---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 412.102"
title: "5"
number: "412.102"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/412.102"
---

# §412.102. Purpose.

- (a) This part implements for supervisors, managers, and executives the provisions of 5 U.S.C. chapter 41, related to training, and [5 U.S.C. 3396](/usc/5/3396.md), related to the criteria for programs of systematic development of candidates for the SES and the continuing development of SES members.
- (b) This part identifies a continuum of leadership development, starting with supervisory positions and proceeding through management and executive positions Governmentwide. For this reason, this part provides requirements by which agencies:
  - (1) Develop the competencies needed by supervisors, managers, and executives;
  - (2) Provide learning through continuing development and training in the context of succession planning; and
  - (3) Foster a broad agency and Governmentwide perspective to prepare individuals for advancement, thus supplying the agency and the Government with an adequate number of well-prepared and qualified candidates to fill leadership positions.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1103(c)(2)(C), 3396, 3397, and ch. 41.

### Source

Source: 74 FR 65388, Dec. 10, 2009, unless otherwise noted.