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B-226380 1 (1988-12-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnhw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 0L.LZR Q14 The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Defense Nuclear Agency--Use of Appropriated Funds to Pay For Enrollment of Active Duty Member of Matterof Armed Forces in Course Entitled Strategy of Career Transition File: B-226380 Date: December 5, 1988 DIGESTS 1. The Government Employees Training Act (Act) applies to civilian employees and, by its own terms, does not apply to active duty members of the uniformed services. 5 U.S.C. S 4102(a)(i)(C). Therefore, the Act does not bear on the authority of the Defense Nuclear Agency to spend appropriated funds to enroll a Colonel on active duty in the Air Force in a course entitled Strategy of Career Transition. 2. Under proper circumstances, outplacement assistance to employees is a legitimate matter of agency personnel administration. Therefore, appropriations for the Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA) may be available in reasonable amounts to enroll an employee in a course entitled Strategy of Career Transition, if the DNA determines such enrollment to be a necessary expense of the agency. DECISION A Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA) certifying officer has requested an advance decision regarding the propriety of using funds appropriated to DNA to pay for the enrollment of an Air Force Colonel in a course entitled Strategy of Career Transition. For the reasons given below, we conclude that such enrollment is not authorized as a training expense but that it may be authorized as a necessary expense, if the DNA administratively determines that it is necessary for the effective management of its personnel system. BACKGROUND An Air Force Colonel working for the DNA requested DNA funding for his enrollment in a nongovernment course entitled Strategy of Career Transition. The DNA 0'-4,qYO_ / 13 Yq

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