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{{Infobox government agency |agency_name = Veterans' Employment and Training Service |logo = USDOL VETS.jpg |logo_width = 200px |formed = December 1981 |preceding1 = |jurisdiction = [[Federal government of the United States]] |headquarters = [[Washington, D.C.]] |employees = 233 (180 field staff, 53 headquarters) |budget = |chief1_name = James Rodriguez |chief1_position = Assistant Secretary |chief2_name = |chief2_position = |chief3_name = |chief3_position = |child1_agency = |website = {{official URL}} |footnotes = }} 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dol.gov/agencies/vets |title = VETS {{!}} U.S. Department of Labor}}</ref> 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 [[United States Congress|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 [[United States Senate|Senate]] and sworn into office in May 2022.<ref>{{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|POLITICO]] |access-date=July 17, 2021}}</ref> ==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.<ref name="all.gov">{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name="wapo">{{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}}</ref><ref name="STL">{{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}}</ref> ==See also== * [[Title 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations]] ==References== {{reflist}} == 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]] {{DOL agencies}} {{authority control}} [[Category:United States Department of Labor agencies]] [[Category:Veterans' affairs in the United States]] {{US-gov-stub}}