2024 workforce and labor market information grant deliverables

CLASSIFICATION
   EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION             Workforce Information
               ADVISORY SYSTEM                        CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL
          U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR                    DNPTTA/Workforce Information
             Washington, D.C. 20210                   DATE
                                                      June 7, 2024

ADVISORY:      TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER NO. 14-23

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:          JOSÉ JAVIER RODRÍGUEZ
               Assistant Secretary

SUBJECT:       Program Year 2024 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 1. Refer to Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 12-23 for grant
   application submission requirements for Program Year (PY) 2024 WIGS funding.

3. Summary and Background.

   a. Summary – This guidance, published annually, specifies grant requirements for WIGS,
      which are funded by 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 two types of public products (see sub-sections b. and d. below), and ensure
   staff are adequately trained (see sub-section c. 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). WID 2.8 was released in May 2019 and
      fully implemented in all states. Please be aware work is continuing on WID 3.0 and the
      anticipated implementation date is July 2025. More information regarding WID 3.0 can
      be found here https://widcenter.org/wid-3-0-request-for-comment/.

       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 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 CareerOneStop (www.careeronestop.org), an ETA-funded website
       providing information for job seekers, labor market intermediaries, employers, and
       workforce professionals.

   b. State and local industry and occupational employment projections. Please note the
      requirements for publishing occupational employment projections are changing effective
      this year. ETA is no longer requiring states to produce two -year occupational
      employment projections. Both the two-year and mid-term occupational employment

   projections will be 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 fund 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 WIOA, 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, WBDs, 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 for various subpopulations, e.g., by
   race, ethnicity, gender, disability status, and veteran status. Training can include the

   analysis of the labor market by specific populations, such as employment, earnings, and
   career progression for different subpopulations. The training provided, and to whom,
   should be identified in the state’s WIGS Annual Performance Report. 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 changes
   from the end of the pandemic and associated 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. 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 report and encourages annual publication. 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 WDBs. The state’s economic report must be: 1)
   posted to the state LMI website as a Section 508-compliant accessible PDF format, and
   2) the state must email the weblink to their ETA regional office. (See Required Methods,
   Section d. Publication requirement below for more information on 508 compliancy.)

   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. 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. 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.

e. 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
        iv. Annual economic analysis and other reports.

   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 Section 508-compliant accessible PDF format. (See Required Methods,
           Section d. Publication requirement before for more information on 508
           compliancy.)
       • Have a cover letter signed by the State Workforce Agency head prior to submittal
           to the ETA regional office. If this is not possible, a written justification
           explaining why the State Workforce Agency head has not signed the letter must
           be provided to the ETA regional Federal Project Officer (FPO) for this grant.
           This letter needs to be submitted as a separate Section 508-compliant accessible
           PDF.

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 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
   and technical schools), 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 is providing 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. Grantees must document these consultations in their
   WIGS Annual Performance Report.

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 2 on products or sites that are funded by WIGS. This language is 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 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, we encourage 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. If available, please provide such
   information in the WIGS Annual Performance Report.

Required forms, files, and deadlines. Please refer to TEGL No. 12-23, “Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth Activities
Program Allotments for Program Year (PY) 2024; PY 2024 Allotments for the Wagner-
Peyser Act Employment Service (ES) Program; and PY 2024 Allotments of Workforce
Information Grants to States,” for application submission requirements for PY 2024 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 2024 funds within the three-year period ending June 30, 2027. 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 (Uniform Guidance see:
   https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title02/2cfr200_main_02.tpl).
   WIGS cannot be used to supplant funding from other federal or state sources. Please
   contact your ETA regional FPO if you have questions or need technical assistance.

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 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 higher wage jobs. Examples of such other products include
online self-service tools and other occupational and career guidance resources for job seekers
including UI 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.

Other allowable activities. ETA encourages states to provide training and technical
assistance to customers outside of the required LMI training for state and local workforce
development staff. All LMI training provided by WIGS funded staff should be reported in
the WIGS Annual Performance Report and should include the following information:

      i.   Type of LMI training provided;
     ii.   The customer group receiving the training;
    iii.   Date;
    iv.    Location; and
     v.    Estimated number of individuals receiving the training.

ETA also encourages grantees to leverage WIGS funds by expanding partnerships among the
workforce development system, and education, training, and economic development
communities.

5. 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 Rahel Bizuayene at [email protected] or National Grant
   Officer Serena Boyd at [email protected].

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. 15-14, Implementation of the New Uniform Guidance Regulations, December
      19, 2014;
   • TEGL No. 12-23, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Adult, Dislocated
      Worker and Youth Activities Program Allotments for Program Year (PY) 2024; PY 2024
      Allotments for the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service (ES) Program; and PY 2024
      Allotments of Workforce Information Grants to States, May 8, 2024; and
   • TEGL 20-19, Revised ETA-9130 Financial Report, Instructions, and Additional
      Guidance, April 29, 2020.

