Employment and Training Administration

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Employment and Training Administration
Type: Executive Departments
Parent organization: U.S. Department of Labor
Employees: 1000
Executive: Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training
Budget: $10.5 billion (FY 2023)
Address: 200 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC 20210, USA
Website: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta
Creation Legislation: General Order No. 63 in 1954 (as Manpower Administration), renamed by Secretarial Order 14-75 in 1975
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Mission
To contribute to the more efficient functioning of the U.S. labor market by providing high-quality job training, employment, labor market information, and income maintenance services primarily through state and local workforce development systems.
Services

Job training programs; Unemployment insurance; Employment services;

Regulations

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; Unemployment Insurance Program

Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
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Agency Overview
Formed 1975
Jurisdiction Federal government of the United States
Headquarters Washington, D.C.
Employees 1,000
Agency Executive José Javier Rodríguez[1], Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training
Website
www.dol.gov/agencies/eta

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is part of the U.S. Department of Labor. Its mission is to provide training, employment, labor market information, and income maintenance services. ETA administers federal government job training and worker dislocation programs, federal grants to states for public employment service programs, and unemployment insurance benefits. These services are primarily provided through state and local workforce development systems.

President Joe Biden nominated labor lawyer and Florida politician José Javier Rodríguez for the position of Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, the agency's leader, on June 2, 2021; he was confirmed by the Senate on March 21, 2024.[2][3][4]

Programs administered

History

The agency was founded in 1954 as the Manpower Administration. It was given its present name in 1975.[5]

The most recent confirmed Assistant Secretary is John Pallasch, who was sworn in on July 29, 2019. [6] He resigned on January 20, 2021. Suzan Levine was named as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary by the incoming Biden administration on January 28, 2021, and served as the Acting Assistant Secretary.[7]

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