[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 80 (Monday, April 28, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 17525-17527]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07369]
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Executive Order 14278 of April 23, 2025
Preparing Americans for High-Paying Skilled Trade
Jobs of the Future
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, it is hereby ordered:
Section 1. Purpose. To maximize my Administration's
historic investments in America's reindustrialization
and economic growth, my Administration will fully equip
the American worker to produce world-class products and
implement world-leading technologies. My Administration
will also consolidate and streamline fragmented Federal
workforce development programs that are too
disconnected from propelling workers into secure, well-
paying, and high-need American jobs.
Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of the United States
to optimize and target Federal investments in workforce
development to align with our country's
reindustrialization needs and equip American workers to
fill the growing demand for skilled trades and other
occupations. My Administration will further protect and
strengthen Registered Apprenticeships and build on
their successes to seize new opportunities and unlock
the limitless potential of the American worker.
Sec. 3. Comprehensive Worker Investment and Development
Strategy. Within 90 days of the date of this order, the
Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Commerce, and the
Secretary of Education shall review all Federal
workforce development programs and submit to the
Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget a
report setting forth strategies to help the American
worker. That report shall identify the following:
(a) Opportunities to integrate systems and realign
resources to address critical workforce needs and in-
demand skills of emerging industries and companies
investing in the United States as determined, to the
extent permissible by law, by prospective employers.
The report shall include:
(i) administrative reforms to agency policies and programmatic
requirements;
(ii) process improvements to better the experience for program
participants; and
(iii) recommendations to further restructure and consolidate programs.
(b) Federal workforce development and education
programs, or related spending within these programs,
that are ineffective or otherwise fail to achieve their
desired outcomes. Each identified program should be
accompanied by a proposal to reform the program,
redirect its funding, or eliminate it.
(c) Available statutory authorities to promote
innovation and system integration in pursuit of better
employment and earnings outcomes for program
participants.
(d) Opportunities to invest in the upskilling of
incumbent workers to meet rapidly evolving skill
demands of their industries, including the use of
Artificial Intelligence in the workplace.
(e) Strategies to identify alternative credentials
and assessments to the 4-year college degree that can
be mapped to the specific skill needs of prospective
employers.
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(f) Efficiencies to streamline information
collection, including through:
(i) harmonizing performance measures;
(ii) reducing the burden on grantees; and
(iii) ensuring that performance outcomes are measured using the most
reliable data sources.
Sec. 4. Expanding Registered Apprenticeships. Within
120 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of
Labor, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of
Education shall submit to the Assistant to the
President for Domestic Policy and the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget a plan to reach and
surpass 1 million new active apprentices. That plan
shall identify the following:
(a) Avenues to expand Registered Apprenticeships to
new industries and occupations, including high-growth
and emerging sectors.
(b) Measures to scale this proven model across the
country, improve its efficiency, and provide consistent
support to program participants.
(c) Opportunities, including through the Carl D.
Perkins Career and Technical Education (Perkins V) Act
and Federal student aid, to enhance connections between
the education system and Registered Apprenticeships.
Sec. 5. Delivering Unprecedented Transparency and
Accountability. The Secretary of Labor, the Secretary
of Commerce, and the Secretary of Education shall
improve transparency on the performance outcomes of
workforce development programs and credentials
supported through Federal investments, including
earnings and employment data, for all Federal workforce
development programs.
Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order
shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of
appropriations.
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(c) This order is not intended to, and does not,
create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,
enforceable at law or in equity by any party against
the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any
other person.
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