Program Year 2026 workforce and labor market information grants

CLASSIFICATION
   EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION              Workforce Information
               ADVISORY SYSTEM                         CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL
          U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR                     DNPTTA/Workforce Information
             Washington, D.C. 20210                    DATE
                                                       August 24, 2026

ADVISORY:      TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER NO. 03-26

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:          MAREK LACO
               Acting Assistant Secretary

SUBJECT:       Program Year 2026 Workforce and Labor Market Information Grants to States:
               Program Guidance and Deliverables

1. Purpose. To provide program guidance for the development, management, and delivery of
   workforce and labor market information (WLMI) funded through the Workforce and Labor
   Market Information Grants to States (WIGS).

2. Action Requested. Per the grant agreement, during the course of the year, grantees must
   provide the deliverables according to the requirements and timeframes outlined in
   Attachment I. Refer to Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 10-25 for grant
   application submission requirements for Program Year (PY) 2026 WIGS funding.

3. Summary and Background.

   a. Summary – This guidance, published annually, specifies grant requirements for WIGS,
      which are funded by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA).

   b. Background – State Workforce Agencies use WIGS to develop and disseminate essential
      state and local WLMI for job seekers, employers, educators, economic developers, and
      others. This TEGL describes required, encouraged, and other allowable activities, and
      explains the rationale for ETA policies and requirements. During times of economic
      changes, the data and information produced by the WIGS is particularly important.

  RESCISSIONS                                           EXPIRATION DATE
  None                                                  Continuing

4. 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
   American Job Centers (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 populate and maintain a database (see sub-section a.
   below), produce public products (see sub-section b. below), ensure staff are adequately
   trained (see sub-section c. below), and produce a report describing accomplishments
   pertaining to this TEGL (sub-section d. below). If the grantee does not produce any of the
   four required deliverables, it must negotiate an extension and a revised schedule with the
   appropriate ETA Regional Office.

   a. Workforce Information Database (WID). Accurate and reliable data are a cornerstone
      of the nation’s workforce development system. The WID includes the most important
      workforce-related data elements and defines them consistently, ensuring comparability
      across jurisdictions. The Analyst Resource Center (ARC), an ETA-funded grantee which
      supports consistent Labor Market Information (LMI) data collection, provides and
      maintains information on the structure and content of the WID at
      www.widcenter.org/structure-2/, including background for this state requirement at
      www.widcenter.org/why-a-standard-structure/.

       States must use WIGS funds to populate, maintain, and update the WID. States must
       also use WIGS funds to provide related staff training necessary to meet the WID
       requirements. Grantees must implement and maintain the most current version of WID
       and populate all ARC-designated core tables following ARC procedures. The ARC
       website (www.widcenter.org/document/all-core-tables/) describes all required data
       elements and helps grantees obtain maximum benefit from the WID. ETA uses the WID
       as an input to online career tools that provide information for job seekers, labor market
       intermediaries, employers, and workforce professionals. This functionality is currently
       provided primarily through CareerOneStop (www.careeronestop.org). However, in the
       coming year, ETA aims to transition to a Federally hosted and modernized site
       experience that is simpler, more guided, and better connected to timely skills and
       occupational information. ETA envisions that the modernized site will deliver a clean,
       mobile-first user interface with consolidated resources, even stronger data integration
       with occupational information to support skills-based navigation, AI-powered
       functionality, and clearer connections to employment and training opportunities.

b. State and local industry and occupational employment projections. Please note ETA
   is no longer requiring states to produce two-year occupational employment projections.
   Publishing either the two-year or the mid-term occupational employment projections are
   optional for states. The Projections Managing Partnership (PMP) Projections Suite
   software will still support the publication of the two-year and mid-term occupational
   employment projections for those states who choose to publish the two-year or mid-term
   occupational employment projections.

   The ten-year statewide and the ten-year sub-state occupational employment projections
   requirements and due dates are described in Attachment I. States who are unable to
   produce the required projections must report this to their ETA Regional Office before the
   respective submittal deadlines.

   ETA worked closely with the PMP, state subject-matter experts for projections, and with
   the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to decide that these changes met both the
   states’ (and their customers’) needs while giving flexibility to states who choose to
   continue to publish two-year and/or mid-term occupational projections.

