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NAO
202-410A
LONG-TERM
TRAINING
Issued
12/11/91; Effective 11/29/91
SECTION
1. PURPOSE.
This
Order assigns responsibilities and delegates authority
regarding the approval of long-term training
assignments.
SECTION
2. SCOPE.
.01 Assistant Administrators and Staff Office Directors
are delegated the authority to approve long-term training
for employees within their organizations. This authority
may be redelegated to heads of Financial Management
Centers (FMC). Any redelegation of this authority must
be made in writing with copies provided to the Director,
Personnel and Civil Rights Office, NOAA.
.O2 The allocation and approval of long-term training
is a line management responsibility involving the commitment
of substantial resources. Requests should be approved
at a high enough level that they are considered in
light of the needs of the entire program.
.O3
The sole authority for the approval of long term
training for NOAA Corps officers is the Director,
NOAA
Corps Operations.
SECTION
3. DEFINITION.
Long-term
training. Any training assignment in a
government or nongovernment facility on either
a full-time or
a part-time basis which requires absence from the assigned
duties without charge to leave for one or more academic
sessions.
SECTION
4. RESPONSIBILITIES.
.01 Assistant Administrators and Staff Office Directors
will:
a. assure that the use of long-term training assignments
is considered as an option to enhance the skill levels
of staff in order to meet program needs;
b. establish and publish internal procedures for the
review of long-term training requests;
c. determine appropriate approval levels within their
organizations, and
d. submit approved requests to the servicing Administrative
Support Center (ASC) for processing.
.02 The Personnel Operations Division of the Personnel
and Civil Rights Office will:
a. exercise its responsibilities for NOAA-wide training,
and
b. provide a report to the Director, Office of Administration
on the number and duration of long-term training assignments
approved annually.
.03 The ASC Personnel Officers and the Personnel Operations
Division will:
a. provide advice and guidance to line managers on
regulations and procedures;
b. review long-term training requests from their respective
serviced clients for statutory and regulatory compliance,
and
c. process approved requests in accordance with established
regulation.
The
Director, NOAA Corps Personnel Operations will perform
these services for NOAA Corps Officers.
SECTION
5. EFFECT ON OTHER ISSUANCES.
This Order supersedes NOAA Administrative Order (NAO)
202-301, Long-Term Training, dated July 27, 1990.
SIGNED,
Director, Office of Administration
Office of Primary Interest:
Office of Administration
Personnel and Civil Rights Office (OA2)
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