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PUBLIC LAW 89-554-SEPT. 6, 1966

(C) a medical, scientific, technical, educational, research, or professional institution, foundation, or organization; (D) a business, commercial, or industrial firm, corporation, partnership, proprietorship, or other organization; (E) individuals other than civilian or military personnel of the Government; and (F) the services and property of any of the foregoing furnishing the training. §4102. Exceptions; Presidential authority (a)(1) This chapter does not apply to— (A) a corporation supervisea by the Farm Credit Administration if private interests elect or appoint a member of the board of directors; (B) the Tennessee Valley Authority; or (C) an individual (except a commissioned officer of the Coast and Geodetic Survey) who is a member of a uniformed service during a period in which he is entitled to pay under section 204 of title 37. (2) This chapter (except sections 4110 and 4111) does not apply to— (A) the Foreign Service of the United States; or (B) an individual appointed by the President (except a Postmaster), unless the individual is specifically designated by the President for training under this chapter. (b) The President, at any time in the public interest, may— (1) except an agency or part thereof, or an employee or group or class of employees therein, from this chapter or a provision thereof (except this section); and (2) withdraw an exception made under this subsection. However, the President may not except the Civil Service Commission from a provision of this chapter which vests in or imposes on the Commission a function, duty, or responsibility concerning any matter except the establishment, operation, and maintenance, in the same capacity as other agencies, of training programs and plans for its employees. § 4103. Establishment of training programs In order to increase economy and efficiency in the operations of the agency and to raise the standards of performance by employees of their official duties to the maximum possible level of proficiency, the head of each agency, in conformity with this chapter, shall establish, operate, and maintain a program or programs, and a plan or plans thereunder, for the training of employees in or under the agency by, in, and through Government facilities and non-Government facilities. Each program, and plan thereunder, shall— (1) conform to the principles, standards, and related requirements contained in the regulations prescribed under section 4118 of this title; (2) provide for adequate administrative control by appropriate authority; and (3) provide for the encouragement of self-training by employees by means of appropriate recognition of resultant increases m proficiency, skill, and capacity. Two or more agencies jointly may operate under a training program.

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