[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 13, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 15976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-05745]



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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-12-07.

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 
programs; 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 round 
one WDQI grant recipients who were awarded under solicitation SGA/DFA 
PY 09-10 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 April 25, 2013. Applications must be received no later 
than 4:00:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ariam Ferro, 200 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Room N-4716, Washington, DC 20210; Telephone: 202-693-3968.

    Signed March 5, 2013 in Washington, DC
Eric D. Luetkenhaus,
Grant Officer, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-05745 Filed 3-12-13; 8:45 am]
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