michael hirsch is our guest. we're talking about federal jobs programs in our week-long series on jobs in america. arlington, texas. rose participated in the jobs program caller. caller: yes, and i'm having a wonderful experience. i was a waitress in a casino for 30 years. i made good money and got laid off. i got into the jobs program for seniors, and i am learning so much. i never thought at this stage i would enjoy learning as much as i do. host: what are you learning? what are you doing? caller: when i started, i never worked in an office before. i did not even know how to work a xerox machine. i am learning how to enhance i am learning how to enhance pictures, fax, make copies, enter information into the computer. i greet customers. and i am looking for the health and human services commission. -- i am working for the health and human services commission. and i am learning how to direct clients on how to get help for needs.specific mean-spirite i get glowing comments because being in the customer service fie

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military operations i afghanistan, on this morning's "washington journal" we heard from michael hirsche of the "national journal" on federal jobs programs. >> host: all week on the "washington journal" has been looking at jobs in america. on monday we began our weeklong series looking at workforcein training programs. tuesday we looked at technical education in the workforce. on wednesday we looked at some of the private-public partnerships out there thatwill create jobs in america. on friday we are going to be, tomorrow we are going to beus i looking at women in theut workforce but today our focus is on federal jobs programs, and our guest is chief correspondent of the "national journal," michael hirsche. o mr. hersh, how many differental geagrams are out there on the federal level for people who a want to get a job, train to get a different job, etc. etc. the government accountability office did a study recently identifying 47 different programs across many different agencies, most are overseeing -- under seen over the work force investment act, which was implemented in 1998. it is no