FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICY MANUAL

075147 LONG-TERM TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR
CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES
1. SCOPE.
This paragraph sets forth financial responsibilities for long-term training
and education programs for civilian personnel of the Department of the
Navy that require headquarters management decisions for selection,
approval, and funding. Although "long-term" training and education
refers to any off-the-job training and education lasting over 120
consecutive working days, not all long-term educational endeavors are
centrally managed.
2. BUDGET POLICY
a. General.
It is Department of the Navy policy to ensure that adequate resources
are provided to meet priority needs for long-term training and
education of civilian employees in either Government or non-
Government facilities. These needs are assessed on the basis of
projected manpower requirements in selected professional fields,
where after-hours, part-time, or short-term programs cannot be used in
lieu of long-term training. When assigned to long-term centrally
managed training and education, trainees continue to be employees of
the command which arranged for their participation in the program,
and upon completion of the training, are entitled to return to either
their same position or one of equivalent or greater responsibility and
scope. Program funds provide for individual expense for:
(1) tuition and related fees (excluding matriculation fees)
associated with attendance at courses or training programs; and
(2) travel, per diem, and incidental expenses, including
transportation and/or storage of household goods when required.
Training, whether long-term or not, is considered to be temporary
duty. Allowances are therefore different than those for a
permanent change of station. Reference the Joint Travel
Regulations, Volume 2, Chapter 4, pars. C4502 and C4552 for
additional policy guidance.
b. Central Pool.
A central pool of funds under the cognizance of the Office of Civilian
Personnel Management (OCPM) is set aside annually to provide for
centrally controlled long-term training and education requirements.
For Navy employees, these funds are budgeted in Future Years
Defense Program (FYDP) 8 (Training) under the Operation and
Maintenance, Navy (O&MN) appropriation and FYDP 6 under the
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy appropriation. For
Financial Management Policy
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