Feds don’t know if senior executive training is worth what it costs, GAO says

Published March 6, 2014 12:00am ET



Federal agencies spend millions of dollars each year training civil service senior executives, but don’t accurately report the costs or evaluate whether it does any good, according to the Government Accountability Office.

“The cost of these training sessions has raised questions about the value they provide to the federal workforce,” Yvonne D. Jones, GAO’s director of strategic issues, wrote in the report.

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