Native American Veterans: DOL Needs a Clear Plan to Improve Employment and Training Services on Tribal Lands

Abstract

The Department of Labor (DOL) is in the early stages of implementing several of the 2010 reports recommendations, but implementation of the remaining recommendations has not occurred. The agency has begun to take steps to respond to three of the reports six recommendations: improve interagency collaboration, create an advisory subcommittee for Native American veterans, and conduct a needs assessment. To increase collaboration, DOL has conducted several listening sessions with tribal leadership and begun collaborating with agencies that serve veterans, including the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of the Interiors Bureau of Indian Affairs, to learn more about how to better serve Native American veterans. With regard to an advisory subcommittee, DOL is developing a proposal to establish asubgroup for Native American veterans on its existing veterans employment and training advisory committee, and is considering appointing a representative from the Native American veterans community to serve on that committee.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2013
Accession Number
AD1173061

Entities

People

  • Andrew Sherrill

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Economic Development
  • Employment
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Governments
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Law
  • Lessons Learned
  • Native Americans
  • Rehabilitation
  • Small Business
  • Social Media
  • Training
  • United States
  • United States Government

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