The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) initiated a Recognition of Excellence (ROE) process in 2004 to honor programs of the nation's workforce investment system that demonstrated outstanding performance. The categories and criteria for 2008 have been revised to reflect changing executive and programmatic priorities and initiatives. This annual process, administered by the Office of Policy Development and Research (OPDR), continues to recognize State and local programs, projects, and initiatives that demonstrate innovation, collaboration, replicability, quality performance, linkages between workers and demand occupations and emerging industries, sustainability, and impact. The 2008 categories are:
Educating America's Workforce to Serve Emerging Industries
Building a Regionally-Focused Workforce Strategy
Leveraging the Power of Partnerships
Tapping the Talents of Special Populations in the Workforce
Connecting America's Youth to the Workforce
The deadline for submitting 2008 applications was March 28, 2008. Honorees will be announced in July at the 2008 Workforce Innovations Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.
For information on past ROE winners, please go to the ROE Archives.
