GAO Documents
GAO Documents

Author: United States. General Accounting Office

Publisher:

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13:

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Catalog of reports, decisions and opinions, testimonies and speeches.

Employment Training
Employment Training

Author: Sigurd R. Nilsen

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1997-08

Total Pages: 49

ISBN-13: 0788146823

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Identifies and examines six successful employment training projects, providing a variety of geographic locations, client populations, program sizes, and funding sources. All of the projects meet the established criteria of having outstanding results in enabling their graduates to attain self-sufficiency, measured by performance indicators such as completion rates, job placement, and retention rates. Discusses the characteristics, structure, and outcomes of each project and identifies the common strategies for success shared by the projects. Includes comments from the Dept. of Labor and a bibliography.

Hearings on Proposed Amendments to the Job Training Partnership Act
Hearings on Proposed Amendments to the Job Training Partnership Act

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities

Publisher:

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13:

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This document records the oral and written testimony of persons testifying at Congressional hearings about proposed amendments to change and improve the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) of 1982. Witnesses testifying and/or presenting written testimony at the hearings included several Representatives, the Secretary of Labor (Lynn Martin), and representatives of local JTPA programs, Private Industry Councils, literacy programs, unions, and public agencies in the New Jersey and Pennsylvania areas. Witnesses said that there is concern about lack of oversight and fraud in the program, but that audits have found the actual incidence of fraud to be very small. Witnesses also stressed that the program has been successful and that more complicated government regulations could do more harm than good. Changes were suggested to allow the program to serve more than the "cream" of the eligible population, and additional funding was proposed to expand JTPA services to more than the 5 percent that are presently being served. More stringent and specific performance standards were also advocated. (KC)