The Office of Personnel Management has proposed
regulations in the February 28 Federal Register
requiring agencies to complete initial training for
the No FEAR act by the end of 2005.
Section 202 of the Notification and Federal Employees
Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 requires
agencies to notify employees, former employees, and
applicants of their protections under antidiscrimination,
whistleblower and retaliation laws, and prescribes the
time, form and manner of the notice.
The section also requires agencies to train all
employees regarding their rights and remedies under
those laws, and the proposed rules would have agencies
develop written plans describing how they would meet
their training obligations under the act.
Following completion of initial training, agencies
would need to complete training cycles every two years.
