Topeka ? Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on Friday announced a new work-force development system but conceded her administration still was trying to get a handle on all the different worker training programs that exist.

Sebelius compared the situation to when she began her term and it took months to determine how many vehicles were owned by the state.

Sebelius eventually ordered an overhaul of the state vehicle system, abolishing the Central Motor Pool, imposing a two-year moratorium on vehicle purchases and selling off hundreds of vehicles.

“Right now there are pockets of money in a variety of places,” Sebelius said, referring to worker training programs.

Directors of “Kansas 1st,” the state’s new work-force training initiative, said they didn’t know how much was being spent through the various state agencies on work-force development.

Sebelius said barriers had evolved through the years between various agencies that have work-force development programs. She blamed the patchwork approach to federal regulations and bureaucracy.

“It’s not that good people weren’t working hard doing what they were doing,” she said.

But she said “Kansas 1st” was a step toward developing a seamless system of matching employers with job seekers. Under “Kansas 1st,” 240 employees of the employment and training division of the Kansas Department of Labor have been transferred to the Kansas Department of Commerce.

This means work-force development officials will be more closely linked with economic development initiatives, Sebelius said.

The new system will incorporate federally funded training programs, and programs from the Kansas Board of Regents, business community and local governments.

“What we need to do is make sure all this work-force training matches not only current needs but future needs,” she said.