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Download full textLocke, Dawn G. – US Government Accountability Office, 2022
The federal government helps veterans pursue skills needed in the civilian workforce. Veterans Affairs (VA) created Veterans Employment Through Technology Education Courses (VET TEC) to support veterans who enroll in high-technology education programs through VA-approved training providers. The act includes a provision for the US Government…
Descriptors: Veterans, Veterans Education, Employment, Job Training
Dortch, Cassandria – Congressional Research Service, 2016
The Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA), previously named the Veterans Administration, has been providing veterans' educational assistance (GI Bill®) benefits since 1944. Since 1947, State Approving Agencies (SAAs) have been an important component in the administration of GI Bill benefits, along with the VA, educational institutions, and training…
Descriptors: State Agencies, Veterans, Federal Legislation, Agency Cooperation
Scott, George A. – US Government Accountability Office, 2011
With the passage of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 (Post- 9/11 GI Bill), Congress created a comprehensive education benefit program for veterans, service members, and their dependents pursuing postsecondary education. Since implementation, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has provided just over $5.7 billion for…
Descriptors: Veterans Education, Federal Aid, Veterans, Dependents
Bertoni, Daniel – US Government Accountability Office, 2011
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provided $9 billion in education benefits to service-members and veterans in fiscal year 2010, mostly through the new Post-9/11 GI Bill. In providing education benefits, VA relies on State Approving Agencies (SAA) to approve schools; and on schools to report students' enrollment status. US Government…
Descriptors: State Officials, Military Personnel, Veterans, Educational Benefits
Wilshusen, Gregory C.; Melvin, Valerie C. – US Government Accountability Office, 2009
The Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006 authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish an educational assistance program for information security. The Information Security Education Assistance Program is envisioned as a means for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to attract and retain individuals…
Descriptors: Veterans, Public Agencies, Computer Security, Information Technology
Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Operations. – 1983
This document is a transcript of a Congressional hearing conducted for the purpose of discussing the workings of the new federal Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) as it applies to veterans. Witnesses included various officials of veterans groups, especially Vietnam veterans from Massachusetts, state officials of Massachusetts, a representative…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. – 1984
This document, a transcript of hearings conducted by a Congressional committee in San Diego, evaluates the administration and effectiveness of laws enacted by the Congress to assist veterans in obtaining job training and employment. Particular emphasis was placed on the implementation of the Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act of 1983, Public Law…
Descriptors: Adults, Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities, Employer Attitudes
Veterans Administration, Washington, DC. – 1984
The first interim report focuses on administration of the Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act, which established an emergency program of job training assistance for unemployed Korean Conflict and Vietnam-era veterans. It describes implementation processes undertaken by the Veterans Administration and the Department of Labor and their outreach and…
Descriptors: Employers, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Incentives
Peer reviewedMontgomery, G. V. "Sonny" – Educational Record, 1994
The history of the new GI Bill, which became effective in 1985 and is the first peacetime veterans' education legislation, is chronicled from 1969 by its author, and data on use of the bill's benefits to date are summarized. (MSE)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational History, Federal Legislation, Higher Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. – 1984
Testimony from a congressional hearing to evaluate the implementation and administration of the Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act includes statements, a letter, a report, and written committee questions and their responses from Representatives in Congress and individuals representing the American Legion; Veterans Administration Regional Offices…
Descriptors: Employers, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Hearings
