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29 U.S. Code § 49l–2 - Workforce and labor market
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(a) System content
(1) In general
The Secretary, in accordance with the provisions of this section,
shall oversee the development, maintenance, and continuous
improvement of a nationwide workforce and labor market
information system that includes—
(A) statistical data from cooperative statistical survey and
projection programs and data from administrative reporting systems
that, taken together, enumerate, estimate, and project employment
opportunities and conditions at national, State, and local levels in a
timely manner, including statistics on—
(i) employment and unemployment status of national, State,
and local populations, including self-employed, part-time, and
seasonal workers;
(ii) industrial distribution of occupations, as well as current and
projected employment opportunities, wages, benefits (where
data is available), and skill trends by occupation and industry,
with particular attention paid to State and local conditions;
(iii) the incidence of, industrial and geographical location of, and
number of workers displaced by, permanent layoffs and plant
closings; and
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(iv) employment and earnings information maintained in a
longitudinal manner to be used for research and program
evaluation;
(B) information on State and local employment opportunities, and
other appropriate statistical data related to labor market dynamics,
which—
(i) shall be current and comprehensive;
(ii) shall meet the needs identified through the consultations
described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (e)(2); and
(iii) shall meet the needs for the information identified in section
134(d); [1]
(C) technical standards (which the Secretary shall publish annually)
for data and information described in subparagraphs (A) and (B)
that, at a minimum, meet the criteria of chapter 35 of title 44;
(D) procedures to ensure compatibility and additivity of the data
and information described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) from
national, State, and local levels;
(E) procedures to support standardization and aggregation of data
from administrative reporting systems described in subparagraph
(A) of employment-related programs;
(F) analysis of data and information described in subparagraphs (A)
and (B) for uses such as—
(i) national, State, and local policymaking;
(ii) implementation of Federal policies (including allocation
formulas);
(iii) program planning and evaluation; and
(iv) researching labor market dynamics;
(G) wide dissemination of such data, information, and analysis in a
user-friendly manner and voluntary technical standards for
dissemination mechanisms; and
(H) programs of—
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