Race and Sex Discrimination in the Operation of the Job Training Partnership Act

Book excerpt: This document reports on a congressional hearing on race and sex discrimination in the operation of the Job Training Partnership Act. It examines findings of a General Accounting Office investigation that revealed that women received disparate treatment in job training services in nearly two-thirds of the localities surveyed and that black males received fewer and less intensive services than white males. Testimony includes statements, letters, and prepared statements from representatives in Congress and individuals representing the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration; Directorate of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Labor; and the General Accounting Office. Appendixes include questions and answers for the record from two individual representing the Department of Labor. (YLB)