They are designed to minimize time away from the office.
Supervisory approval is required to attend.
Instruction is offered at no cost to the employee or agency. Reimbursement of travel, lodging, meals and parking expenses is at the discretion of the agency. Courses emphasize the practical, rather than the theoretical. To encourage immediate application of the training to the job, course design is experiential and includes government-related activities and exercises typical of what employees encounter at work. They are designed to be taken in sequence in order to reinforce and build on the skills being taught at each level in the series.