Federally Mandated Training

Federally Mandated Training, is defined on the Standard Form (SF) 182 (Authorization, Agreement and Certification of Training) as “mandatory training for all employees Governmentwide,” or in some cases, groups of employees across Federal agencies and departments.

Listed below are three types of Federally Mandated training:

• Mandatory Training for all Federal Employees
• Mandatory Training by Role
  
• Mandatory Training by Occupation

Many agencies have their own required training. However, unlike Federally mandated training, this type of training is not mandated by Federal statute for all Federal employees.  Agency Required Training as defined on the SF 182 is “required by the agency and provided to Federal employees to achieve the goals and objectives of the Agency as needed.”  Employees should contact their agency human resources office to determine which training is required for their particular agency.

 

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Occupational Health and Safety
Mandate: 29 CFR 1960.59(a)
Frequency: There is no time frame specified.
Intended Audience:  Federal Employees

Each agency shall provide appropriate safety and health training for employees including specialized job safety and health training appropriate to the work performed by the employee, for example: Clerical; printing; welding; crane operation; chemical analysis, and computer operations. Such training also shall inform employees of the agency occupational safety and health program, with emphasis on their rights and responsibilities. For more information on occupational health and safety training, go to http://www.osha.gov/dte/index.html.


Mandatory Training by Role

Ethics Awareness
Mandate:  5 CFR 2638.705
Frequency: Annually
Intended Audience:  (a) Covered employees.  
 (1)  Employees appointed by the President; 
 (2)  Employees of the Executive Office of the President; 
 (3)  Employees defined as confidential filers in 5 CFR 2634.904; 
 (4)  Employees designated by their agency under 5 CFR 2634.601(b) to file confidential financial disclosure reports; 
 (5)  Contracting officers, as defined in 41 U.S.C. 423(f)(5); and 
 (6)  Other employees designated by the head of the agency or his or her designee based on their official duties.

Agencies must also provide new employees with a minimum of one hour of duty time to either review the ethics materials stated in 5 CFR 2638.703 or receive ethics training, within 90 days of their entrance on duty. In addition, agencies are required to provide annual ethics training to employees identified in the regulation, such as political appointees and contracting officers. For more information on ethics awareness, go to http://www.usoge.gov/

Plain Writing Act
Mandate: Public Law 111-274
Frequency: The deadline for implementing training to agency employees was July 13, 2011, but there is no other specified time frame for this training.
Intended Audience:  Federal Agencies

Agencies are required to provide training in plain writing to agency employees. Agencies should design a plan to determine which employees would benefit the most from this training, and provide training to new employees. Senior officials are responsible for overseeing their agency’s implementation of this training to employees, and establish a process for the agency to oversee its ongoing compliance with the Act’s requirements. For more information on plain language training, go to http://www.plainlanguage.gov/index.cfm.

The Social Security Administration developed a course consisting of Videos on Demand to meet this requirement. The course consists of a short video. Below are links to two formats to the video; the first is a Windows Media version that you can watch on your personal computer, the second is a Flash version that you can use to embed on a website (similar to videos on YouTube).  Both versions include closed captioning. You must download the zip files to your computer before uploading to your agency's LMS.

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• Plain Language (Flash version)
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The Plain Language Action and Information Network (PLAIN), offers free half-day plain language training classes for federal agencies, as well as classes on writing for the web. All of the classes are based on the Federal Plain Language Guidelines and involve interactive writing exercises. Agencies are encouraged to contact PLAIN to set up classes; they like to see 20-35 students per class.  See: http://www.plainlanguage.gov/resources/take_training/freetraining.cfm

The Department of the Army training module, aimed at "Action Officers"... "Action officers shape information and submit recommendations to senior decision makers, that when approved become decisions. To do this successfully, action officers must be proficient writers; they author documents that often have impact Army-wide." Self-paced instruction consists of 11 lessons and 5 appendices that cover staff processes and communication skills, including writing. Enrollment is available to all federal employees and members of the armed forces.http://www.plainlanguage.gov/resources/take_training/actionoff.pdf

