Department of Labor: Challenges in Ensuring Workforce Development and WorkerProtection. Statement of Carlotta C. Joyner, Director Education and Employment Issues, Health, Education, and Human Services Division

摘要

We are pleased to be here today to discuss the challenges faced by the Departmentof Labor in carring out its mission in a cost-efficient and effective fashion. Today, I would like to discuss two major challenges Labor faces in achieving its mission: first, providing effective employment training programs that meet the diverse needs of its target populations in a cost-efficient manner and, second, ensuring worker protection within a flexible regulatory structure. In addition, I want to discuss how Labor's ability to meet these challenges would be enhanced by the improved management envisioned by recent legislation. In summary, although Labor has historically been the focal point for workforce development activities, it faces the challenge of meeting those goals within the context of an uncoordinated system of multiple employment training program operated by numerous departments and agencies.