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Dortch, Cassandria – Congressional Research Service, 2018
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), previously named the Veterans Administration, has been providing veterans educational assistance (GI BillĀ®) benefits since 1944. The benefits have been intended, at various times, to compensate for compulsory service, encourage voluntary service, prevent unemployment, provide equitable benefits to all…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Veterans, Veterans Education, Student Financial Aid
Dortch, Cassandria – Congressional Research Service, 2017
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), previously named the Veterans Administration, has been providing veterans educational assistance (GI BillĀ®) benefits since 1944. This report describes the GI Bills enacted prior to 2008. Although participation in some programs has ended or is declining, the programs' evolution and provisions inform…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Veterans, Veterans Education, Student Financial Aid
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 2002
The U.S. Congress asked the Government Accounting Office (GAO) to determine the following: (1) to what extent states were spending their Workforce Investment Act (WIA) funds and whether the Department of Labor's (Labor's) data accurately reflected available funds; (2) what Labor did to assess how states were managing their WIA spending; and (3)…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administration, Adult Programs, Agency Cooperation