U.S. General Accounting Office

Survey of Supervisors at U.S. Attorneys' Offices (GAO-04-616SP)

Training - Continued

58.
In your opinion, how relevant has the content of the courses offered over the past 2 years by the NAC been to the work performed by the Assistant U.S. Attorneys in your unit?
(Check only one answer.)
1. Highly relevant
2. Generally relevant
3. Generally irrelevant
4. Very irrelevant
5. No basis to judge

59.
How are you kept informed of the training opportunities available through the NAC?
(CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)
1. Hardcopy training information provided by NAC, such as course catalogs
2. Course information posted to a web site
3. Oral briefings or video presentations from NAC
4. Electronic information from NAC
5. Information provided by EOUSA in hardcopy or electronic format
6. Memorandum or other written material from your U.S. Attorney's office
7. Electronic information from your U.S. Attorney's office
8. Oral briefings or video presentations from your U.S. Attorney's office
9. Other - (Please explain below.)
10. None of the above. I am not kept informed of these training opportunities.

 
If you answered "Other" above, please indicate how you are kept informed.

60.
To what extent, if at all, do you consider each of the following to be reasons for not taking courses offered by the NAC?
(Check one in each row.)
    Very great extent Great extent Moderate extent Some or little extent No extent No basis to judge
60a.
Certain courses are offered too infrequently
60b.
The ongoing caseload is too heavy to take time for training courses
60c.
There is not sufficient staff to cover the Assistant U.S. Attorney's workload while taking courses
60d.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys are reluctant to take time away from casework for training
60e.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys do not always see how the courses can benefit their work
60f.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys are reluctant to take courses based on less than satisfactory experiences with courses previously taken from the National Advocacy Center
60g.
Travel time to training location is excessive
60h.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys need not comply with Continuing Legal Education requirements set by a state bar
60i.
Other - Please explain below
   

 
Please indicate any other reasons below.

61.
Please provide any comments or suggestions you might have to improve the training offered to Assistant U.S. Attorneys.

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