In July 2014, President Obama signed the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) the first update to the nation’s core workforce training programs in 16 years. The new law recognizes the need for new strategies and reauthorizes the nation’s employment, training, adult education, and vocational rehabilitation programs created under WIA in 1998. Read a summary of the key provisions of WIOA from CLASP and a side-by-side comparison of WIA and WIOA from the National Skills Coalition for more information.