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Office of Policy Development and Research

The Office of Policy Development and Research (OPDR) assists the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) in supporting its goal to inform the development of workforce policies and investments and support the continuous improvement of the public workforce investment system by analyzing, formulating, and recommending legislative changes and options for policy initiatives. OPDR provides ETA with strategic approaches to improve performance and outcomes through research, demonstrations and the evaluation of major ETA programs. OPDR coordinates the development of ETA rulemaking documents implementing Federal statutes or amending outdated information into a regulation. In addition, OPDR is responsible for processing ETA's Federal Register notices for publication. OPDR coordinates the development of ETA's Operating Plan, publishes quarterly analysis of national results for employment and training programs and coordinates with The Department of Education on the Workforce Data Quality Initiative. OPDR also serves as a liaison for ETA in international engagements and coordinates the agency's interactions with international organizations and foreign countries. The office also is responsible for disseminating advisories and publications to the Employment and Training system.

Division of Policy
Legislation and Regulations

Division of Research and Evaluation

Click above to access the ETA Research Publication Database, an Annotated Bibliography, Current Projects, Research Paper Program and ETA's Five-Year Research Plan – as well as other important Workforce System Strategies and Research & Evaluation Information.

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Michael S. Jones
Acting Administrator for the Office of Policy Development and Research

Contact Information: 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room N5641, Washington, DC 20210

Main Office Phone: 202-693-3700
Fax: 202-693-2766
Order Publication Hotline: 202-693-3666

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Browse ETA research databases, Research and Evaluation Reports and the other information in the ETA Library.