The Four Pillars
The Four Pillars: How CPARS, DCMA, FAR, and the PWS Together Grade Your Training Program Every federal training contract operates […]
Mandatory Federal Training
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 failure mode that quietly costs CPARS ratings.
The Two-Minute Test: Operational Defensibility in Federal Training Programs
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 program isn’t defensible — here’s the test, and three questions you can run on your own program today.
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 in adverse events, lawsuits, and CMS surveys.
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 them.
Beyond the Checkbox
Why most training programs measure the wrong thing By Adam J. McLean, PhD — Founder & Principal, McLean Performance Group