Service Providers Consortium: NTIS

About National Technical Information Service (NTIS)

Website: http://www.ntis.gov/services/egov/etraining.asp

The National Technical Information Service, within the Department of Commerce has more than sixty years of experience providing information products and services to government agencies and the private sector.

We take pride in being a responsive and responsible organization with a unique difference - statutory authority to enter into business arrangements, thus enhancing our ability to support the missions of our Federal agency clients. (15USC.7704B)

Under this authority, NTIS has entered into joint venture partnerships with leaders in the e-Training community to bring Federal agencies innovative solutions and educational programs.

Together, our expertise covers a wide range of e-learning services, including:

• Distant Learning and Knowledge Management Solutions
  • Design
  • Development
  • Implementation
• Interactive Multimedia Instruction
• Course Evaluation, Needs Analysis
• Survey and Capture Job Tasks for Curriculum Development and Test Creation
• Provide All Training Evaluation from Reaction Level 1 to Organizational Impact Level 4
• Web-Based Training Technologies
• Web Conferencing
• Secure Government Agency Web-Hosting
• Help Desk Support - Levels 1, 2, 3
• Registration, Tracking and Reporting

For a full list of authorized NTIS Joint Venture Partners, go to http://www.ntis.gov/services/egov/e-train_partners.asp.

Getting Started

NTIS has supplied high-volume e-Learning infrastructure and content to Federal Agencies since 1998. NTIS provides all services associated with the setup and operation of partner's LMS in hosted and self-hosted environments. NTIS provides program management, secure onsite hosting, delivery of training, Levels 1,2,3 Help Desk and registration support, tracking and reporting for Government Agencies.

It's as simple as writing an Interagency Agreement or Memorandum of Understanding to get started. For more information, write to etrain@ntis.gov or call 703-605-6800.

NTIS is mandated by Congress to operate on a self-sustaining basis by charging appropriate fees for access to and use of its information products. In accordance with its Congressional mandate to develop new methods and media for disseminating information and to cooperate with other Federal information programs, NTIS has also developed a sophisticated suite of services that help other agencies meet the information needs of their own constituents.