Job Corps’ Virus Response, Safety Targeted in Government Probes

The Labor Department vocational training program’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic is under review by two different government watchdogs, documents reviewed by Bloomberg Law show.

The DOL’s Office of Inspector General is examining the Job Corps initiative as part of congressionally backed efforts to examine the ways Labor Department agencies and programs have been administered during the pandemic. The second review, conducted by the Government Accountability Office, focuses on pandemic response but also appears to have a wider scope, given that the two lawmakers who requested it first asked the agency to review program operations in October.

A June 30 ...