| Agency Name: | Veterans' Employment and Training Service |
| Formed: | December 1981 |
| Jurisdiction: | Federal government of the United States |
| Headquarters: | Washington, D.C. |
| Employees: | 233 (180 field staff, 53 headquarters) |
| Chief1 Name: | James Rodriguez |
| Chief1 Position: | Assistant Secretary |
The United States Office of the Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training (OASVET) was established by Secretary's Order No. 5-81 in December 1981.[1]
The assistant secretary position was created by P.L. 96-466 in October 1980, to replace the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment position created by P.L. 94-502 in October 1976. The bipartisan Congressional intent was to establish leadership of the department's programs for services to veterans at the policy-making level, and thereby help to ensure Congressional mandates for an effective:
On July 16, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated James Rodriguez, the acting agency head and assistant secretary's principal deputy, for the position of Assistant Secretary for VET; he was confirmed by the Senate and sworn into office in May 2022.[2]
On 22 July 2011, the then assistant secretary, Ray Jefferson, was led out of the Frances Perkins Building by the FBI and subsequently resigned on July 25, 2011, following a contracting scandal.[3] [4] [5] [6]