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A Guide to the Veterans’ Employment and Training Service

A Guide to the Veterans’ Employment and Training ServiceWhat is the Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS)?

The Veterans’ Employment and Training Service is a Federal agency that operates within the United States of America responsible for the provision of employment and occupational training programs and resources specific to individual veterans eligible for the receipt of these services.

Although the Department of Defense undertakes a similar department to VETS, which provides employment training to individual service people in the midst of their respective military service – classified as ‘on active duty’ – the VETS training program are limited to veterans. The Veterans’ Employment and Training Service offers both training programs with regard to a multitude of vocations and specialties, as well as occupational counseling with regard to the selection of prospective employment:

Veterans’ Employment and Training Service Quick Facts

The following details outline the administration of the Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS):

The Veterans’ Employment and Training Service was founded in 1981

The headquarters of the Veterans’ Employment and Training Service are located in Washington, D.C.

The executive of the Veterans’ Employment and Training Service is Ray Jefferson

Veterans’ Employment and Training Service Associated Terms and Agencies

The following terms and Government Agencies are associated with the operations and undertakings of the Veterans’ Employment and Training Service:

The United States Department of Veterans Affairs and VETS

Although the United States Department of Veterans Affairs is a Federal agency that operates within the United States of America that is responsible for the management and administration of matters concerning veterans no longer classified with active duty service, the Department of Labor is the overarching government agency responsible for the supervision and administration of the Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS):

Due to the fact that the responsibility of the Veterans’ Employment and Training Service involves occupational and employment training resources and programs for individuals retired from military service, the management and regulation of all matters and affairs concerning labor, employment, and wage-based earnings programs within the United States of America are under the jurisdiction of the USDOL

Government Agency of the Executive Branch

Government agencies are defined as organizations, councils, and offices operating under the jurisdiction of the Federal Government of the United States of America; each federal agency retains specific administrative jurisdiction over specific facets latent within the operations of the United States Government.

The Veterans’ Employment and Training Service functions as a government agency under the Executive Branch of the United States government, which is comprised of 3 total branches; in addition to the Executive branch – which is responsible for the regulation and enforcement of operational legislation existing within the United States of America – there also exists the Legislative and Judicial Branches.

Veterans’ Employment and Training Service Legality

Administrative Law is the legal field associated with events and circumstances in which the Federal Government of the United States engages its citizens, including the administration of government programs, the administration and operation of government agencies, and the establishment of a legal, regulatory federal standard. The Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS) can be contacted through the Department of Labor through the following means:

Frances Perkins Building

200 Constitution Avenue, NW

Washington, D.C.

20210

(866) 487-2365