(a) The head of each agency, at least once every three years, shall review the needs of his agency for the training of its employees. The Director of Personnel, on request of any agency, may assist the agency with the review. Information obtained or developed in a review shall be made available to the Director of Personnel at his request.
(b) Each agency shall report annually to the Director of Personnel, at such times and in such form as the Director prescribes, on its programs and plans for the training of employees under this subchapter. The report shall set forth—
(1) such information concerning the expenditures of the agency in connection with training as the Director of Personnel considers appropriate;
(2) the name of each employee of the agency who, during the period covered by this report, received training by, in, or through a nongovernment facility; the grade, title, and primary duties of the position held by the employee; the name of the nongovernment facility from which the training was received; the nature, length, and cost of the training to the Government; and the relationship of the training to official duties;
(3) a statement concerning the value to the agency of the training;
(4) estimates of the extent to which economies and improved operations have resulted from the training; and
(5) such other information as the agency or the Director of Personnel considers appropriate.