Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training

The Employment and Training Administration had a fiscal 2016 total enacted budget of $234.9 billion[footnoteRef:1] and 1,079 full-time equivalents. The assistant secretary has a chief of staff, a senior policy advisor, a policy advisor, three deputy assistant secretaries and six regional administrators.²

• Oversees the formulation of, and executes, the nation’s employment and training policies, programs and systems
• Oversees and administers the nation’s apprenticeship, work training, employment security, unemployment insurance and related programs with focus on the needs of employers and dislocated, unemployed and underemployed citizens
• Contributes to the more efficient functioning of the U.S. labor market by leading efforts to provide high-quality job training, employment, labor market information and income maintenance service, primarily through state and local unemployment insurance and workforce development systems
• Leads and monitors progress of, the ETA’s programs supporting the nation’s workforce systems, and keeps the secretary and deputy secretary of labor informed of the achievement of the high-priority objectives
• Represents the secretary, deputy secretary and ETA in meetings with top-level officials of the Department of Labor, other federal agencies, state and local government, private and public organizations, and international organizations, to present their views and provide information and explanations concerning the policies, programs and positions of ETA
• Represents ETA in meetings with members of Congress and their staffs, White House staff, national labor unions, and state elected bodies to communicate and interpret the significance of ETA policies, goals and objectives

[Depends on the policy priorities of the administration.]