Dallas, TX – (Wednesday, February 22, 2012) – Today, the Department of Labor announced more than $183 million in grant awards for the H-1B Technical Skills Training Program.

 Two companies that provide workforce training in the Dallas area, Workforce Solutions and Industrial Consultants LLC, will receive several million dollars in funding to train highly-skilled employees.

 Workforce Solutions will receive close to $5 million in funding.  “This is fantastic news for the city of Dallas, which is home to nearly 175,000 high-tech jobs,” stated Congresswoman Johnson. “We need to encourage growth in the high-tech industries so that our country can have the talent necessary to become more innovative and compete globally.  It is critical that we do all that we can to diversify our workforce in order to remain one of the most productive countries in the world.”

 Forty-three grantees – partnerships between private and public entities – were awarded funding to provide education, training, and job placement assistance.

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U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson is Ranking Member of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. She is also the highest-ranking Texan on the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure. She represents the 30th Congressional District of Texas  that includes Downtown Dallas, Fair Park, Oak Lawn, Turtle Creek,Old East Dallas, Pleasant Grove, & South Oak Cliff; all of Balch Springs, DeSoto, Hutchins, Lancaster & Wilmer and parts of Cedar Hill, Duncanville, Ferris, Glenn Heights and Ovilla.