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13 FAM 602.2

TRAINING FOR CONTRACTORS

(CT:TPD-1; 09-18-2019)
(Office of Origin: FSI)

13 FAM 602.2-1 Authority

(CT:TPD-1; 09-18-2019)
(Uniform State/USAID)
(Applies to Foreign Service and Civil Service Employees)

a. Section 701 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4021), as amended, authorizes the training of U.S. citizens under contract to provide services to the U.S. Government or to any employee thereof that is performing such services (i.e., third-party contractors), by the Foreign Service Institute (FSI).

b. This section does not apply to personal services contractors (PSCs) for whom it is considered an employer-employee relationship exists. For FSI training purposes, State PSCs should be handled in the same manner as State employees.

13 FAM 602.2-2 Policy

(CT:TPD-1; 09-18-2019)
(Uniform State/USAID)
(Applies to Foreign Service and Civil Service Employees

a. It is the policy of the Department of State and FSI that the provision of training for contractors is on a space-available, reimbursable basis.

b. It is the policy of FSI that tuition charges for courses it designates as State-specific can be waived for State contractors.

c. In all cases, any request for State/FSI-provided or -funded training for a contractor must be approved by the contracting officer responsible for the contract covering that contractor (see 13 FAH-1).

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