Multiple Employment Training Programs: Major Overhaul Needed to Reduce
Costs, Streamline the Bureaucracy, and Improve Results (Testimony,
01/10/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-53).

This testimony discusses the many problems with the current fragmented
"system" of federal employment training assistance. Although many of the
programs have admirable goals, collectively these add unnecessary
administrative costs and confuse and frustrate clients, employers, and
administrators. These problems have raised concerns about the efficiency
of the current system. Additionally, many agencies do not know whether
their programs actually help people get jobs. Thus, the effectiveness of
these programs is also in question. This situation convinces GAO that a
major overhaul and consolidation of the programs is needed to create an
effective and efficient employment training system.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-HEHS-95-53
     TITLE:  Multiple Employment Training Programs: Major Overhaul 
             Needed to Reduce Costs, Streamline the Bureaucracy, and
             Improve Results
      DATE:  01/10/95
   SUBJECT:  Administrative costs
             Employment or training programs
             Disadvantaged persons
             Aid for training or employment
             Data collection operations
             Vocational education
             Interagency relations
             Education program evaluation
             Aid to families with dependent children
IDENTIFIER:  Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program
             Job Training Partnership Act Program
             JTPA
             JOBS Program
             Food Stamp Employment and Training Program
             AFDC
             HUD Family Self-Sufficiency Program
             Trade Adjustment Assistance Program
             
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