Multiple Employment Training Programs: Basic Program Data Often Missing
(Testimony, 09/28/94, GAO/T-HEHS-94-239).

By GAO's count, at least 154 federal programs administered by 14
agencies provide about $25 billion in employment training assistance. To
get the most from this investment, administrators need to know how well
their programs are working to help participants transition into the
workforce. However, GAO testified that agencies lack the information
they need to adequately track who is served or determine program
results. Most agencies do not collect information on participant
outcomes nor do they conduct studies of program effectiveness or impact.
These are necessary to know whether their programs are providing
assistance that helps participants get jobs or whether the participants
would likely have found the same types of jobs without federal
assistance. Further, GAO also found that agencies often lacked such
basic data as the number of participants served or their demographic
characteristics.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-HEHS-94-239
     TITLE:  Multiple Employment Training Programs: Basic Program Data 
             Often Missing
      DATE:  09/28/94
   SUBJECT:  Employment or training programs
             Disadvantaged persons
             Monitoring
             Aid for training or employment
             Statistical data
             Data collection operations
             Vocational education
             Education program evaluation
             Accountability

             
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