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(3)    review all departmental training policies and management
arrangements;

(4)    coordinate both in-service (including inter-agency) and "out-
side" training programs among the State agencies.

(f)    Establishment of Training Program

(1)    The head of each department, agency or institution shall file
with the Commissioner, a manpower plan by July 1, 1970, and annu-
ally thereafter, composed of at least the following:

(a)    a detailed five-year projection of manpower needs by job
family plus an estimated ten-year projection,

(b)    an analysis of availability of the projected needs,

(c)    the agencies intended actions and recommendations to meet
the manpower projections.

(2)    The head of each department, agency, and institution shall
inform all employees and the Commissioner in writing by January 1,
1969 of:

(a)    the policies and management arrangements which are to
govern the training of employees in the department,

(b)    the purpose for which the employee training will be given,

(c)    the names of those employees assigned training responsibili-
ties within the department, plus a description of the responsibilities
of each employee so named.

(3)     The head of each department shall also take such administra-
tive action as is necessary to insure that:

(a)    the department's organizational and administrative provi-
sions for employee training are adequate;

(b)    information, with respect to the general conduct of the de-
partment's training program, is maintained on a current basis;

(c)    each employee in his agency has adequate career development
opportunities.

(g)    Selection and Assignment of Trainees

(1)    In selecting employees for training, the following shall be
considered:

(a)    need for training, and if applicable, the employee's potential
for assuming more responsible duties;

(b)    extent to which the employee's knowledge, skills, and atti-
tudes are likely to be improved by training;

(c)    extent to which the employee is believed to be willing and
able to instruct other employees in his newly acquired knowledge and
skills;

(d)    length of training, cost of training, and expected benefits to
the department and the State of Maryland.

(2)    All employee training, taken on official time, must be con-
sidered part of the employee's regularly assigned duties and his per-
formance will be rated accordingly.