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andrewb610[/url]":1ib27hts]The problem I see is that the mandatory government IA training in all areas is terrible. It becomes to most employees just another process of getting a PDF certificate so that you don't get a wag of the finger from your supervisor. The mentality behind the need for training, then the training itself has to change before any progress will really be made. Unfortunately, it took incidents like this push a mentality change.

The training is one of the the things I most certainly don't miss from my days as a government employee*. Even when they come up with an effective training course, they end up replacing it a year or two later with something terrible. I got in the habit of using the text-only disability versions so I can run through it faster instead of dealing with their annoying flash crap.

* There's not a whole lot I actually do miss. It was a pretty miserable job for a technical worker.