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2016 workforce labor market information grants
Summary ETA set 2016 requirements for state Workforce Information Grants, including labor market information products, delivery and reporting. Two attachments consolidate deliverables and provide attribution and intellectual-property language. ETA now lists the letter as Canceled.
Document
Federal guidance
Agency
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
Document number
TEGL No. 1-16
Date issued
July 8, 2016
Status
Withdrawn
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Status last verified October 24, 2026
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CLASSIFICATION
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION Workforce Information
ADVISORY SYSTEM CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR DNPTTA/Workforce Information
Washington, D.C. 20210 DATE
July 8, 2016
ADVISORY: TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER NO. 1-16
TO: STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
STATE WORKFORCE ADMINISTRATORS
STATE LABOR COMMISSIONERS
STATE AND LOCAL WORKFORCE BOARD CHAIRS AND DIRECTORS
STATE WORKFORCE LIAISONS
STATE LABOR MARKET INFORMATION, WORKFORCE
INFORMATION, OR RESEARCH DIRECTORS
FROM: PORTIA WU /s/
Assistant Secretary
SUBJECT: Program Year (PY) 2016 Workforce Labor Market Information Grants to States
(WIGS): Policy and Program Guidance, and Deliverables
1. Purpose. To provide policy and program guidance for the development, management, and
delivery of workforce and labor market information (WLMI) funded through WIGS.
2. References.
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13 and 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520);
2 CFR Part 200 and 2 CFR Part 2900 Uniform Administrative Requirements Cost
Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards;
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 508 as amended (29 U.S.C. 794d);
Wagner-Peyser Act, Sections 3, 10(c), and 15 (29 U.S.C. 49b, 49(i)(c), and 49(l)(2)) as
amended by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act;
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Section 308 (29 U.S.C. 491-2);
Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 17-15, April 5, 2016, Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth Activities
Program Allotments for Program Year (PY) 2016; Final PY 2016 Allotments for the
Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service (ES) Program Allotments; and Workforce
Information Grants to States Allotments for PY 2016;
TEGL 14-15, March 4, 2016, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
Requirements for Unified and Combined State Plans;
TEGL No. 39-14, Change 1, July 20, 2015, Program Year (PY) 2015 Workforce and
Labor Market Information Grants to States (WIGS): Policy and Program Guidance,
Deliverables, and Formula Allocations;
RESCISSIONS EXPIRATION DATE
None Continuing
TEGL No. 19-14, February 9, 2015, Vision for the Workforce System and Initial
Implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act;
TEGL No. 15-14, December 19, 2014, Implementation of the New Uniform Guidance
Regulations;
TEGL No. 03-14, July 30, 2014, Implementing a Job-Driven Workforce System; and
Training and Employment Notice (TEN) No. 29-14, Change 1, April 16, 2015,
Announcing the publication of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs) in the Federal Register.
3. OMB Approval. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has reviewed and approved
this information collection (OMB Control Number 1205-0417), whose authorization expires
March 31, 2017.
4. Fund Allotments, Goals and Objectives. ETA previously published PY 2016 allotments
for WIGS in TEGL No. 17-15 on April 5, 2016. Please refer to this TEGL for the allotment
formula, as well as specific allotments by state (note that, hereafter; we use the term “state” to
also include the District of Columbia and the territories).
Each year, ETA funds these WIGS and specifies grant requirements. State workforce
agencies use WIGS to develop and disseminate essential state and local WLMI for job
seekers, employers, educators, economic developers, and others.
The main body of this TEGL describes required, encouraged and other allowable activities,
and explains the rationales for ETA policies and requirements. Attachment 1 summarizes
WIGS requirements, and includes important administrative details that are not covered
in the body of the guidance, such as deadlines and submission requirements for grant
deliverables.
5. Required, Encouraged, and Other Allowable Activities. State workforce agencies use
WIGS to develop and disseminate essential state and local WLMI for a range of customer
groups: 1) job seekers; 2) businesses/employers; 3) workforce and labor market
intermediaries, such as employment, school, and career counselors, and case managers at
AJCs, who help individuals find a job or make career decisions, or engage businesses seeking
skilled workers; 4) program and service planners at educational institutions and community-
based organizations; 5) policy makers, including state and local workforce development
boards (WDBs); 6) partners, such as economic development entities and human resource
professionals; and 7) other customers, including recipients of workforce development grants,
researchers, commercial data providers, and the media. Grantees have considerable
flexibility to meet customer needs, but must consult their customers and prepare several types
of products.
