Agencies are required under the newly enacted Federal
Workforce Flexibility Act of 2004 to establish, in
consultation with the Office of Personnel Management,
management succession programs designed to groom
employees into managerial ranks.
Under section 201 of the act, which amends 5 U.S.C. 4103
by adding a new section 4121, the programs are to cover
manager training “on actions, options and strategies”
that managers can use “to address mentoring employees,
improving employee performance and productivity,
conducting performance appraisals, and unacceptable
performance,” according to an OPM memo covering changes
in pay and leave administration, benefits and other HR
policies resulting from the act.
It said the act also requires agencies to regularly
evaluate all training programs as to how well they
accomplish or promote performance plans and strategic
goals.
The memo can be found at:
