Job Corps: Vocational Training Performance Data Overstate Program Success

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Job Corps' vocational training services, focusing on the: (1) Department of Labor's efforts to ensure the appropriateness of vocational training and its relevance to local labor markets; (2) extent to which program participants are completing vocational training programs and obtaining jobs related to the training received; and (3) appropriateness of Labor's use of sole-source procurement for a substantial portion of this training.