§ 4023. — Career development program.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC4023]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 52--FOREIGN SERVICE
SUBCHAPTER VII--CAREER DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND ORIENTATION
Sec. 4023. Career development program
(a) Establishment; primary attention and emphasis
The Secretary shall establish a professional development program to
assure that members of the Service obtain the skills and knowledge
required at the various stages of their careers. With regard to Foreign
Service officers, primary attention shall be given to training for
career candidate officers and for midcareer officers, both after
achieving tenure and as they approach eligibility for entry to the
Senior Foreign Service, to enhance and broaden their qualifications for
more senior levels of responsibility in the Service. Training for other
members of the Service shall emphasize programs designed to enhance
their particular skills and expert knowledge, including development of
the management skills appropriate to their occupational categories.
(b) Primary direction for Junior Foreign Service officer training and
midcareer training
Junior Foreign Service officer training shall be directed primarily
toward providing expert knowledge in the basic functions of analysis and
reporting as well as in consular, administrative, and linguistic skills
relevant to the full range of future job assignments. Midcareer training
shall be directed primarily toward development and perfection of
management, functional, negotiating, and policy development skills to
prepare the officers progressively for more senior levels of
responsibility.
(c) Purpose; completion of training as condition for placement or
appointment
At each stage the program of professional development should be
designed to provide members of the Service with the opportunity to
acquire skills and knowledge relevant to clearly established
professional standards of expected performance. Career candidates should
satisfactorily complete candidate training prior to attainment of career
status. Members of the Service should satisfactorily complete midcareer
training before appointment to the Senior Foreign Service.
(d) University degree credit
In formulating programs under this section, the Secretary should
establish a system to provide, insofar as possible, credit toward
university degrees for successful completion of courses comparable to
graduate-level, university courses.
(e) Institutions conducting training
Training provided under this section shall be conducted by the
Department and by other governmental and nongovernmental institutions as
the Secretary may consider appropriate.
(Pub. L. 96-465, title I, Sec. 703, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2100; Pub.
L. 100-204, title I, Sec. 185(c)(1), Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1366.)
Amendments
1987--Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 100-204 struck out subsec. (f) which
related to report to Congress and President.