   Occupational employment projections are one of the most frequently requested types of
   labor market information. 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. Individual jobseekers and policy makers are
   particularly interested in projections during times of economic changes. BLS funds
   national employment projections, but WIGS funds the state and local (sub-state)
   projections produced by the states with assistance from ETA and BLS.

   Grantees must use the methodology, software, and guidelines specified by the state-led
   PMP to produce all projections. Additionally, grantees must use the Local Employment
   and Wage Information System (LEWIS) to provide the staffing patterns for sub-state
   projections. To meet these requirements, grantees may use WIGS funds to obtain
   training provided by the PMP (see https://www.projectionstraining.com), ARC (see
   www.widcenter.org), LEWIS (https://lewissupport.com/), and other LMI-related sources.
   Finally, state occupational projections must be posted on the PMP website
   (https://projectionscentral.org/) as well as on the state LMI website to maximize public
   awareness and availability for use.

c. Employee development and LMI training for service delivery. In accordance with
   section 3(c)(4) of the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49b(c)(4)), as amended by section
   303(b)(2) of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) (Pub. Law 113-128,
   July 22, 2014), states must provide employee development and LMI training to ensure
   quality service delivery. In an effort to promote robust use of LMI, ETA encourages
   state LMI offices to provide training to State Workforce Agency staff, local AJCs,
   WDBs, vocational rehabilitation providers, providers of services to veterans returning to
   the civilian workforce, providers assisting citizens re-entering the workforce after
   incarceration, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training

    (SNAP E&T) providers, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) service
    providers. Many local boards, programs, and service providers are engaged in data
    analysis to understand the local labor market. Training can include the analysis of the
    labor market by specific variables, such as employment, earnings, and career progression.
    The provision of LMI training will help support a one-stop delivery system that provides
    high quality and professional services to job seekers and businesses.

    Outreach and training are especially critical as state labor markets experience economic
    changes. ETA encourages LMI directors and their staff to actively seek opportunities to
    provide information and training to the local workforce system, employers, jobseekers,
    AJCs, and those seeking career advice.

d. Annual Performance Report. Grantees must submit a WIGS Annual Performance
   Report to their ETA Regional Office that summarizes all grantee activities, including
   the core deliverables and activities shown below, in the order indicated, by October 1
   each year.
           i. Workforce Information Database (WID);
          ii. Industry and occupational employment projections;
         iii. LMI training for service delivery; and

    Whether a core or optional activity, each summary must identify:
         i. A description of the activity;
        ii. How customer consultation is used in each activity;
       iii. Which customer needs are met by each activity; and
       iv. If the activity supports collaborations or leveraged funding.

    Grantees are also asked to make any recommendations or suggestions to their ETA
    Regional Office for improving the use of WIGS funding.

    Please note: The WIGS Annual Performance Report must be in a PDF format which
    complies with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. See Required Methods,
    Section d. Publication requirement below for more information on 508 compliance.

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. To best serve their customers and optimize federal investments, grantees
   should 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. Examples of partnerships to
   develop may include schools (K-12, 2-year colleges, universities, career technical
   education programs), state-wide and local WDB and economic development boards, any
   eligible training provider, SNAP E&T agencies, TANF agencies, veteran-serving

   organizations, and other government agencies in your states and regions that use LMI or
   can use LMI in their planning and decision-making.

b. Customer consultation. One of the key tenets of WIOA is meeting the needs of
   businesses and jobseekers. Further, 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 provides relevant and integrated information to support decision-making by state
   and local WDBs and other stakeholders. ETA does not prescribe how to perform
   outreach, but suggests it be performed 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.

c. Data collection and research methodology. All ETA-funded data collection,
   population, and dissemination activities must conform to the appropriate BLS, PMP,
   ARC, or generally accepted professional standards and methodologies. 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
   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
   websites 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, or host WLMI websites
   and other electronic delivery systems. Grantees must also use the approved language in
   Attachment II on products or sites that are funded by WIGS. This language is in
   Attachment II 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 should 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 integration to
   capture WLMI services provided.

   Additionally, ETA encourages states to maintain and share with ETA state LMI website
   analytics, such as the number of visitors, page views, top LMI pages or websites visited,
   or other analytics the state would like to share.

