Trump Orders U.S. Regulatory Review to Boost Apprentice Programs
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President Donald Trump attends a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on June 12, 2017, in Washington.
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The Trump administration asked federal agencies and departments to remove regulations that could be an obstacle to apprenticeship programs as part of a White House effort to improve workforce development.
The review was proposed in a memo by Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta presented to the first full meeting of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet on Monday. His memo also asks federal agencies to recommend new executive actions to promote apprenticeships. The Labor Department memo doesn’t include any examples of regulations that impede apprenticeship programs.