Required products. Grantees must produce a database (a below) plus two types of public
products (b and c below). If the grantee does not produce a required deliverable, it must
negotiate an extension and a revised schedule with the appropriate ETA regional office.
a. Workforce Information Database (WIDb). Accurate and reliable data are a
cornerstone of the nation’s workforce investment system. The WIDb includes the most
important workforce-related data elements and defines them consistently, ensuring
comparability across jurisdictions. Its variables include employment projections, wages,
educational programs, the locations of education and training institutions, contact
information for all U.S. employers, and state occupational licenses.
States must use WIGS funds to populate, maintain, and update the WIDb, and to provide
related staff training. Grantees must implement and maintain the most current version
(now 2.6) of WIDb and populate all Analyst Resource Center (ARC)-designated core
tables. The ARC Web site (www.workforceinfodb.org) describes all required data
elements and helps grantees obtain maximum benefit from the WIDb. The National
Crosswalk Service Center can help grantees recode their occupational data, and provides
a repository for other types of crosswalks (telephone 515-242-5034 or
[email protected]). ETA uses the WIDb to offer career information and guidance via a
Web platform, CareerOneStop (www.careeronestop.org), ETA’s suite of national
electronic tools for job seekers and labor market intermediaries such as employment
counselors, employers, and many others.
As a reminder, per TEGL 39-14, Change 1, June 30, 2016 was established as the due date
for the States to complete the conversion to WIDb version 2.6 as one of the deliverables
for the PY 2015 WIGS.
b. State and local industry and occupational employment projections. These
projections are the most frequently-requested type of employment statistic other than the
unemployment rate. Projections are used: to identify in-demand industries and
occupations for career guidance; to plan employment, education and training, and
economic development programs; as supporting documentation to apply for Federal
grants; and for many other purposes. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) funds
national employment projections, but WIGS fund the state and local employment
projections, produced by the states with assistance from ETA and BLS.
The employment projections requirements are described in the table following sub-
section c below and deadlines for these products are established by the Projections
Managing Partnership (PMP), a state consortium. ETA’s requirements do not differ
between industry and occupational projections, but vary for long-term vs. short-term
projections, and statewide vs. sub-state projections. ETA grantees who are unable to
produce the required projections must report this to their ETA Regional Administrator.
Grantees must use the methodology, software, and guidelines specified by the state-led
Projections Managing Partnership (PMP) to produce all projections. Additionally, the
Local Employment and Wages Information System (LEWIS), formerly the Estimates
Delivery System (EDS), is to be used to develop the staffing patterns for sub-state
projections. To meet these requirements, ETA encourages grantees to use WIGS funds to
obtain training provided by the PMP (see https://support.projectionscentral.com), ARC
(see www.workforceinfodb.org) and other WLMI-related sources.
c. A statewide annual economic analysis report. State economic and labor market
analyses are essential to plan WIOA and other workforce programs. Therefore, ETA
requires that WIGS grantees develop a comprehensive statewide economic analysis report
of value to state policy makers, including the governor, state legislature, and state and
local WDBs, and encourages annual publication. However, ETA recognizes that
conditions may not change sufficiently each year to necessitate an annual report, and
gives states the discretion to determine their frequency. For years in which a
comprehensive economic report is not issued, grantees must develop and publish other
economic reports of value to state policymakers.
Grantees have broad discretion over the content of reports, but they should include
analyses of trends and challenges, at both the state and sub-state levels, on such topics as
employment growth or decline (actual and projected); unemployment and other labor
market hardship indicators (such as low earnings); identification of growing and/or in-
demand occupations and/or industries; other analyses of key sectors, important industries
and any emerging occupations; and potential skill imbalances, mismatches or
deficiencies, within the limitations of the available data.
The report also should provide information and analyses that can support workforce
planning and the process of making policy decisions for workforce development,
education, economic development and business engagement around sector strategies and
career pathways initiatives, rather than being an academic exercise that is primarily
accessible to, or of interest to, a research audience. Analyses included in the report
should address the unemployed population, including the experiences, needs, and
challenges of the various special populations identified in the state’s unified or combined
state plan, per the instructions outlined in TEGL 14-15, Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act (WIOA) Requirements for Unified and Combined State Plans.
