Veterans' Employment and Training Service
{{Short description|US government employment program}}
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|formed = December 1981
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|jurisdiction = Federal government of the United States
|headquarters = Washington, D.C.
|employees = 233 (180 field staff, 53 headquarters)
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|chief1_name = James Rodriguez
|chief1_position = Assistant Secretary
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The United States Office of the Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training (OASVET) was established by Secretary's Order No. 5-81 in December 1981.{{cite web |url=http://www.dol.gov/agencies/vets |title = VETS {{!}} U.S. Department of Labor}}
The assistant secretary position was created by P.L. 96-466 in October 1980, to replace the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment position created by P.L. 94-502 in October 1976. The bipartisan Congressional intent was to establish leadership of the department's programs for services to veterans at the policy-making level, and thereby help to ensure Congressional mandates for an effective:
- Job and job training counseling service program,
- Employment placement service program, and
- Job training placement service program for eligible veterans (carried out by the United States Department of Labor).
On July 16, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated James Rodriguez, the acting agency head and assistant secretary's principal deputy, for the position of Assistant Secretary for VET; he was confirmed by the Senate and sworn into office in May 2022.{{cite news |last=Sheehey |first=Maeve |date=July 16, 2021 |title=Former Sen. Tom Udall is Biden's pick as ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/16/tom-udall-ambassador-new-zealand-samoa-499853 |work=POLITICO |access-date=July 17, 2021}}
Corruption scandal
On 22 July 2011, the then assistant secretary, Ray Jefferson, was led out of the Frances Perkins Building by the FBI and subsequently resigned on July 25, 2011, following a contracting scandal.{{cite web |url= http://www.allgov.com/Appointments_and_Resignations/ViewNews/Labor_Official_Resigns_Following_Corruption_Investigation__Who_is_Raymond_Jefferson_110730|title= Labor Official Resigns Following Corruption Investigation: Who is Raymond Jefferson? |author= Matt Bewig and Noel Brinkerhoff
|date=30 July 2011 |publisher= allgov.com |access-date=17 October 2011}}{{cite web |url= http://www.kansascity.com/2011/07/28/3042396/labor-official-resigns-amid-corruption.html|title= Labor Official Resigns Following Corruption Investigation |date=30 July 2011 |publisher= Kansas City Star |access-date=17 October 2011}}{{cite news |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/raymond-jefferson-leaves-labor-department-after-ethics-finding/2011/07/28/gIQA3gdwfI_story.html |title= Raymond Jefferson leaves Labor Department after ethics finding |author=Steve Vogel |date=28 July 2011 |newspaper= Washington Post |access-date=17 October 2011}}{{cite web |url= http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/political-fix/article_94746384-b932-11e0-b6a3-001a4bcf6878.html |title= McCaskill criticizes Labor Department contracting 'boondoggle' |author=BILL LAMBRECHT |date=28 July 2011 |publisher= St Louis Today |access-date=17 October 2011}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.dol.gov/agencies/vets}}
- [https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/veterans-employment-and-training-service VETS] in the Federal Register
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Category:United States Department of Labor agencies
Category:Veterans' affairs in the United States
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