Deregulate Training -- Respond to Market Forces

1. Deregulate training and make it more responsive to market sources.

The director of OPM should submit draft legislation to Congress by
January 1994 that would amend GETA to:

--- identify the objective of training: improvement of individual and
organizational performance,

--- change the requirement that training be related to performance of
official duties to relate it to mission achievement, and

--- eliminate the distinction between government and non-government
training.

Clarifying the purpose of training in GETA will strengthen the emphasis
on performance improvement and results. Linking training to the mission
of the department or agency rather than the official duties of the
employee will facilitate retraining and multi-skilling during a period
of transition and change.  Removing the distinction between government
and non-government training will help deregulate training and make it
more responsive to market forces.