The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the U.S. Department of Education want your feedback on WIOA implementation. DOL's Blog recently highlighted the need for feedback from those in the field.
Excerpt from the DOL Blog:
[T]he system works best when we’re all committed to improving it. As we progress toward implementing WIOA, we’re asking for your feedback. The proposed rules from the Labor and Education departments are currently available for public inspection via the Federal Register. The comment period will open later this month and the public will have 60 days from then to offer thoughts or suggestions on how we build a better workforce system. Please take the time to speak up and participate in the process.
We’ve made enormous progress over the last several years to dig out of the recession and build a stronger, more resilient economy. WIOA will help us maintain that momentum in the years to come.
Please take this opportunity to share your feedback. You can also share feedback privately with me at michaelcruse74@gmail.com. I will then share our collective feedback as a group, once the comment period begins.
Mike
Comments
The comment period for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act begins today, April 16th and will remain open until June 15th, 2015. You can read more about the proposed rulemaking, and instructions for submitting comments at the Federal Register's website.
Below is an excerpt from the Register:
The Department of Labor (DOL) is proposing, through rulemaking, to implement titles I and III of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA). Through these regulations, the Department proposes to implement job training system reform and strengthen the workforce investment system of the nation to put Americans, particularly those individuals with barriers to employment, back to work and make the United States more competitive in the 21st Century. This proposed rule intends to provide guidance for statewide and local workforce investment systems that increase the employment, retention and earnings of participants, and increase occupational skill attainment by participants, and as a result, improve the quality of the workforce, reduce welfare dependency, and enhance the productivity and competitiveness of the nation.
You may submit comments, identified by docket number ETA-2015-0001, for Regulatory Information Number (RIN) 1205-AB73, by one of the following methods:Show citation box
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the Web site instructions for submitting comments.
Mail and hand delivery/courier: Written comments, disk, and CD-ROM submissions may be mailed to Adele Gagliardi, Administrator, Office of Policy Development and Research, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room N-5641, Washington, DC 20210.
Instructions: Label all submissions with “RIN 1205-AB73.”
Please submit your comments by only one method. Please be advised that the Department will post all comments received that related to this NPRM on http://www.regulations.gov without making any change to the comments or redacting any information. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site is the Federal e-rulemaking portal and all comments posted there are available and accessible to the public. Therefore, the Department recommends that commenters remove personal information such as Social Security Numbers (SSNs), personal addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses included in their comments as such information may become easily available to the public via the http://www.regulations.gov Web site. It is the responsibility of the commenter to safeguard personal information.