Kasich creates work-force office and board

Associated Press

BATAVIA, Ohio

Ohio Gov. John Kasich has signed an executive order creating an office and board tasked with streamlining jobs policies and programs.

The order signed Thursday during a visit to a Global Scrap Management facility in Batavia seeks to simplify a work-force development structure that consists of 77 programs across 13 state agencies.

The governor’s office says the Office of Workforce Transformation will have an executive director reporting directly to Kasich.