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The TAP is the overarching program to provide transition assistance, information, training, and services to eligible Service members to prepare them to be career ready when they transition back to civilian life. 

The final rule will: institutionalize the implementation of the VOW Act of 2011; require mandatory participation in the Department of Labor (DOL) Employment Workshop (EW); implement the Transition GPS (Goals, Plans, Success) curriculum; require development of an Individual Transition Plan (ITP); enhance tracking of attendance at TAP events; implement of mandatory Career Readiness Standards (CRS) for separating Service members; and, incorporate a CAPSTONE event to document transition readiness and reinforce Commanding Officer accountability and support for the needs of individual Service members. This rule improves the process of conducting transition services for eligible separating Service members across the Military Services and establishes the data collection foundation to build short-, medium-, and long-term program outcomes. The revisions to this rule will be reported in future status updates as part of DoD's retrospective plan under Executive Order 13563, completed in August 2011. DoD's full plan can be accessed at: http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=DOD-2011-OS-0036.