Employment & Labor

Agency Information Collection Activities: Workforce Information Grants to States

🇺🇸United States··Notice·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

The Workforce Information Grants to States (WIGS) law enables the Department of Labor to collect information necessary for workforce and economic analyses at the state level. States need to submit annual reports and economic studies to comply. This initiative helps improve data quality and supports informed policy-making. Feedback on the information collection's utility and ways to minimize respondent burdens is requested.

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Key Changes

  • Submission requirement for state workforce information and economic studies.
  • Annual performance reporting by states to the Department of Labor.
  • Call for public comments on minimizing the burden of information collection.

Obligations

What this law requires

high

State and local governments must submit the necessary documents for OMB approval as part of the Workforce Information Grants to States (WIGS) program.

State GovernmentsLocal Governments
30 days after publication of the notice
reporting
high

States must submit annual performance reports and economic analyses as part of their obligations under the Workforce Information Grants to States (WIGS).

state governments
reporting
medium

Public comments regarding the information collection requested by DOL must be submitted by May 20, 2026.

General Public
May 20, 2026
disclosure
medium

States must conduct special workforce information and economic studies to comply with WIGS requirements.

state governments
operational
high

States must complete grant deliverables such as state economic analyses and annual performance reports to comply with WIOA requirements.

State Governments
operational

Affected Parties

State governmentsDepartment of Labor

Tags

employment,data collection,state compliance