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

                                                                                Attachment I

                      Consolidated Requirements for 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 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)           The SF 424 is       States must submit the SF
                                                      required to be      424 to www.Grants.gov.
Instructions for the SF-424 and forms can be found at submitted
https://www.grants.gov/forms/forms-repository/sf-424- according to the
family and search for OMB number 4040-0004.
                                                      instructions in
If a state believes it is necessary to revise their   TEGL 12-23.
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 20-19.
                                                                          May 15.

Deliverables and Requirements                             Due Dates         Submission, Formatting
                                                                            and Other Requirements
WIGS Annual Performance Report.                           October 1, 2025   1) The state LMI Director
                                                                            is to submit the signed
The report must include hyperlinks to all published                         letter and report as
products, and major unpublished products must be                            separate PDF files to the
attached. It must also summarize all activities,
                                                                            appropriate ETA regional
including the following.                                                    office.
• Describe all deliverables, highlighting new                               2) States must post this
  accomplishments and noting whether partnerships                           report (but not the cover
  or collaborations were involved.                                          letter) on their LMI
• The required customer consultations regarding                             website.
  products and services, including the customer needs                       3) Unless a product
  identified. If customers identified needed                                referred to is a website, all
  improvements, state the responsive measures taken.                        Internet links in the
• Partnership and collaborative efforts, including                          document must lead
  activities to leverage grant funding and new                              directly to the product, not
  activities.                                                               to a website that includes
• Recommendations to ETA for changes and                                    the product.
  improvements.                                                             4) See general product and
                                                                            publication requirements.
• Description of the training provided to include date,
  subject, who attended and the presenter(s).
• The report must be a Section 508-complaint
  accessible PDF for posting online.
• A signed cover letter from the State Workforce
  Agency head must accompany the report and also
  be a Section 508-compliant accessible PDF.

Deliverables and Requirements                            Due Dates          Submission, Formatting
                                                                            and Other Requirements
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 WDBs, relevant                               Labor-funded WIGS.
  stakeholders, and the public.                                             Documents must be
• ETA encourages grantees to notify their regional                          formatted to permit parts
  office when products are posted on the Internet.                          to be copied (including
                                                                            specific words), e.g., a MS
                                                                            Word document or
                                                                            accessible PDF formatting
                                                                            (i.e. .pdf) enabling such
                                                                            copying and be 508-
                                                                            compliant.
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.

Deliverables and Requirements                             Due Dates       Submission, Formatting
                                                                          and Other Requirements
Workforce Information Database (WID).                 No revisions this   Implemented in the
                                                      year; version 2.8   manner specified by the
Implement and maintain the most current version (2.8) should have been    ARC. (States should
of the WID and populate all designated core tables in
                                                      implemented by      inform their ETA regional
accordance with Analyst Resource Center (ARC)         July 15, 2020.      office if they use
guidelines (required data elements are listed at                          supplemental or non-
www.widcenter.org/state-dbas). Please be aware that NOTE:                 standard WID tables.)
work has commenced on WID 3.0 and the anticipated anticipated due
implementation date is July 2025. More information date for WID 3.0
regarding WID 3.0 can be found at:                    is July 2025
https://widcenter.org/wid-3-0-suggested-implementation-procedure/
Occupational licensing information: states must        June 30, 2025.     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.

Deliverables and Requirements                            Due Dates            Submission, Formatting
                                                                              and Other Requirements
Employment Projections (general).                        Ongoing              State must provide links to
                                                                              all published projections
                                                                              in the WIGS Annual
                                                                              Performance Report.
                                                                              States must post published
                                                                              both industry and
                                                                              occupational employment
                                                                              projections on their LMI
                                                                              website and provide the
                                                                              occupational employment
                                                                              projections to the PMP for
                                                                              posting on its website.
                                                                              Any unpublished
                                                                              projections products must
                                                                              be provided to the ETA
                                                                              regional office.
Statewide long-term industry and occupational            Not required for     Statewide 10 Year
projections                                              PY24. Please         Projections are not
                                                         notify your ETA      required under this TEGL.
• 10-year projections                                    regional FPO if      Please note these will be
                                                         you will publish     required under next year’s
                                                         these.               TEGL.
• Sub-state long-term industry and occupational          Due July 7, 2025 Please post the sub-state
  projections 10-year projections (2022 - 2032)                           10 Year Projections to
                                                                          your state LMI website.
NOTE: If a state produces both the state-wide and        For this             If both are created, please
sub-state 10-year employment projection together in      situation, July 7,   post them both to your
the same year, then the following year no employment     2025, 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
Annual Performance Report and Economic                    Economic          • Reports must be 508
Analysis Report (or substitute as explained in the body   Analysis Report     compliant.
of the TEGL).                                             due October 1,
                                                          2025
The information must be based on needs identified
through customer consultations; must come from
multiple credible sources; and must be clearly
referenced and/or footnoted.                       Annual
                                                   Performance
The Economic Analysis Report must be 508-compliant Report and
PDF accessible format.                             signed cover
                                                   letter due
                                                   October 1, 2025

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 BLS, 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 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
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