Department of Labor: Opportunities to Realize Savings (Testimony,
01/18/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-55).

Congress is considering budget reductions and rescissions affecting the
Labor Department. Although about two-thirds of Labor's 1995 budget of
$34.3 billion is earmarked for mandatory spending on income maintenance
programs, GAO testified that several employment training programs--the
Job Training Partnership Act Title IIC Program for Disadvantaged Youth,
Job Corps program, and Title III (Economic Dislocation and Worker
Adjustment Assistance Act)--might be candidates for budget review. These
programs have either received increases in fiscal year 1995 funding,
have had some concerns raised about their effectiveness, or have
demonstrated difficulty in spending prior year allocations. They
represent sizable investments in socially laudable objectives and the
total funding for these programs is only a fraction of resources needed
to serve the entire eligible population. Nevertheless, they may warrant
review during these difficult budgetary times. In addition, other
reductions may be considered through congressional deliberation on
proposals to consolidate federal job training programs, repealing the
Davis-Bacon and Service Contract Acts, not renewing the Targeted Jobs
Tax Credit program, and implementing administrative changes for
enforcing the Employment Retirement and Income Security Act.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-HEHS-95-55
     TITLE:  Department of Labor: Opportunities to Realize Savings
      DATE:  01/18/95
   SUBJECT:  Employment or training programs
             Aid for training or employment
             Labor law
             Income maintenance programs
             Disadvantaged persons
             Tax credit
             Budget cuts
             Unemployment compensation programs
             Administrative costs
             Cost effectiveness analysis
IDENTIFIER:  Job Training Partnership Act Program
             JTPA
             JTPA Dislocated Worker Program
             DOL Job Corps Program
             DOL Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance 
             Program
             Targeted Jobs Tax Credit Program
             DOL Training for Disadvantaged Youth Program
             
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