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PUBLIC LAW 85-507-JULY 7, 1968

[72 S T A T.

prescribe regulations containing the principles, standards, and related requirements for the programs, and plans thereunder, for the training of employees of the departments under authority of this Act (including requirements for appropriate coordination of and reasonable uniformity in such training programs and plans of the departments). Such regulations, when promulgated, shall provide for the maintenance of necessary information with respect to the general conduct of the training activities of each department, and such other information as may be necessary to enable the President and the Congress to discharge effectively their respective duties and responsibilities for supervision, control, and review of training programs authorized by this Act. Such regulations also shall cover with respect to training by, in, and through Government facilities and non-Government facilities— (1) requirements with respect to the determination and continuing review by each department of its needs and requirements in connection with such training; (2) the scope and conduct of the programs and plans of each department for such training; (3) the selection and assignment for such training of employees of each department; (4) the utilization in each department of the services of employees who have undergone any such training; (5) the evaluation of the results and effects of programs and plans for such training; (6) the interchange among the departments of information concerning such training; (7) the submission by the departments of reports on the results and effects of programs and plans of such training and economies resulting therefrom, including estimates of costs of training by, in, and through non-Government facilities; (8) such requirements and limitations as may be necessary with respect to payments and reimbursements in accordance with section 10; and (9) such other matters as the Commission deems appropriate or necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. (b) In addition to matters set forth in subsection (a) of this section, the regulations of the (Commission shall, with respect to the training of employees by, in, or through non-Government facilities— (1) prescribe general policies governing the selection of a non-Government facility to provide such training; (2) authorize training of employees by, in, or through a nonGovernment facility only after determination by the head of the department concerned that adequate training for such employees by, in, or through a Government facility is not reasonably available and that appropriate consideration has been given to the then existing or reasonably foreseeable availability and utilization of fully trained employees; and (3) prohibit the training of an employee by, in, or through a non-Government facility for the purpose of filling a position by promotion if there is in the department concerned another employee of equal ability and suitability Avho is fully qualified to fill such position and is available at, or within a reasonable distance from, the place or places where the duties of such position are to be performed. (c) From time to time and in accordance with this Act, the Commission may revise, supplement, or abolish its regulations prescribed under this section and may prescribe additional regulations.

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