ETA will not accept the following submissions for the economic analysis report or its
substitute: 1) data tables alone; 2) job listings; 3) maps alone; 4) reports done by the
grantee for BLS (e.g., news releases, employment situation reports, projections, etc.); 5)
reports solely funded by Federal sources other than WIGS; or 6) reports developed,
prepared, or published entirely by another entity.
Deliverable Required, encouraged and other Due Date
allowable activities
Statewide long-term 10-year projections are required in N/A (required in next
alternate years. year’s TEGL)
Reminder: Under the
PY 15 WIGS,
projections for the
period 2014-2024 are
due one week following
June 30, 2016.
Statewide short-term Submission of 2-year projections is March 7, 2017
required each year.
ETA also encourages states to Projected to 2018 with a
disseminate their short-term base year of 2016.
projections.
State may also produce longer
projections (e.g., 3, 4 or 5 years).
ETA also encourages states to
disseminate these projections.
ETA discourages development of 1-
year projection.
Sub-state long-term 10-year projections (2014-2024) are June 30, 2017
required in PY 2016.
Sub-state short-term These are an encouraged, but not NA
required, activity.
Work Force Reminder that this was required under June 30, 2016
Information Database the PY 15 WIGS. All States must
(WIDb) update to WIDb 2.6.
(WIGS) 2016 Statewide States submit this report to the September 30, 2017
Economic Analysis appropriate ETA regional office.
Report.
(WIGS) PY 2016 States submit this report to the September 30, 2017
Annual Reports and appropriate ETA regional office. This
signed letters. report should include Web-links to any
additional economic and labor market
reports and products.
WLMI Training for the ETA encourages but does not require
Workforce System states to provide such training for AJC Ongoing
and WDB staff.
Encouraged economic and labor market reports and products. ETA encourages grantees to
produce other reports and data in addition to those specified above. Grantees have wide
discretion in both the topics and presentation format. These reports should include accurate
data, actionable information, and resources that enable job seekers, employers, staff in
American Job Centers, state and local WDBs, policy makers, and the workforce system to
make informed decisions about the work-based learning, training, reemployment, and career
pathways strategies that lead to worker advancement along a continuum of high demand, and
higher wage jobs. Examples of such other products include: online self-service tools and
other occupational and career guidance resources for job seekers; industry- or occupation-
specific research; data visualizations; job vacancy surveys; supply/demand analysis; reports
based on analyses of real-time (job ads) data sources; and studies of topics of continuing
interest such as labor or skill gaps, mismatches, and deficiencies. ETA encourages grantees
to review the economic reports issued by other states to obtain useful ideas
(http://www.doleta.gov/performance/results/AnnualReports/annual_report.cfm).
Other allowable activities. ETA strongly encourages grantees to provide training and
technical assistance about various types of WLMI and its uses to state and local WDBs,
OneStop/AJC partners, state Wagner-Peyser staff, WIOA program planners and policy
makers, and other workforce system stakeholders. The purpose of this training is to assist
stakeholders in using WLMI for data-driven program planning and informed decision-
making. It also assists such staff to better identify and more rigorously report when
participants receive WLMI services, to ensure that performance reports better measure the
value and impact of WLMI. ETA also encourages grantees to leverage WIGS funds by
expanding partnerships among the workforce investment system, and education, training and
economic development communities.
6. Required Methods. Grantees have considerable flexibility in conducting their work, but
must meet certain methodological standards in collaborating with partners; consulting with
customers; collecting data; disseminating statistics; maintaining data integrity,
confidentiality, and security; and posting their products on the Internet.
a. Partnerships. In order to best serve their customers and optimize the Federal
investment, grantees are to establish and maintain partnerships that grantees consider
relevant and mutually beneficial. Such partnerships help to increase resources, improve
program outcomes, and help WLMI data influence planning and program decisions.
b. Customer consultation. One of the key tenets of WIOA is meeting the needs of
businesses and jobseekers, and WIOA requires states to consult with customers, including
employers, WDBs, core partner programs such as education agencies, participants,
students, and others, about the relevance of the WLMI collected and disseminated. WIGS
grantees must consult with customers to ensure the workforce system is providing
relevant and integrated information to support decision-making by state and local WDBs
and other stakeholders. ETA does not prescribe how this outreach is done, but suggests
that it also be done in collaboration with other workforce system entities that are doing
similar outreach, such as business engagement or industry outreach staff at the state and
local level. Grantees must document these consultations in their grant file and annual
performance report.
