Calls for federal alignment, clear career pathways, removal of barriers to keep U.S. competitive
WASHINGTON, DC—The Bipartisan Policy Center today released a comprehensive blueprint for tackling one of America’s most important domestic challenges: preparing America’s workforce for the jobs of today—and into the future. In a newly released report, “A Nation at Risk to a Nation at Work,” BPC’s Commission on the American Workforce offers bold strategies for building a national talent strategy, keeping learners and workers centered, and upgrading benefits and supports for working families.
“America does not lack talent—it lacks strategy,” saidMargaret Spellings, president and CEO of the Bipartisan Policy Center. “This Commission has built a practical roadmap for how government, business, education, and states can align for the first time around a talent strategy, breaking down silos, creating clear career pathways, and removing the barriers that stop families from advancing. We know our economy can’t grow, our country can’t prosper, unless we come together and invest in our most important asset: our people. That’s why we are calling for urgent action to meet the needs of our citizens and give every American a fair shot at economic opportunity.”
Launched in February 2025, the Commission on the American Workforce brought together a wide range of leaders and experts–Democrats and Republicans, governors, CEOs, education leaders, and workforce experts–to offer a new vision to advance the skills, knowledge, and experiences of the American workforce, supported by a reimagined federal role in partnership with state governments and private sector industry leaders.
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