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[5 CFR 410] Title 5 Part 410 : Code of Federal Regulations ';
Title 5 Part 410
Title 5 → Chapter I → Subchapter B → Part 410
§410.101 Definitions.
§410.201 Responsibilities of the head of an agency.
§410.202 Responsibilities for evaluating training.
§410.203 Options for developing employees.
Subpart E—Accepting Contributions, Awards, and Payments From Non-Government Organizations
§410.501 Scope.
§410.502 Authority of the head of an agency.
§410.503 Records.
Subpart F—Reporting
§410.601 Reporting.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1103(c), 2301, 2302, 4101, et seq.; E.O. 11348, 3 CFR, 1967 Comp., p. 275, E.O. 11478, 3 CFR 1966-1970 Comp., page 803, unless otherwise noted, E.O. 13087; and E.O. 13152.
Source: 61 FR 66193, Dec. 17, 1996, unless otherwise noted.
(a) Agency, employee, Government, Government facility, and non-Government facility have the meanings given these terms in section 4101 of title 5, United States Code.
(b) Exceptions to organizations and employees covered by this subpart include:
(1) Those named in section 4102 of title 5, United States Code, and
(2) The U.S. Postal Service and Postal Rate Commission and their employees, as provided in Pub. L. 91-375, enacted August 12, 1970.
(c) Training has the meaning given to the term in section 4101 of title 5, United States Code.
(d) Mission-related training is training that supports agency goals by improving organizational performance at any appropriate level in the agency, as determined by the head of the agency. This includes training that:
(1) Supports the agency's strategic plan and performance objectives;
(2) Improves an employee's current job performance;
(3) Allows for expansion or enhancement of an employee's current job;
(4) Enables an employee to perform needed or potentially needed duties outside the current job at the same level of responsibility; or
(5) Meets organizational needs in response to human resource plans and re-engineering, downsizing, restructuring, and/or program changes.
(e) Retraining means training and development provided to address an individual's skills obsolescence in the current position and/or training and development to prepare an individual for a different occupation, in the same agency, in another Government agency, or in the private sector.
(f) Continued service agreement has the meaning given to service agreements in section 4108 of title 5, United States Code.
(g) Interagency training means training provided by one agency for other agencies or shared by two or more agencies.
(h) State and local government have the meanings given to these terms by section 4762 of title 42, United States Code.
(i) Established contact hours are the number of academic credit hours assigned to a course(s) times the number of weeks in a term times the number of terms required to complete the degree.
[61 FR 66193, Dec. 17, 1996, as amended at 69 FR 33276, June 15, 2004]
[74 FR 65387, Dec. 10, 2009]
Agencies may use a full range of options to meet their mission-related organizational and employee development needs, such as classroom training, on-the-job training, technology-based training, satellite training, employees' self-development activities, coaching, mentoring, career development counseling, details, rotational assignments, cross training, and developmental activities at retreats and conferences.
[61 FR 66193, Dec. 17, 1996. Redesignated at 74 FR 65388, Dec. 10, 2009]
(a) Section 4111 of title 5, United States Code, describes conditions for employee acceptance of contributions, awards, and payments made in connection with non-Government sponsored training or meetings which an employee attends while on duty or when the agency pays the training or meeting attendance expenses, in whole or in part.
(b) This subpart does not limit the authority of an agency head to establish procedures on the acceptance of contributions, awards, and payments in connection with any training and meetings that are outside the scope of this subpart in accordance with laws and regulations governing Government ethics and governing acceptance of travel reimbursements from non-Federal sources.
[61 FR 66193, Dec. 17, 1996, as amended at 63 FR 16877, Apr. 7, 1998]
(a) In writing, the head of an agency may authorize an agency employee to accept a contribution or award (in cash or in kind) incident to training or to accept payment (in cash or in kind) of travel, subsistence, and other expenses incident to attendance at meetings if
(1) The conditions specified in section 4111 of title 5, United States Code, are met; and
(2) In the judgment of the agency head, the following two conditions are met:
(i) The contribution, award, or payment is not a reward for services to the organization prior to the training or meeting; and
(ii) Acceptance of the contribution, award, or payment:
(A) Would not reflect unfavorably on the employee's ability to carry out official duties in a fair and objective manner;
(B) Would not compromise the honesty and integrity of Government programs or of Government employees and their official actions or decisions;
(C) Would be compatible with the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, as amended; and
(D) Would otherwise be proper and ethical for the employee concerned given the circumstances of the particular case.
(b) Delegation of authority. An agency head may delegate authority to authorize the acceptance of contributions, awards, and payments under this section. The designated official must ensure that—
(1) The policies of the agency head are reflected in each decision; and
(2) The circumstances of each case are fully evaluated under conditions set forth in §410.502(a).
(c) Acceptance of contributions, awards, and payments. An employee may accept a contribution, award, or payment (whether made in cash or in kind) that falls within the scope of this section only when he or she has specific written authorization.
(d) When more than one non-Government organization participates in making a single contribution, award, or payment, the “organization” referred to in this subsection is the one that:
(1) Selects the recipient; and
(2) Administers the funds from which the contribution, award, or payment is made.
An agency shall maintain, in such form and manner as the agency head considers appropriate, the following records in connection with each contribution, awards, or payment made and accepted under authority of this section: The recipient's name; the organization's name; the amount and nature of the contribution, award, or payment and the purpose for which it is to be used; and a copy of the written authorization required by §410.502(a).
(a) Each agency shall maintain records of training plans, expenditures, and activities in such form and manner as necessary to submit the recorded data to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) through the OPM Governmentwide Electronic Data Collection System.
(b) Beginning December 31, 2006, each agency shall report the training data for its employees' training and development at such times and in such form as required for the OPM Governmentwide Electronic Data Collection System, which is explained in the Guide to Personnel Recordkeeping and the Guide to Human Resources Reporting.
(c) Each agency shall establish a Schedule of Records for information required to be maintained by this chapter in accordance with regulations promulgated by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
[71 FR 28547, May 17, 2006. Redesignated and amended at 74 FR 65388, Dec. 10, 2009]