About FDA
Total number of Office of Surveillance and Biometrics (OSB) employees who completed training events in the month (1)
Dictionary: FDA recognizes that in order to stay current with rapidly evolving science and health information, it must institute a strong training culture across the agency. This measure tracks total training attendance throughout the fiscal year. If an individual attends multiple training events/courses in a single month, the individual is counted more than once in order to deliver a depiction of overall training attendance. Training events are categorized by technical, management/leadership, professional development or administrative training events, and are determined by the audience they serve (e.g., a scientist attending a writing skills course would be grouped under professional development while a writer attending a writing skills course would be grouped under technical).
Information is current as of December 31, 2012
Fiscal Year - 2013
| Time | Target | Number |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2012 | N/A | 66 |
| Nov 2012 | N/A | 149 |
| Dec 2012 | N/A | 86 |
| Jan 2013 | N/A | TBD |
| Feb 2013 | N/A | TBD |
| Mar 2013 | N/A | TBD |
| Apr 2013 | N/A | TBD |
| May 2013 | N/A | TBD |
| Jun 2013 | N/A | TBD |
| Jul 2013 | N/A | TBD |
| Aug 2013 | N/A | TBD |
| Sep 2013 | N/A | TBD |
FY 2013 YTD: 301
Footnotes
- (1) Training data may underestimate external training.
Total number of OSB employees who completed technical training events in the month (2)
The total number of individuals attending technical training events/courses in a month is included in this measure. Technical training is defined as curricula that focus on refreshing and improving specialized skills that FDA personnel need in order to maintain a current workforce. The definition of “technical” varies with job function; FDA has a workforce with groups specializing in highly specific disciplines (i.e. toxicology, policy, engineering, etc.).
Fiscal Year - 2013
| Time | Target | Number |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2012 | N/A | 8 |
| Nov 2012 | N/A | 127 |
| Dec 2012 | N/A | 69 |
| Jan 2013 | N/A | TBD |
| Feb 2013 | N/A | TBD |
| Mar 2013 | N/A | TBD |
| Apr 2013 | N/A | TBD |
| May 2013 | N/A | TBD |
| Jun 2013 | N/A | TBD |
| Jul 2013 | N/A | TBD |
| Aug 2013 | N/A | TBD |
| Sep 2013 | N/A | TBD |
FY 2013 YTD: 204
Footnotes
- (2) Technical training includes legal, science, and regulatory training courses.
Total number of OSB employees who completed management/leadership training events in the month
The total number of individuals attending management/leadership training events/courses in a month is included in this measure. Training courses that focus on improving employees’ leadership, management, and team building skills are included within this training classification.
Fiscal Year - 2013
| Time | Target | Number |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2012 | N/A | 6 |
| Nov 2012 | N/A | 10 |
| Dec 2012 | N/A | 11 |
| Jan 2013 | N/A | TBD |
| Feb 2013 | N/A | TBD |
| Mar 2013 | N/A | TBD |
| Apr 2013 | N/A | TBD |
| May 2013 | N/A | TBD |
| Jun 2013 | N/A | TBD |
| Jul 2013 | N/A | TBD |
| Aug 2013 | N/A | TBD |
| Sep 2013 | N/A | TBD |
FY 2013 YTD: 27
Total number of OSB employees who completed professional development training events in the month (3)
The total number of individuals attending professional development training events/courses in a month is included in this measure. Professional development training is defined as events/courses that focus on attaining skills and knowledge for personal development and career advancement (e.g., communication, computer applications, certifications/licenses, etc.).
Fiscal Year - 2013
| Time | Target | Number |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2012 | N/A | 52 |
| Nov 2012 | N/A | 12 |
| Dec 2012 | N/A | 6 |
| Jan 2013 | N/A | TBD |
| Feb 2013 | N/A | TBD |
| Mar 2013 | N/A | TBD |
| Apr 2013 | N/A | TBD |
| May 2013 | N/A | TBD |
| Jun 2013 | N/A | TBD |
| Jul 2013 | N/A | TBD |
| Aug 2013 | N/A | TBD |
| Sep 2013 | N/A | TBD |
FY 2013 YTD: 70
Footnotes
- (3) Administrative training data is included in professional development. Administrative training includes courses such as ethics, timekeeping, payroll, typical on-boarding, etc. CDRH is unable to separate these categories at this time.
Glossary
Note: The data provided on this website is produced on an ongoing basis for performance management purposes and is subject to change due to updates of preliminary estimates, corrections, or other reasons. In addition, FDA may change the type or amount of data provided on this website at any time. Information marked as "Completed" may include measures and/or key projects for which activities are ongoing but no longer tracked as part of FDA-TRACK.
