5 USC § 4121 - Specific training programs

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identifier: "/us/usc/t5/s4121"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "5 USC § 4121 - Specific training programs"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "4121"
section_name: "Specific training programs"
chapter_number: 41
chapter_name: "TRAINING"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EMPLOYEES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 108–411, title II, § 201(b)(1), Oct. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2311.)"
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# § 4121. Specific training programs

In consultation with the Office of Personnel Management, the head of each agency shall establish—

**(1)** a comprehensive management succession program to provide training to employees to develop managers for the agency; and

**(2)** a program to provide training to managers on actions, options, and strategies a manager may use in—

**(A)** relating to employees with unacceptable performance;

**(B)** mentoring employees and improving employee performance and productivity; and

**(C)** conducting employee performance appraisals.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 108–411, title II, § 201(b)(1), Oct. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2311.)