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Download full textNilsen, Sigurd R. – US General Accounting Office, 2004
To help close gaps between employee skills and employer needs, both federal- and state-funded programs are providing training and helping employers find qualified employees. In 2002, states raised revenues from taxes levied on employers to fund their own programs. This study examined how many states used employer taxes to fund their own employment…
Descriptors: State Aid, Federal Aid, Financial Support, Taxes
Nilsen, Sigurd R. – 2000
The Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) administers programs and activities designed to help veterans obtain employment and training assistance. By establishing one-stop centers for employment services, the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) affects how VETS serves veterans. VETS has made some progress and improvements with regard to its…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Nilsen, Sigurd R. – 2002
Coordination between Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)-related programs and Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA)'s one-stop centers increased since spring 2000, when WIA was first implemented. Nearly all states reported some coordination between the programs at either the state or the local level. Most often, coordination took one…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Planning, Coordination
Nilsen, Sigurd R. – 2002
A study assessed whether the Department of Labor's (DOL's) information on states' Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) spending was a true reflection of states' available funds. The most recent available spending data from DOL and the 50 states were analyzed. Interviews were conducted with state workforce officials in nine states, local…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Compliance (Legal), Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Services
Nilsen, Sigurd R. – 2002
Directors of 505 local workforce investment boards (WIBs) nationwide were surveyed to understand implementation status, linkages with education, and factors affecting implementation of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998. Findings indicated nearly all local WIBs established a youth council and a network of youth service providers; local…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Coordination
Nilsen, Sigurd R. – 2000
A study was conducted to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of federally funded work force development programs, such as employment and training programs. Information, including budget data for fiscal years 1999 and 2000, was gathered on federally funded employment and training programs for which a key program goal is providing assistance…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Cost Effectiveness, Employment Programs
Nilsen, Sigurd R. – 2001
An evaluation was conducted to assess progress in implementing the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 (which sought to streamline the delivery of employment and training services) during its first full year ending in June 2001. Data were gathered through contact with 12 national associations representing state and local implementers, visits to…
Descriptors: Adults, Agency Cooperation, Career Centers, Compliance (Legal)
Nilsen, Sigurd R. – 2003
A study assessed the formulas used to distribute funds to the states under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) 1998. It identified mismatches that might exist between the formulas and WIA's program goals and populations served and identified where the formulas are most vulnerable to wide fluctuations in funding levels from year to year. Issues…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Dislocated Workers, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Finance
Nilsen, Sigurd R. – 2001
In an effort to assess what progress states and localities are making in implementation of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998, a study identified three issues of particular concern: (1) mandatory partners' participation in the one-stops; (2) job seekers' ability to receive enhanced choices for training; and (3) private-sector participation…
Descriptors: Adults, Agency Cooperation, Career Centers, Compliance (Legal)
Nilsen, Sigurd R. – 2001
The General Accounting Office (GAO) reviewed the performance measurement system of the Department of Labor's (DOL's) Veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS), which administers programs and activities designed to help veterans obtain employment and training assistance. The GAO review focused on the following items: VETS' proposed…
Descriptors: Accountability, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Employment Services
Nilsen, Sigurd R. – 2001
A study reviewed the efficiency and effectiveness of the Department of Labor's (DOL's) Veterans' Employment and Training Service's (VETS's) administration of the Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program (DVOP) and Local Veterans' Employment Representative (LVER) program. While veterans received priority employment services at one-stop centers, VETS did…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Centers, Data Collection, Disabilities
Nilsen, Sigurd R. – 2002
A study assessed effectiveness of Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 performance measures. Data were from a survey of WIA program administrators in 50 states; visits to 5 states; interviews with labor officials and national associations representing state and local workforce development officials; and a document review. Findings indicate…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Data Collection, Dislocated Workers, Employment Services