c. Data collection and research methodology. All ETA data collection activities must
conform to BLS technical standards and methodologies, except when the grantee
documents a defensible rationale for an alternative and submits the information to the
appropriate ETA regional office. Information used in reports must: 1) be based in part
on needs identified through customer consultations and product assessments; and 2) come
from credible sources that meet professional standards. Multiple sources must be used,
except when the report is based upon a single survey. Sources must be clearly referenced
and/or footnoted. Any additional methodologies employed and any variants encountered
in the research must also be clearly described.
d. Publication requirements. In order to maximize the availability of WLMI products,
grantees must post grant-funded products, reports, and workforce information on their
Web sites in a readily accessible manner (unless otherwise indicated), and meet standard
Federal accessibility requirements (www.section508.gov). To meet this criterion,
grantees may use WIGS funding to develop, maintain, improve, and/or host WLMI Web
sites and other electronic delivery systems. Grantees must also use the approved
language in Attachment 2 on products or sites that are funded by WIGS. This language is
repeated in Attachment 2 for convenience but is a standard requirement included in ETA
grant award documents.
e. Information technology (IT) specifications. To maximize its usefulness, any IT system
or application developed with WIGS funds is to adhere to industry-standard, open
architecture principles with documentation and software made available for use by other
organizations for Federal governmental purposes. To enhance the reporting of the
delivery of both virtual, in-person and hard copy WLMI services to customers, states are
encouraged to work toward greater management information system (MIS) integration to
capture WLMI services provided.
7. Application for Federal Assistance, and Recordkeeping, Requirements.
a. Application forms. Please refer to TEGL 17-15 for application submission
requirements for PY 2016 WIGS grants. Note that this TEGL specified a due date of
May 31, 2016, for electronic submission of an SF 424, Application for Federal Assistance
through Grants.gov.
b. Other standard forms and files. ETA requires grantees to complete ETA Form 9130
quarterly financial reports within 45 days of the end of each quarter. In addition, grantees
must maintain their internal grant files in electronic form, and make these available upon
request to ETA.
c. Expenditures. By accepting WIGS funding, a state agrees to fulfill all work specified in
this guidance, including submission of all deliverables by the established deadlines. ETA
expects grantees to expend WIGS funds during the July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017, period,
although carry-over is permitted. Grantees must expend the funds within a three-year
period by June 30, 2019. During the performance period, the grantee and the ETA
regional office may jointly adjust planned expenditures within the state’s allotment. All
WIGS expenditures must support the required and allowable activities, and conform to
"reasonable," "necessary," and "allocable" costs specified in 2 CFR Part 200 and 2 CFR
Part 2900 Uniform Administrative Requirements Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements
for Federal Awards (see: https://cfo.gov/cofar/#RUUG). WIGS cannot be used to
supplant funding from other Federal or state sources. Please contact your regional
Federal Project Officer (FPO) for technical assistance.
8. Additional Resources. ETA’s Labor Market Information Central
(https://lmi.workforcegps.org/) is the agency’s principal repository of technical assistance
resources to enhance the use of WLMI. These resources include ETA’s Guide to State and
Local Workforce Data
(https://lmi.workforcegps.org/resources/2015/04/03/15/48/Guide_to_State_and_Local_Workf
orce_Data) a directory of links to state and local employment projections and research
pertaining to skill shortages, mismatches and deficiencies; the identification of high growth
and/or in-demand industries and occupations; and how to understand and use data for special
populations such as dislocated workers, individuals with disabilities, veterans, and Native
Americans. ETA encourages the states to establish an Internet link somewhere on their
WLMI Web site to ETA’s LMI Central resource.
9. Action Requested. As described in TEGL 17-15, to initiate the PY 16 WIGS, state
workforce agencies (SWA) were required to submit the SF 424 to Grants.gov by May 31,
2016. Per the grant agreement, during the course of the year, grantees will provide the
deliverables according to the requirements and timeframes outlined in Attachment 1.
10. Inquiries. For questions on grant requirements, contact the applicable ETA regional office.
For submission questions, contact Grants Management Specialist Janice Sheelor at
[email protected]; or National Grant Officer Latifa Jeter at [email protected].
