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DOCUMEN~T RESIJ8E
04066 - [B325498]
The Government ELployees Training Act oi 1958: A Prcgzess
Report. FPCD-77-66; B-70896. November I, 1977. 35 pp. + 4
appendices (23 pp.).
Report to Alan K. %.ampbell, Chair-aL, Civil Service Commission;
by H. L. Krieqer, Director, Federal Personnel and Ccmpensation
Div.
Issue Area: Personnl nanagement and Ccpensation 4300);
Personnel Management and Compensation: Traizing and
Education Programs (304).
Contact: Federal Personnel and Compensation Div.
Budqet Function: General Government: Central Personnel
Management (805).
Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Post Office and
Civil Service,
Authority: Equal EAployment Opportunity Act of 1972 (P.L.
92-2611. Government Employees Training Act of 1S58 (P.L.
85-507) . Intergovernmemtal Personnel Act of 1970 (P.L.
91-648). Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (P.L. 87-195%.
Economy Act. 31 U.S.C. 686. Executive order 11348.
The Congresv enacted the 1958 Gcveznment ERIloyees
Training Act to provide across-the-board Federal employee
training which would improve Government prodictivity. Although
progress has been made in the design and u*e of advanced
traininq management methodolcgies, persi. tent problems in
managing and evaluating the training programs make the value o1
training difficulc to measure. Findings/CcnclusionE In the 20
7ears since the legislation authorizing employee training was
passed, the estimated cost of training Federal civilian
employees has jt -red from $1 millioi to a high in 1974 of $883
million. PersiL -roblems in the program include: lack cL
effective evalu )f agency training programs, lack of
agreement among J to what costs to charge to training,
and failure of the vice Commission (CSC) to asese
measurable iaprovemei, aderal training management cr why
CSCls products and sm7 are not used more. Recommendations:
The Chairman of the arvice Commission should: accurately
and methodically ass t ther agencies -.an and will use its
interagency courses ana L,.aining leadership services; provide
adequate additional guidance in the Federal Personnel Manual on
job-relatedness of training, extent of Government suEpcrt cf
employee self-development, and tuition-assistance policies, so
that all Federal employees will have an equal cpportunity to
receive traini*ng; jointly with the Office of Management and
ludgt (OMB) zonstruct uniform cost elements required to be used
by all Government departments and agencies in accounting for
training costs; and jointly with OMB construct minimum standards
for training program management and evaluation required to be
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