Required forms, files, and deadlines. Please refer to TEGL No. 10-25 for application
submission requirements for PY 2026 WIGS grants.

a. 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 to
   ETA upon request.

b. Deadlines. By accepting WIGS funding, a state agrees to fulfill all work specified in this
   guidance and adhere to the specified deadlines. ETA expects grantees to expend WIGS
   funds using a “First in First Out” spending system. All grant funds awarded in a prior
   program year should be expended before spending funds received from a later grant.
   Any carryover must be expended before spending any new funding. Grantees must
   expend the PY 2026 funds within the three-year period ending June 30, 2029. During the
   performance period, the grantee and the ETA Regional Office may jointly adjust planned
   expenditures within the state’s allotment.

c. Expenditures. All WIGS expenditures must support the required and allowable
   activities, and conform to "reasonable," "necessary," and "allocable" costs specified in the
   Uniform Guidance at 2 CFR Part 200. WIGS cannot be used to supplant funding from
   other federal or state sources. Please contact your ETA regional federal project officer
   (FPO) if you have questions or need technical assistance.

Encouraged innovation in modernizing workforce data and systems. To the extent feasible,
ETA encourages states to explore innovative ways to strengthen and improve the
responsiveness of WLMI, eliminate information silos, and help job seekers and employers
make more informed workforce decisions. Such activities may include leveraging WLMI to
support the use of technology to enhance career navigation and mobility, exploring how
artificial intelligence (AI) tools might be used to support development and dissemination of
more responsive WLMI, and/or exploring the use of new sources of data to produce WLMI
that is more local, timely, and actionable.

Consistent with past recommendations of the Workforce Information Advisory Committee,
ETA encourages states to test new products that show the impact of local labor market
shocks on skill demand and career transitions so that the WLMI system can more proactively
prepare to meet the needs of its customers. In particular, ETA encourages states to work with
the state unemployment insurance agency and other partners to explore enhancements to
wage records (including the addition of occupation, hours worked, and worker location) and
to use those enhancements to produce actionable labor market intelligence. ETA also
encourages states to explore how such enhanced wage records can serve as a foundation for
portable learning and employment records (LER) that workers can use to document and
communicate their skills and work history, and for tools for understanding how skills and
tasks map to occupations, training programs, and credentials.

Encouraged economic and labor market reports, products, and activities. ETA encourages
grantees to produce other reports and data in addition to those outlined above. These reports

may include accurate data, actionable information, and resources that enable job seekers,
employers, staff in AJCs, state and local WDBs, policy makers, and the workforce
development system to make informed decisions about the reemployment, work-based
learning, training, and career pathways strategies that lead to rapid reemployment and worker
advancement along a continuum of high-demand and high-wage jobs.

ETA encourages states to develop other products that may include online self-service tools
and other occupational and career guidance resources for job seekers including
Unemployment Insurance claimants; industry- or occupation-specific research; data
visualizations, job vacancy surveys; supply/demand analysis; reports based on analyses of
on-line job orders (job ads) data sources; and studies of topics of continuing interest such as
labor or skill supply and demand, mismatches, and deficiencies. Examples of these reports
and products are found on state websites and various U.S. Department of Labor websites.

Another encouraged report is a statewide annual economic analysis report. This report was a
requirement in previous WIGS TEGLs; however, since PY 2025 it is no longer a required
product. ETA regards state economic and labor market analyses as important to plan WIOA
and other workforce programs. Therefore, ETA encourages states to publish an annual
statewide economic analysis report and provide it to state policymakers (including the
governor and state legislature) and state and local WDBs, and to disseminate it widely via
state websites, state press releases, and state social media content. Grantees have broad
discretion over the reports’ contents, but they are encouraged to include analyses of trends
and challenges at both the state and sub-state levels. Examples of topics may include
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 important industries and occupations; and
skill shortages, mismatches, or deficiencies, within the limitations of the available data.

With regard to LMI training, ETA encourages states to provide training and technical
assistance to customers outside of the required LMI training for state and local workforce
development staff. This may be conducted through in-person or virtual presentations, social
media campaigns, or any other forms of print or electronic media to assist the grantee in
promoting the LMI products created using WIGS funding.

