Skip to main content

Human Capital: Selected Agencies' Experiences and Lessons Learned in Designing Training and Development Programs

GAO-04-291 Published: Jan 30, 2004. Publicly Released: Jan 30, 2004.
Jump To:
Skip to Highlights

Highlights

Effective training and development programs are an integral part of a learning environment, helping improve federal workforce performance in achieving agency results. Therefore, in this report GAO was asked to identify examples of selected federal agencies' experiences and some of the key lessons they have learned in designing their training and development programs. This work focused on ways that these agencies (1) assessed agency skills gaps and identified training needs, (2) developed strategies and solutions for these training and development needs, and (3) determined methods to evaluate the effectiveness of training and development programs. GAO worked with five agencies to identify their experiences and lessons learned: the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Department of Defense; Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Department of the Interior (Interior); Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Department of the Treasury; the Office of Personnel Management (OPM); and Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Agency officials provided information during interviews and furnished supporting documentation for analysis and review.

Full Report

Office of Public Affairs

Topics

Best practicesBest practices reviewsEmployment assistance programsHuman capitalFederal agenciesFederal employeesPersonnel managementStrategic planningTraining utilizationEmployee development