Re: Got Skills? (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

These guys:

 http://www.nlc.org/media-center/news-search/why-is-the-skills-act-bad-public-policy

think it's a raw deal.

 > From: Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>
 > Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 06:50:54 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 >  > Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 12:44:02 -0500
 >  > From: "Speaker Alert" <http://www.ussoh.service.govdelivery.com/~SpeakerAlert>
 >  > 
 >  > *The Right Skills for the Right Jobs* April 16, 2014 | Permalink [ 
 >  > speaker.house.gov/video/right-skills-right-jobs ] 

 >  > Speaker Boehner is out with *a new video [ 
 >  > http://youtu.be/GYdloPujq7w?Source=GovD
 >  >  ]*Â today as a prebuttal to President Obamaâ??s job training speech in 
 >  > Western Pennsylvania. Â Take a look:
 >  > 
 >  >  [ http://youtu.be/GYdloPujq7w?Source=GovD ]
 >  > 
 >  > Hereâ??s the deal: today in our country, there are more than four million 
 >  > job opportunities that are unfilled.  A â??skills gapâ?? is preventing our 
 >  > workers from getting the skills they need for the 21st century jobs they 
 >  > want.  _America isnâ??t working when our job training system hasnâ??t been 
 >  > updated since before the dot com bubble burst._
 >  > 
 >  > Thatâ??s why, as part of Republicansâ?? long-term jobs plan [ 
 >  > http://gop.gov/jobs?Source=GovD
 >  >  ], weâ??ve passed the "SKILLS Act", authored by *Rep. Virginia Foxx* (
 >  > R-NC), to help expand opportunity for Americaâ??s workers.  
 >  > 
 >  > As the video explains*Â in less than 70 seconds [ 
 >  > http://youtu.be/GYdloPujq7w?Source=GovD
 >  >  ]*, the bill would:
 >  > 
 >  >   * Eliminate arbitrary roadblocks that prevent workers from learning vital 
 >  >   skills that are needed in todayâ??s workforce.
 >  > 
 >  >   * Empower employers to have more of a say locally so their job training 
 >  >   needs are met.
 >  > 
 >  >   * Give taxpayers bang for their buck, replacing a maze of outdated 
 >  >   programs with one modern, accountable entity that will prove more 
 >  >   effective in meeting the needs of todayâ??s workers.  Less is more. 
 >  > 
 >  > The "SKILLS Act" was written, in part, based on the recommendations of a 
 >  > 2011 GAO study [ http://www.gao.gov/assets/320/314551.pdf?Source=GovD ]Â 
 >  > that reviewed all of our job training programs and identified dozens of 
 >  > duplicative ones.  If this sounds familiar, the Vice President was tasked 
 >  > to lead just such a review, even though the GAO has already taken care of 
 >  > it.
 >  > 
 >  > *So weâ??ve done the homework, passed the bill, and all we need now is for 
 >  > the president to help us get the "SKILLS Act" to his desk.*  
 >  > 
 >  > Still, this doesnâ??t make his trip to Western PA completely unnecessary â?? 
 >  > it is, after all, the 50th anniversary of Wawa. Â 
 >  > 
 >  > Enjoy the video [ http://youtu.be/GYdloPujq7w?Source=GovD ], and to learn 
 >  > more, just go to *speaker.gov/jobs [ http://speaker.gov/jobs?Source=GovD ].Â