New site offers free online courses for federal workers. (Professional Development).Federal workers can take free online courses on about 30 subjects ranging from project management to coping with stress through a government-sponsored Web site that debuted recently. At a press briefing in Washington Washington, town, England Washington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-Wearside area. , officials from the Office of Personnel Management and the Office of Management and Budget The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), formerly the Bureau of the Budget, is an agency of the federal government that evaluates, formulates, and coordinates management procedures and program objectives within and among departments and agencies of the Executive Branch. unveiled the Coy Online Learning Center at http://www.gol.earn.gov See .gov and GovNet. (networking) gov - The top-level domain for US government bodies. . At no charge to themselves or their agencies, federal employees can take the courses, which take from two to eight hours to complete. The launch of the Web site is the first step in the Bush administration's plan to make the Gov Online Learning Center a one-stop shop One-Stop Shop A company or a location that offers a multitude of services to a client or a customer. The idea is to provide convenient and efficient service and also to create the opportunity for the company to sell more products to clients and customers. for e-training in the federal government. The learning center is one of 24 major initiatives that the administration is sponsoring as part of its e-government strategy. |
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