11. Attachments.
1. Consolidated Requirements for WIGS Grantees
2. Language for Grant Product Attribution and Intellectual Property Rights
Attachment (official PDF: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/TEGL/2016/TEGL_1-16_Attachment_1_Acc.pdf)
Attachment 1. Consolidated Requirements for WIGS Grantees
The following table summarizes the deliverables and requirements in column 1 (the body of the
TEGL explains these in full). Columns 2 and 3 contain important administrative details that
have not been included in the body of the TEGL, which focuses on policy. Brackets are used in
the table to indicate activities that are not required.
Deliverables and Requirements Due Dates Submission, Formatting,
and Other Requirements
RECORDKEEPING AND REPORTING
SF 424 (Application for Federal Assistance) at The SF 424 must States must submit the
http://apply07.grants.gov/apply/forms/sample/SF424_2 be submitted to SF 424 to
_1-V2.1.pdf. All sections of the form must be Grants.gov by www.Grants.gov.
completed. May 31, 2016. States must submit an
The entire original and one copy
SF 424A (Budget Information) at package must be of the SF 424 that was
http://apply07.grants.gov/apply/forms/sample/SF424A- submitted to the submitted through
V1.0.pdf. Note: States that plan to expend WIGS regional office Grants.gov and an SF
funding over a two- or three-year period may want to no later than July 424 A to their ETA
consult with the applicable EA regional office when 18, 2016, unless regional office.
completing Section E. a later date is
negotiated with
Instructions for both 424 and 424A forms are at the regional
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/form- office.
instructions.html.
If a state believes it is necessary to revise their
expenditure plan due to unforeseen factors, the state
may petition the regional office for approval to modify
the plan.
Sample completed SF 424 and 424A forms may be
obtained from the applicable ETA regional office.
ETA Form 9130 quarterly financial reports. All Within 45 days November 14, 2016
sections of the form must be completed. after the end of February 14, 2017
each quarter May 15, 2017
August 14, 2017
Deliverables and Requirements Due Dates Submission, Formatting,
and Other Requirements
Annual Performance Report. The report must September 30, This report must be
include hyperlinks to all published products, and major 2017 submitted to the
unpublished products must be attached. It must also appropriate ETA regional
summarize all activities, including the following. office in a Section 508-
Describe all deliverables, highlighting new compliant accessible PDF
accomplishments and noting whether partnerships for posting online on
or collaborations were involved. www.doleta.gov
The required customer consultations (see below) Unless a product referred
regarding products and services, including the to is a Web site, all
customer needs identified. If customers identified Internet links in the
needed improvements, state the responsive document must lead
measures taken. directly to the product, not
Partnership and collaborative efforts, including to a Web site that includes
activities to leverage grant funding and new the product.
activities. See general product and
Recommendations to ETA for changes and publication requirements.
improvements.
PRODUCT AND PUBLICATION
REQUIREMENTS
Product Requirements (general) Ongoing All products must include
Provide accurate and actionable information that the date of issuance or
enables informed decisions by customers, and revision, and an
supports the development of data-driven strategies acknowledgement that the
and policies. product was produced
Produce products benefitting the governor, state either in whole or in part
legislature, state and local WDBs, relevant with WIGS. Documents
stakeholders, and the public. must be formatted to
ETA encourages grantees to notify the appropriate permit parts to be copied
regional office when products are posted on the (including specific words),
Internet. e.g., a MS Word
document or accessible
.pdf formatting enabling
such copying.
Publication Requirements (general). States must Within a States must include links
post all grant-funded products, reports, and workforce reasonable to all WIGS-funded
information on the Internet in a manner accessible to all period after the published material on
members of the public (unless otherwise indicated), and completion of their LMI Web site, and
comply with Rehabilitation Act Section 508 the work present it in a manner that
requirements. makes it easy for the
public to find this
material.
Deliverables and Requirements Due Dates Submission, Formatting,
and Other Requirements
Workforce Information Database (WIDb). Within 180 days Implemented in the
Implement and maintain the most current version (now from the release manner specified by the
2.6) of the WIDb and populate all designated core of a new ARC [states should
tables in accordance with Analyst Resource Center database version inform their regional
(ARC) guidelines (required data elements are listed at office if they use
http://www.workforceinfodb.org). supplemental or non-
standard WIDb tables.]
