The Four Pillars: How CPARS, DCMA, FAR, and the PWS Together Grade Your Training Program Every federal training contract operates […]
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Beyond the Checkbox
Why most training programs measure the wrong thing By Adam J. McLean, PhD — Founder & Principal, McLean Performance Group […]
June 2, 2026
Why Most Federal Training Contractors Earn Satisfactory CPARS
Satisfactory CPARS means you delivered what the contract asked. Exceptional CPARS means you delivered what the government wishes more contractors would deliver. The architecture beneath the rating is what separates
June 2, 2026
The Gap Beneath the Mandatories
Mandatory training is not the same as competence. Joint Commission tracer methodology and nursing competency validation reveal the gap most healthcare organizations have not closed — the gap that surfaces
June 2, 2026
The mandatory training stack is the government's content — its course, its certificate. So where does a contractor add value above record-keeping? In three places, each one a recurring federal-contract…
A surveyor asks for one record, on one employee, on one date, and starts the clock. If producing it takes phone calls and three systems, the training happened but the…