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• House Approves FMA-Endorsed Supervisor Training Legislation - December 16, 2025

• On December 16, the House of Representatives approved the Federal Supervisor Education Act of 2025 (H.R. 5810), legislation aimed at improving supervisor training in the federal workforce. The bill is sponsored by Rep. William Timmons (R-SC), a member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

  FMA has long supported efforts to enhance training for managers, saying, "An agency’s ability to meet its mission directly correlates to the quality of workforce management. There is a clear need for training if a manager is to be fully successful. Too often, if an agency promotes an individual to managerial status based on technical prowess, but then fails to develop the individual’s supervisory skills, that agency then severely jeopardizes its capability to deliver the level of service the American public expects and does a disservice to both the manager and to the employees supervised by that inadequately developed manager."

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