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Tampa Bay Workforce Alliance squandering tax dollars (2011) 1 wtsp.com <br />MENU NEWS <br />V' i_ : -k ! I - G P. I T <br />4 Weaa ger Alerts <br />WATCH LSVE <br />On Afr 4.25AM <br />12/16/18, 2:07 PM <br />680 <br />Tampa, rL <br />CLOSE <br />Tampa Bay Workforce Alliance squandering <br />tax dollars (2011) <br />Several WTSP viewers contacted the 10 News Investigators after a week-long <br />training class from Tampa -based company Knowledge Quest Inc., arranged <br />through the Tampa Bay Workforce Alliance. <br />TAMPA, Florida (This story first appeared on WTSP.com in Sepi. 2011) — The 10 News Investigators have <br />discovered a local agency gutted two years ago for outrageous spending practices has squandered tax <br />dollars once again; this time, by allowing an unqualified company to claim limited federal Workforce <br />Investment Act (WIA) funds. <br />Several WTSP viewers contacted the 10 News Investigators after a week-long training class from Tampa - <br />based company Knowledge Quest Inc., arranged through the Tampa Bay Workforce Alliance. The <br />unemployed or under -employed workers all claimed they were promised full-time customer service jogs if <br />they went through week-long training. <br />https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/investigations/tampa-bay-workforce-alliance-squandering-tax-dollars-2011/67-511241398 Page 1 of 6 <br />