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Obama will sign the "Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act," which the White House said would help "improve
business engagement and accountability across federally funded
training programs."
Biden, who is a potential 2016 presidential candidate, will
unveil a new report that will show the results of a study about
how to make federal training programs more successful and better
tailored to employers' needs.
"From now on, federal agencies will use specific job-driven
criteria to ensure that the $17 billion in federal training
funds are used more effectively," a senior White House official
told reporters on a conference call on Monday.
The administration plans to work with elected officials and
leaders in businesses, unions, and academia to replicate
training strategies that work well, the White House said.
Obama leaves later on Tuesday for a fundraising trip in
California.
The president is trying to boost the chances of his fellow
Democrats in congressional elections in November, when his party
risks losing seats in the Republican-controlled House of
Representatives and control of the U.S. Senate.
Obama made fighting for the middle class the top theme of his
successful 2012 re-election campaign.
(Reporting by Jeff Mason; Editing by Eric Walsh)
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