when i worked for the government (as a contractor) there were endless training requirements. everyone had to undergo:
safety training
operational security training
computer security training
counter terrorism training
laser safety training
electro static discharge awareness training
human trafficking awareness training
security training…

this list is not at all comprehensive and several of these had to be done more than once a year. every single year. the solution the government came up with is to have a web based briefing with a test. these are time consuming and not necessarily well written and they keep the workforce from focusing on their mission (say, killing terrorists).

it was not at all uncommon to have someone print out and distribute the web based test with the correct answers circled so the mind numbing task of taking training one has had countless times in the past could be quickly dispatched.

the problem is that while all of this is actually important for most people in the workforce to be trained up on, the sheer volume and low quality of the training materials very understandably causes everyone involved not to take it seriously. the alternative to the web based training is to have everyone sit in a physical briefing while the junior person on the totem pole gives a canned power point presentation presentation, usually without any real enthusiasm. at least with the web based approach one can fit it in when it is convenient.

this doesn’t even get into the problems that arise when your flash isn’t up to date or you are using firefox and the training won’t work. or you are using a mac and the training uses some active-x extension and then you have to figure out why you can’t take the VERY IMPORTANT training that everybody must complete by close of business or higher ups will be very displeased.

i have no idea how to solve this but as time marches on, more and more training requirements are added on.