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PUBLIC LAW 85-507-JULY 7, 1958

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(d) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to authorize the Commission to prescribe the types and methods of intradepartmental training: or to regulate the details of intradepartmental training programs. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROORAIMS OF T R A I N I N G T H R O U G H GOVERNMENT A N D NON-GOVERNMENT FACILITIES

SEC. T. Within two hundred and seventy days after the date of enactment of this Act, the head of each department shall prepare, establish, and place in effect a program or programs, and a plan or plans thereunder, in conformity with this Act, for the training of employees in or under such department by, in, and through Government facilities and non-Government facilities in order to increase economy and efficiency in the operations of the department and to raise the standard of performance by employees of their official duties to the maximum possible level of proficiency. Each such program, and plan or plans thereunder, shall conform, on and after the effective date of the regulations prescribed by the Commission under section 6 of this Act, to the principles, standards, and related requirements contained in such regulations then current, shall be operated and maintained in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and shall provide for adequate administrative control by appropriate authority. Two or more departments jointly may operate under any such training program. Each such program shall provide for the encouragement of self-training by employees by means of appropriate recognition of resultant increases in proficiency, skill, and capability. GENERAL PROVISIONS OF PROGRAMS OF T R A I N I N G T H R O U G H FACILITIES

GOVERNMENT

SEC. 8. The program or programs of each department for the training of employees by, in, and through Government facilities under authority of this Act— (1) shall provide for training, insofar as practicable, by, in, and through those Government facilities which are under the jurisdiction or control of such department, and (2) shall provide for the making by such department to the extent necessary and appropriate, of agreements with other departments, and with other agencies in any branch of the Government, on a reimbursable basis if so requested by such other departments and agencies, (A) for the utilization in such program or programs of those Government facilities under the jurisdiction or control of such other departments and agencies and (B) for extension to employees of such department of training programs of such other departments. GENERAL PROVISIONS OF PROGRAMS OF T R A I N I N G NON-GOVERNMENT FACILITIES

THROUGH

SEC. 9. (a) The head of each department is authorized to enter into agreements or make other appropriate arrangements for the training of employees of such department by, in, or through non-Government facilities in accordance with this Act, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes {41 U.S.C. 5). (b) The program or programs of each department for the training of employees by, in, and through non-Cxovernment facilities under authority of this Act shall—

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