Legislation (S-674) offered in the Senate seeks to improve training of federal managers by requiring them to receive training in the initial 12 months on the job, with mandatory retraining every three years, on how to work with employees to develop performance expectations and evaluate employees. Current managers will have three years to obtain their initial training. The bill also would require mentoring for new supervisors and training on how to mentor employees and training on the laws governing and the procedures for enforcing whistleblower, collective bargaining, and anti-discrimination rights. It further sets standards that supervisors should meet in order to manage employees effectively; assesses a manager’s ability to meet those standards; and provides training to improve areas identified in personnel assessments. The main sponsor is Sen. Daniel Akaka, chair of the Senate federal workforce subcommittee.