Licensing information: states must populate the At least every 2 States must submit data
database with the license.dbf and licauth.dbf licensing years through the National
files. Crosswalk Service Center
(NCSC), in the manner
specified by ARC.
Employment Projections (general) Ongoing State must provide links to
all published projections
on a single Web page.
Unpublished projections
products must be provided
to the ETA regional office
(to confirm that the
deliverable was
completed).
Statewide long-term industry and occupational Per TEGL 39-14 File must be provided to
projections for PY 15 WIGS the Projections Managing
10-year projections these are due one Partnership (PMP) in a
week following manner to be specified by
June 30, 2016 the PMP.
for the projection
period 2014-
Statewide short-term industry and occupational By March 7, File must be provided to
projections 2017 PMP in a manner to be
2-year projections specified by the PMP.
Sub-state long-term industry and occupational Due June 30, File must be provided to
projections 2017 PMP in a manner to be
10-year projections specified by the PMP.
Sub-state short-term industry and occupational NA If submitted, the file must
projections be provided to PMP in a
[Optional: allowable and encouraged, but not manner to be specified by
required, activity] the PMP.
Deliverables and Requirements Due Dates Submission, Formatting,
and Other Requirements
Annual Economic Analysis Report (or substitute as September 30, Unless a product
explained in the body of the TEGL). The information 2017 referred to is a Web
must be based on needs identified through customer site, all Internet links
consultations; must come from multiple, credible in the document must
sources; and must be clearly referenced and/or lead directly to the
footnoted. product, not to a Web
site that includes the
product.
See general product
and publication
requirements.
Other Published Reports. The information must be Within 90 Must be formatted in a
based on needs identified through customer calendar days manner to permit parts of
consultations; must come from multiple, credible following the it to be copied (including
sources; and must be clearly referenced and/or end of the specific words), e.g., a MS
footnoted. program year Word document or
accessible .pdf formatting
enabling such copying.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Consultations with customers about WLMI Ongoing
produced with grant funding.
Customers consulted must include those specified
in the Wagner-Peyser Act §15e(2).
ETA does not prescribe the consultation
methodology. Consultations must be documented
in the grantee’s internal files, and made available
upon request to ETA officials.
Data collection. All data collection activities must Ongoing
conform to the BLS technical standards and
methodologies. If this does not occur, the grantee must
document a defensible rationale for an alternative and
submit it to the appropriate ETA regional office.
IT systems and applications. Any IT system or Ongoing
application developed with WIGS is to adhere to
industry-standard, open architecture principles with
documentation and software made available for use by
other organizations for Federal governmental purposes.
Attachment (official PDF: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/TEGL/2016/TEGL_1-16_Attachment_2_Acc.pdf)
Attachment 2. Language for Grant Product Attribution and Intellectual Property Rights
The following language needs to appear on all products developed in whole or in part with grant
funds:
This workforce product was funded by a grant awarded by the U.S. Department of
Labor’s Employment and Training Administration. The product was created by the
recipient and does not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of
Labor. The Department of Labor makes no guarantees, warranties, or assurances of any
kind, express or implied, with respect to such information, including any information on
linked sites and including, but not limited to, accuracy of the information or its
completeness, timeliness, usefulness, adequacy, continued availability, or ownership.
This product is copyrighted by the institution that created it. Internal use by an
organization and/or personal use by an individual for non-commercial purposes is
permissible. All other uses require the prior authorization of the copyright owner.”
In addition, the following text needs to appear when applicable.
The Federal Government reserves a paid-up, nonexclusive and irrevocable license to
reproduce, publish or otherwise use, and to authorize others to use for federal purposes:
i) the copyright in all products developed under the grant, including a subgrant or contract
under the grant or subgrant; and ii) any rights of copyright to which the recipient,
subrecipient or a contractor purchases ownership under an award (including but not
limited to curricula, training models, technical assistance products, and any related
materials). Such uses include, but are not limited to, the right to modify and distribute
such products worldwide by any means, electronically or otherwise. Federal funds may
not be used to pay any royalty or license fee for use of a copyrighted work, or the cost of
acquiring by purchase a copyright in a work, where the Department has a license or rights
of free use in such work, although they may be used to pay costs for obtaining a copy
which is limited to the developer/seller costs of copying and shipping. If revenues are
generated through selling products developed with grant funds, including intellectual
property, these revenues are program income. Program income must be used in
accordance with the provisions of this grant award and 2 CFR 200.307.
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