Looking Ahead: Assessing WIGS for PY 2027 and Beyond. ETA recognizes that the
landscape for workforce and labor market information has changed substantially and
continues to rapidly evolve. Given new data sources, AI-assisted analytical tools, and
evolving customer needs, ETA seeks to determine how finite WIGS funding can be most
effectively deployed by states to produce the most timely, local, and actionable information
possible. During PY 2026, ETA intends to consult with states, their customers, and other
stakeholders to examine whether the current mix of required and encouraged activities
remains the right model, and what changes might better serve the workforce system in PY
2027 and beyond. ETA will share more information about the structure and timing of that
consultation process with states in the coming months. Grantees are encouraged to reflect on
this question in their Annual Performance Reports and in conversations with their ETA
Regional Offices.

5. Inquiries. Contact the applicable ETA Regional Office.

6. References.
   • Section 3(c)(4) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended (29 U.S.C. 49b(c)(4));
   • 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);
   • TEGL No. 10-25, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Adult, Dislocated Worker,
      and Youth Activities Program Allotments for Program Year 2026; Program Year
      Allotments for the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service Program; and Program Year
      2026 Allotments of Workforce Information Grants to States and Outlying Areas (April
      28, 2026.)
   • TEGL No. 16-22, Revised ETA-9130 Financial Report Instructions and Additional
      Guidance (May 12, 2023) and its change 1 (January 19, 2024.)

7. Attachments.
  I.  Consolidated Requirements for WIGS Grantees
 II.  Language for Grant Product Attribution and Intellectual Property Rights

                                                                                 Attachment I
    Consolidated Requirements for Workforce and Labor Market Information Grants to
                                States (WIGS) Grantees

 The information in Column 1 of the following table summarizes the deliverables and
 requirements that are contained and explained fully in the body of the Training and Employment
 Guidance Letter (TEGL). Columns 2 and 3 contain important administrative details that have not
 been included in the body of the TEGL.

Deliverables and Requirements                           Due Dates          Submission, Formatting
                                                                           and Other Requirements
REPORTING
SF 424 (Application for Federal Assistance)             States must        States submit the SF 424
                                                        submit the SF      to www.Grants.gov.
Instructions for the SF-424 and forms can be found at   424 according to
https://www.grants.gov/forms/forms-repository/sf-424-   the instructions
family and search for OMB number 4040-0004.             in TEGL 10-25.
If a state believes it is necessary to revise their
expenditure plan due to unforeseen factors, the state
may petition the ETA Regional Office for approval to
modify the plan.
Sample completed SF 424 forms may be obtained from
the applicable ETA Regional Office.
ETA Form 9130 quarterly financial reports.              Within 45 days     August 15,
                                                        after the end of
All sections of the form must be completed.             each quarter.      November 15,
                                                        Specified in       February 15, and
                                                        TEGL 16-22.
                                                                           May 15.

Deliverables and Requirements                             Due Dates          Submission, Formatting
                                                                            and Other Requirements
WIGS Annual Performance Report.                           October 1, 2027   1) States must post this
                                                                            report on their Labor
The report must include hyperlinks for all published                        Market Information (LMI)
products, and major unpublished products must be                            website.
attached. It must also summarize all activities,                            2) Unless a product
including the following.                                                    referred to is a website, all
• Describe all deliverables, highlighting new                               Internet links in the
  accomplishments and noting whether partnerships                           document must lead
  or collaborations were involved.                                          directly to the product, not
• The required customer consultations regarding                             to a website that includes
  products and services, including the customer needs                       the product.
  identified. If customers identified needed                                3) See general product and
  improvements, state the responsive measures taken.                        publication requirements.
• Partnership and collaborative efforts, including
  activities to leverage grant funding and new
  activities.
• Recommendations to Employment and Training
  Administration (ETA) for changes and
  improvements.
• Description of the training provided to include date,
  subject, who attended and the presenter(s).
• The report must be a Section 508-compliant
  accessible PDF for posting online.
PRODUCT AND PUBLICATION
REQUIREMENTS
Product Requirements (general)                            Ongoing           All products must include
                                                                            the date of issuance or
• Provide accurate and actionable information that                          revision, and an
  enables informed decisions by customers and                               acknowledgement that the
  supports the development of data-driven strategies                        product was produced
  and policies.                                                             either in whole or in part
• Produce products benefitting the governor, state                          with U.S. Department of
  legislature, state and local Workforce Development                        Labor-funded WIGS.
  Board (WDB)s, relevant stakeholders, and the                              Documents must be
  public.                                                                   formatted to permit parts
• ETA encourages grantees to notify their Regional                          to be copied (including
  Office when products are posted on the Internet.                          specific words), e.g., a MS
                                                                            Word document or
                                                                            accessible PDF formatting
                                                                            (i.e. .pdf) enabling such
                                                                            copying and be 508-
                                                                            compliant.

