our dispersed workforce. These goals are a key part of our staff development," Marquis told Credit Union Times."In order to minimize costs, however, we eliminated the reception. National conference expenses are directly related to training."

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