[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4498-4499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-01551]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Notice of Availability of Funds and Solicitation for Grant 
Applications for the Workforce Data Quality Initiative

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA).

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    Funding Opportunity Number: SGA/DFA PY-13-05
SUMMARY: The Employment and Training Administration (ETA), U.S. 
Department of Labor, announces the availability of approximately $6 
million for grants to State Workforce Agencies (SWA) to develop the 
Workforce Data Quality Initiative (WDQI).
    Grants awarded will provide SWAs the opportunity to develop or 
expand State workforce longitudinal administrative data systems. These 
State longitudinal data systems will, at a minimum, include information 
on programs that provide training, employment services, and 
unemployment insurance; connect with education data contained in 
Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) databases; be linked 
longitudinally at the individual level to allow for enhanced 
opportunity for evaluation of federally and State-supported education 
and workforce programs; be capable of generating workforce training 
provider performance information and outcomes in a standardized, easy 
to understand format (e.g. scorecards), consistent with all applicable 
Federal and State privacy laws; and lead to better information for 
customers and stakeholders of the workforce system. Where such 
longitudinal systems do not exist or are in early development, WDQI 
grant assistance may be used to design and develop these systems. WDQI 
grant assistance can also be used to improve upon existing State 
longitudinal systems. Current WDQI grant recipients who did not receive 
a Round III award under solicitation SGA-DFA PY-12-07 and states that 
currently do not have a WDQI grant are eligible for this competition.
    The complete SGA and any subsequent SGA amendments in connection 
with this solicitation are described in further detail on ETA's Web 
site at http://www.doleta.gov/grants/ or on http://www.grants.gov. The 
Web sites provide application information, eligibility requirements, 
review and selection procedures, and other program requirements 
governing this solicitation.

DATES: The closing date for receipt of applications under this 
announcement is March 25, 2014. Applications must be received no later 
than 4:00:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Forman, 200 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Room N-4716, Washington, DC 20210; Telephone: 202-693-3416.

    Signed January 16, 2014 in Washington, DC.
Eric D. Luetkenhaus
Grant Officer, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2014-01551 Filed 1-27-14; 8:45 am]
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