Deliverables and Requirements                              Due Dates           Submission, Formatting
                                                                              and Other Requirements
Publication Requirements (general).                        Within a           States must include links
                                                           reasonable         to all WIGS-funded
States must post all grant-funded products, reports, and   period after the   published material on
workforce information on the Internet in a manner          completion of      their LMI website and
accessible to all members of the public (unless            the work           present it in a manner that
otherwise indicated) and comply with Rehabilitation                           makes it easy for the
Act Section 508 requirements.                                                 public to find. States must
                                                                              post such products, reports
                                                                              and workforce
                                                                              information on their LMI
                                                                              website. All materials
                                                                              must be 508- compliant.
Workforce Information Database (WID).                                       Implemented in the
                                                                            manner specified by the
Implement and maintain the most current version (3.0)      Version 3.0      ARC. (States should
of the WID and populate all designated core tables in      should have been inform their ETA
accordance with Analyst Resource Center (ARC)              implemented by Regional Office if they
guidelines (required data elements are listed at           July 30, 2025.   use supplemental or non-
www.widcenter.org/state-dbas). More information                             standard WID tables.)
regarding WID 3.0 can be found at:
https://widcenter.org/wid-3-0-suggested-implementation-procedure/
Additional support will be available at
https://ulmita.org/contact. This is also used for
LEWIS.
Occupational licensing information: states must            June 30, 2027.     States must submit data in
populate the database with the “license” and “licauth”                        the manner specified by
licensing files and submit them to the ARC on an                              ARC.
annual basis. Ideally files will be submitted in Excel
format with “license” and “licauth” as tabs within a
single file.

Deliverables and Requirements                            Due Dates            Submission, Formatting
                                                                              and Other Requirements
Employment Projections (general).                        Ongoing              States must post published
                                                                              both industry and
                                                                              occupational employment
                                                                              projections on their LMI
                                                                              website and provide the
                                                                              occupational employment
                                                                              projections to the
                                                                              Projections Managing
                                                                              Partnership (PMP) for
                                                                              posting on its website.
                                                                              Any unpublished
                                                                              projections products must
                                                                              be provided to the ETA
                                                                              Regional Office.
Statewide long-term industry and occupational 10-year    Not required for     Not required under this
projections (2024-2034)                                  PY26. Please         TEGL. They will be
                                                         notify your ETA      required next year.
                                                         regional FPO if
                                                         you will publish
                                                         these.
Sub-state long-term industry and occupational 10-year    Due July 7, 2027     Please post to the state
projections (2024-2034)                                                       LMI website and the PMP
                                                                              website.
NOTE: If a state produces both the state-wide and sub-   For this             If both are created, please
state 10-year employment projection together in the      situation, July 7,   post them both to the state
same year, then the following year no employment         2027, or please      LMI website.
projections will be required. States may continue this   consult with
cycle of publishing 10-year state-wide and sub-state     your ETA
employment projections every other year.                 regional FPO.
Two-year or mid-term industry and occupational           Optional. Please     If created, the file must be
projections, state-wide                                  notify your ETA      provided to PMP in a
                                                         regional FPO if      manner to be specified by
                                                         you will publish     the PMP. These should
                                                         these.               also be posted to the state
                                                                              LMI website.

Deliverables and Requirements                            Due Dates        Submission, Formatting
                                                                         and Other Requirements
Other Published Reports.                                 Within 90       Must be formatted in a
                                                         calendar days   manner to permit parts of
The information must be based on needs identified        following the   it to be copied (including
through customer consultations; must come from           end of the      specific words), e.g., a MS
multiple credible sources; and must be clearly           program year    Word document or
referenced and/or footnoted. The reports must be 508                     accessible PDF (i.e., pdf
compliant.                                                               format) enabling such
                                                                         copying. Please post any
                                                                         published report on the
                                                                         state LMI website.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS                                       Due Date
Data collection. All data collection, population, and    Ongoing
dissemination activities must conform to the
appropriate U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, PMP,
ARC, or generally accepted professional standards
and methodologies.
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 II
         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 (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA). The product was
       created by the recipient and does not necessarily reflect the official position of DOL.
       DOL 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
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