Federal Manager's Daily Report

The main surviving provisions of the civil service reform

measure (S-129) awaiting a House vote have to do with

improved recruitment and retention benefits, and technical

fixes to retirement benefits. The bill also would to

require agencies to link training activities with

performance plans and strategic goals in performing the

agency mission, in order to help ensure that the federal

government’s training resources are appropriately used.


The bill would require each agency to appoint or designate

a training officer, who would be responsible for

developing, coordinating and administering agency training.

The individual could be the same person as the Chief Human

Capital Officer.


Agencies would also be required to institute comprehensive

management succession programs designed to develop future

leaders; and provide special training to managers to help

them deal with poor performers. The training plans would

be developed in consultation with the Office of Personnel

Management. Several agencies already have such initiatives,

such as the Defense Leadership Management Program at the

Department of Defense.