ERIC Number: ED240310
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1983
Pages: 706
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Implementation of the Job Training Partnership Act. Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-Eighth Congress, First Session (July 12, 14, and August 2, 1983).
Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Operations.
These Congressional hearings contain testimony dealing with the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Included among those persons providing testimony at the hearings were representatives of the following agencies and organizations: the National Governors' Association, the Department of Labor, the Office of Management and Budget, the National Commission for Employment Policy, the National Association of Counties, the National Alliance of Business, the National Association of Private Industry Councils, the AFL-CIO, and the Cumberland County Training Resource Center of Portland, Maine. The focus of the testimony was on various aspects of the implementation and evaluation of the JTPA, including the nature and extent of state and local governmental action in implementing the act, the development and use of interstate supportive structures to consolidate the program, the role of private industry councils (PICs) in implementing the act, and the development and utilization of performance standards to assess the effectiveness of JTPA programs. (MN)
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Educational Legislation, Employment Programs, Evaluation Criteria, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Financial Problems, Government Role, Job Training, Program Administration, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation, Public Policy
Publication Type: Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials; Opinion Papers
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Operations.
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Job Training Partnership Act 1982
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A