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FPCD-81-75 1 (1981-09-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabcon0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 '~CCu~~RESTRICTED -No Accountrg' 0f FEDERAL PERSONNEL AND y the Office of COMPENSATION DIVISION SEPTEMBER 22, 1981 B-204579 RELEASED The Honorable Max Baucus United States Senate 116698 Dear Senator Baucus: Subject: Management Training Seminars Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (FPCD-81-75) This report responds to your April 7, 1981, request and later discussions with your office. We reviewed management training seminars sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) including the procedures NIH used to determine --the need for specific management training seminars, --who attends these seminars, --who conducts these seminars, --the locations of the seminars, and --whether competitive procurement practices are followed when consultants conduct training. We reviewed available documents relating to management training seminars identified by NIH as having been conducted during fiscal years 1979, 1980, and 1981 and interviewed cognizant agency training and procurement officials. These seminars represented approximately 20 percent of NIH's train- ing effort. The remaining 80 percent'was professional', tech- nical, and clerical-type training. We also discussed with training officials in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) the policy guidance OPM provides agencies for procuring training. The enclosure responds to the specific questions in your request letter. As the enclosure shows, the procedures used (966024)

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