2017 workforce information grant requirements

CLASSIFICATION
   EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION            Workforce Information
               ADVISORY SYSTEM                       CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL
          U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR                   DNPTTA/Workforce Information
             Washington, D.C. 20210                  DATE
                                                     September 22, 2017


ADVISORY:      TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER NO. 4-17

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:          BYRON ZUIDEMA /s/
               Deputy Assistant Secretary

SUBJECT:       Program Year (PY) 2017 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 the 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);
    Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 27-16, June 9, 2017, Workforce
      Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth Activities
      Program Allotments for Program Year (PY) 2017; Final PY 2017 Allotments for the
      Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service (ES) Program Allotments; and the Allotments of
      Workforce Information Grants to States for PY 2017;
    TEGL No. 1-16, July 8, 2016, Program Year (PY) 2016 Workforce Labor Market
      Information Grants to States (WIGS): Policy and Program Guidance and Deliverables;
    TEGL No. 19-14, February 19, 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; and
    Training and Employment Notice (TEN) No. 42-15, Change 1, August 19, 2016, Change
      1 - Announcing the Publication and Effective Dates of the Workforce Innovation and
      Opportunity Act (WIOA) Final Rules in the Federal Register on August 19, 2016


 RESCISSIONS                                         EXPIRATION DATE
 None                                                Continuing


3. OMB Approval. To conform with the PRA, the President’s Office of Management and
   Budget (OMB) has reviewed and approved this information collection (OMB Control
   Number 1205-0417), whose authorization expires May 31, 2020. Under 5 CFR 1320.5(b), an
   agency cannot conduct, sponsor, or require a response to a collection of information unless
   the collection displays a valid OMB Control Number.

4. Fund Allotments, Goals and Objectives. The Employment and Training Administration
   (ETA) previously published PY 2017 allotments for WIGS in TEGL No. 27-16 on June 9,
   2017. Please refer to this TEGL for specific allotments by state. (Note that, hereafter, the
   term “state” also includes the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the outlying areas.

   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 rationale 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). WIDb 2.7 was released May 1, 2017. The
      states are required to update to WIDb 2.7 by January 8, 2018. 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 educational 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 2.7) of WIDb and populate all Analyst Resource Center (ARC)-designated core
   tables. The ARC Web site (www.widcenter.org) describes all required data elements and
   helps grantees obtain maximum benefit from the WIDb. 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.

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 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
   PMP to produce all projections. Additionally, grantees must use the Local Employment
   and Wages Information System (LEWIS), formerly the Estimates Delivery System
   (EDS), to provide 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.widcenter.org)
   and other WLMI-related sources.

c. A statewide annual economic analysis report. ETA regards state economic and labor
   market analyses as essential to plan WIOA and other workforce programs. Therefore,
   ETA requires statewide economic analysis reports, 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 publish
   other economic reports of value to state policymakers (including the governor and state
   legislature), as well as state and local workforce development boards (WDBs).

   In accordance with section 3(c)(4) of the Wagner-Peyser (29 U.S.C. 49b(c)(4), as
   amended by section 303(b)(2) of WIOA, states must provide employee development and
   LMI training to ensure quality service delivery. Such training should be provided to


     State workforce agency staff, to their local AJCs, and WDBs, in an effort to promote
     robust use of Workforce LMI. The training provided, and to whom, should be identified
     in the State annual reports. The provision of LMI training will help support a one-stop
     delivery system that provides high quality and professional services to the job seeker and
     businesses.

     Grantees have broad discretion over the reports’ contents, but they should include
     analyses of trends and challenges — at both the state and sub-state levels — of such
     topics as gross domestic product; 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. The analyses should address the jobless
     population as a whole, as well as the experiences, needs, and challenges of the targeted
     populations identified in state planning requirements.

     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) any publication that does
     not contain any economic analysis related to that state.


Deliverable               Required, encouraged and other              Due Date
                          allowable activities
Statewide long-term       Statewide 10-year projections are           No 10-year Projections
                          required in alternate years.                are due in 2018.
Statewide short-term       Submission of 2-year projections are      One Week following
                              required each year.                     February 28, 2018.
                           ETA also encourages states to
                              disseminate their short-term            The Two Year
                              projections.                            Projections are projected
                           State may also produce longer             to 2019 with a base year
                              projections (e.g., 3, 4 or 5 years).    of 2017.
                           . ETA also encourages states to
                              disseminate these projections.
                           ETA discourages development of 1-
                              year projections
Sub-state long-term       10-year projections                         No Sub-state 10 Year
                                                                      Projections this year
Sub-state short-term      Encouraged, but not required, activity
Work Force                All States should update to WIDb 2.7        January 8, 2018
Information Database
(WIDb)


(WIGS) 2017 Statewide      States submit this report to the            September 30, 2018
Economic Analysis          appropriate ETA regional office.
Report
(WIGS) 2017 Annual         States submit this report to the            September 30, 2018
Reports and signed         appropriate ETA regional office. This
letters.                   report should provide web links to any
                           additional economic and labor market
                           reports and products.


