(1) In addition to other powers and duties specified in this chapter, the department of enterprise services in consultation with the office of financial management shall:

Terms Used In Washington Code 41.06.400

  • Agency: means an office, department, board, commission, or other separate unit or division, however designated, of the state government and all personnel thereof; it includes any unit of state government established by law, the executive officer or members of which are either elected or appointed, upon which the statutes confer powers and impose duties in connection with operations of either a governmental or proprietary nature. See Washington Code 41.06.020
  • Career development: means the progressive development of employee capabilities to facilitate productivity, job satisfaction, and upward mobility through work assignments as well as education and training that are both state-sponsored and are achieved by individual employee efforts, all of which shall be consistent with the needs and obligations of the state and its agencies. See Washington Code 41.06.020
  • Department: means an agency of government that has as its governing officer a person, or combination of persons such as a commission, board, or council, by law empowered to operate the agency responsible either to (a) no other public officer or (b) the governor. See Washington Code 41.06.020
  • Training: means activities designed to develop job-related knowledge and skills of employees. See Washington Code 41.06.020
(a) By rule, prescribe the purpose and minimum standards for training and career development programs and, in so doing, regularly consult with and consider the needs of individual agencies and employees;
(b) Provide training and career development programs which may be conducted more efficiently and economically on an interagency basis;
(c) Promote interagency sharing of resources for training and career development;
(d) Monitor and review the impact of training and career development programs to ensure that the responsibilities of the state to provide equal employment opportunities are diligently carried out.
(2) At an agency‘s request, the department of enterprise services may provide training and career development programs for an agency’s internal use which may be conducted more efficiently and economically by the department of enterprise services.

NOTES:

Effective datePurpose2011 1st sp.s. c 43: See notes following RCW 43.19.003.
Short titleHeadings, captions not lawSeverabilityEffective dates2002 c 354: See RCW 41.80.907 through 41.80.910.
Severability1980 c 118: See note following RCW 41.06.010.