The National Institutes of Health offers a free plain language internet-based training that introduces you to the basics of plain language. It's not just for medical folks. The goal of this training is to help you learn to organize your ideas, use a clear writing style, and become a more effective communicator.http://plainlanguage.nih.gov/CBTs/PlainLanguage/login.asp

The Federal Plain Language Guidelines, which the Department of Justice will be adopting as its guide, can be found here: http://www.plainlanguage.gov/howto/guidelines/bigdoc/fullbigdoc.pdf 

Insider Threat Awareness Training
Mandate: Exec Order 13587
Frequency: Within the first 30 days of employment or following access to classified information.
Intended Audience: Employees with access to classified information.

The heads of agencies that operate or access classified computer networks shall have responsibility for appropriately sharing and safeguarding classified information on computer networks. As part of this responsibility, they shall: (a) designate a senior official to be charged with overseeing classified information sharing and safeguarding efforts for the agency; (b) implement an insider threat detection and prevention program consistent with guidance and standards developed by the Insider Threat Task Force established in section 6 of this order; (c) perform self-assessments of compliance with policies and standards issued pursuant to sections 3.3, 5.2, and 6.3 of this order, as well as other applicable policies and standards, the results of which shall be reported annually to the Senior Information Sharing and Safeguarding Steering Committee established in section 3 of this order; (d) provide information and access, as warranted and consistent with law and section 7(d) of this order, to enable independent assessments by the Executive Agent for Safeguarding Classified Information on Computer Networks and the Insider Threat Task Force of compliance with relevant established policies and standards; and (e) detail or assign staff as appropriate and necessary to the Classified Information Sharing and Safeguarding Office and the Insider Threat Task Force on an ongoing basis.

Purchase Card Training
Mandate:  Exec Order 12931
Frequency:  Immediately after receiving the Travel Card
Intended Audience:  Employees who are in possession of a Government purchasing card

To make procurement more effective in support of mission accomplishment and consistent with recommendations of the National Performance Review, heads of executive agencies engaged in the procurement of supplies and services shall: 

(a) Review agency procurement rules, reporting requirements, contractual requirements, certification procedures, and other administrative procedures over and above those required by statute, and, where practicable, replace them with guiding principles that encourage and reward innovation; 

(b) Review existing and planned agency programs to assure that such programs meet agency mission needs; 

(c) Ensure that procurement organizations focus on measurable results and on increased attention to understanding and meeting customer needs; 

(d) Increase the use of commercially available items where practicable, place more emphasis on past contractor performance, and promote best value rather than simply low cost in selecting sources for supplies and services; 

(e) Ensure that simplified acquisition procedures are used, to the maximum extent practicable, for procurements under the simplified acquisition threshold in order to reduce administrative burdens and more effectively support the accomplishment of agency missions; 

(f) Expand the use of the Government purchase card by the agency and take maximum advantage of the micro-purchase authority provided in the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 by delegating the authority, to the maximum extent practicable, to the offices that will be using the supplies or services to be purchased; 

(g) Establish clear lines of contracting authority and accountability; 

(h) Establish career education programs for procurement professionals, including requirements for successful completion of educational requirements or mandatory training for entry level positions and for promotion to higher level positions, in order to ensure a highly qualified procurement work force; 

(i) Designate a Procurement Executive with agency-wide responsibility to oversee development of procurement goals, guidelines, and innovation, measure and evaluate procurement office performance against stated goals, enhance career development of the procurement work force, and advise the agency heads whether goals are being achieved; and 

(j) Review existing and planned information technology acquisitions and contracts, to ensure the agency receives the best value with regard to price and technology, and consider alternatives in cases where best value is not being obtained.

Telework Enhancement Act of 2010
Mandate: Telework Enhancement Act of  2010
Frequency: No time frame specifically stated in the citation.
Intended Audience: Eligible employees approved to Telework

The Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 requires agencies to provide interactive telework training to eligible employees and their managers and requires employees to complete the training prior to signing a telework agreement.  To meet this requirement, OPM developed training modules available on OPM's WorkLife Flexibility webpage.


Mandatory Training by Occupation

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