WLMI Training for the      ETA encourages but does not require         Ongoing
Workforce System           states to provide such training for AJC
                           and WDB staff.
Licensing information:     States must submit data to the ARC in       At least every 2 years
states must populate the   the manner specified
database with the
license.dbf and
licauth.dbf licensing
files.

  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 AJCs,
  state and local WDBs, policy makers, and the workforce investment system to make
  informed decisions about the work-based learning, training, reemployment, 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, or deficiencies. ETA encourages grantees to review the
  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, 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 LMI-WI 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 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, Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements.

   a. Application forms. As noted above, please refer to TEGL No. 27-16 for application
      submission requirements for PY 2017 WIGS grants. Note that this TEGL specified a due
      date of July 14, 2017 for submission of application forms.

   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, 2017 to June 30, 2018 period,
      although carry-over is permitted. Grantees must expend the funds within the three-year
      period ending June 30, 2020. 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_Work
   force_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 27-16, and above, to initiate the PY 17 WIGS,
   state workforce agencies (SWA) were required to submit the SF 424 to Grants.gov by July
   14, 2017. 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 financial management questions, contact the applicable ETA regional office; Grants
    Management Specialist Chanta Ferrell at [email protected] or National Grant Officer
    Serena Boyd 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/2017/TEGL_4-17_Attachment_I_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 was      States must submit the
https://apply07.grants.gov/apply/forms/sample/SF424-      required to be       SF 424 to
V2.0.pdf All sections of the form must be completed.      submitted to         www.Grants.gov.
                                                          Grants.gov by
  SF 424A (Budget Information) at                         July 14, 2017.      States must submit
 http://apply07.grants.gov/apply/forms/sample/SF424                           an original and one
 A-V1.0.pdf Note: States that plan to expend WIGS                             copy of the SF 424
 funding over a two- or three-year period may want                            that was submitted
 to consult with the applicable EA regional office                            through Grants.gov
 when completing Section E.                                                   and an SF 424 A to
                                                                              their ETA regional
 Instructions for both 424 and 424A forms are at                              office.
 http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/form-
 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 15,
sections of the form must be completed.                   after the end of    2017
                                                          each quarter        February 15,

                                                                              May 15, 2018
                                                                              August 15, 2018


Deliverables and Requirements                             Due Dates           Submission, Formatting
                                                                             and Other Requirements
Annual Performance Report. The report must                October 1, 2018    This report must be
include hyperlinks to all published products, and major                      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 Department of
    stakeholders, and the public.                                            Labor-funded WIGS.
 ETA encourages grantees to notify their regional                           Documents must be
    office when products are posted on the Internet.                         formatted to permit parts
                                                                             to be copied (including
                                                                             specific words), 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     period after the   published material on
all members of the public (unless otherwise indicated),   completion of      their LMI Web site, and
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
2.7) 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.widcenter.org/).                                                 supplemental or non-
                                                                            standard WIDb tables.]
Occupational licensing information: states must          At least every 2   States must submit data in
populate the database with the license.dbf and           years              the manner specified by
licauth.dbf licensing files.                                                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            One week           File must be provided to
projections                                              following June     PMP in a manner to be
 10-year projections                                    30, 2017 for       specified by the PMP
                                                         projections from
                                                         2016-2026.
Statewide short-term industry and occupational           One Week           File must be provided to
projections                                              following          PMP in a manner to be
 2-year projections                                     February 28,       specified by the PMP
                                                         2018.
Sub-state long-term industry and occupational            No Sub-state 10    No Sub-state 10 Year
projections                                              Year Projections   Projections this year
 10-year projections                                    this year
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 and Economic Analysis Report (or substitute        September 30,    Unless a product
as explained in the body of the TEGL). The                2018                 referred to is a Web
information must be based on needs identified through                          site, all Internet links
customer consultations; must come from multiple,                               in the document must
credible 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 §15(e)(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.
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/2017/TEGL_4-17_Attachment_II_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 U.S. 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
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