Veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS) Needs to Strengthen Management Controls Over the Transition Assistance Program (TAP)
Veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS) Needs to Strengthen Management Controls Over the Transition Assistance Program (TAP)

Author: Elliot P. Lewis

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2011-05

Total Pages: 31

ISBN-13: 1437942415

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A performance audit of the VETS management controls over the TAP. TAP was established in 1990 to provide employment assistance -- such as resume preparation and interviewing techniques -- to separating and retiring military personnel and their spouses during their period of transition from military service to the civilian workplace. Due to the severe economic recession, the unemployment rate of separating and retiring military personnel rose from 9.8% in 2009 to 11.8% in 2010. The rate of unemployment among returning soldiers aged 18-24 is 22%. This audit answers the question: Did VETS' TAP have effective management controls to ensure it provided employment assistance to vets? Charts and tables. A print on demand pub.

The Transition Assistance Program
The Transition Assistance Program

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Education, Training, and Employment

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13:

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Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.

Transition Assistance Program
Transition Assistance Program

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Education, Training, and Employment

Publisher:

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13:

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This document records oral and written testimony from witnesses at a congressional hearing on the implementation of the Transition Assistance Program, designed to help veterans make the transition to civilian life. Witnesses included the assistant secretary of labor for veterans' affairs, assistant secretaries of various branches of the armed services, three congressional representatives, and several officers of veterans' organizations. During the testimony, witnesses stated that about 330,000 military service veterans passed through the Transition Assistance Program. They also outlined employment and job placement services that have been set up through the program. A list of training programs and their purposes is included. Also included is a large quantity of material submitted for the record consisting of written committee questions and their responses from the various government departments and other organizations involved. (KC)

Transition Assistance Program
Transition Assistance Program

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Education, Training, and Employment

Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13:

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This congressional hearing reviews the continuing implementation of sections 1142, 1143, and 1144 of Title 10, United States Code, and section 1418(a) of Title 38, the Transition Assistance Program to assist servicemembers separating from the Armed Forces as a result of downsizing. Testimony includes statements, prepared statements, and written committee questions and their response from U.S. Representatives and individuals representing the following: AMVETS; South Carolina Employment Security Commission; Disabled American Veterans; Paralyzed Veterans of America; U.S. Navy; Department of Veterans Affairs; U.S. Army; New York Department of Labor; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States; Maryland Department of Economic and Employment Development; U.S. Marine Corps; Fleet Reserve Association; U.S. Air Force; Department of Labor; and Department of Defense. (YLB)