A training and development wiki developed by the Office of Personnel Management has been recognized by the Training Officers Consortium with an Innovation Award.
The wiki, which OPM rolled out in January, is a collaborative website that shares highly linked and easily updatable content for users in the federal learning and development community. The website also allows users to scan for the information they need, like to sources or data and contribute where they feel they can add value.
The wiki currently includes information on mentoring and coaching, low cost training options, executive development, individual development plans, training evaluations, collaboration and leveraging new technologies.
OPM plans to add pages to the wiki on supervisory training, pre-supervisory development and succession planning to help agencies required to comply with revised training regulations. Users are encourages to comment, edit and add pages, OPM said.
"The Federal Training and Development Wiki is another example of how OPM employees are innovating every day," OPM Director John Berry said in a press release. "The Wiki improves efficiency and best practices for agencies by providing a forum to share ideas and training tools. This will help agencies address their learning and development needs to best support the mission and career success of federal employees."
Brittany Ballenstedt
Brittany Ballenstedt writes Nextgov's Wired Workplace blog, which delves into the issues facing employees who work in the federal information technology sector. Before joining Nextgov, Brittany covered federal pay and benefits issues as a staff correspondent for Government Executive and served as an associate editor for National Journal's Technology Daily. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Mansfield University and originally hails from Pennsylvania. She currently lives near Travis Air Force Base, Calif., where her husband is stationed.
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