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CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC
ASSISTANCE
17.002: Labor Force Statistics
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| PROGRAM AND AWARD | FINANCIAL AND INFORMATION CONTACTS |
| ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS | FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFO. |
| APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS | INFORMATION CONTACTS |
| RELATED PROGRAMS | ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS |
| PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS | POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS |
Applicant Eligibility: State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) designated under Section 4 of the Wagner-Peyser Act are eligible to apply for cooperative agreement funding to operate CES, LAUS, ES-202, OES, and MLS programs in the State. BLS may select an alternative applicant if a SESA declines to apply for cooperative agreement funding or otherwise substantially fails to meet BLS application and performance requirements.
Beneficiary Eligibility: General public may request information from the State Employment Security Agencies and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Credentials/Documentation: None.
Preapplication Coordination: No preapplication is required. Application packages are mailed to each State Employment Security Agency in late spring of each year. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.
Application Procedure: Draft and final applications for cooperative agreement funding are submitted to the appropriate regional office of the Bureau of Labor Statistics according to a schedule of key dates.
Award Procedure: Upon submission of an acceptable application and after negotiation of specific program deliverables and costs, the Bureau of Labor Statistics awards cooperative agreement funding to the State Employment Security Agencies.
Deadlines: Cooperative agreements which cover a given Federal fiscal year are executed prior to the beginning of the fiscal year (October 1).
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Guidelines and application materials are mailed to State Employment Security Agencies in mid-May. Initial drafts are required by early July, and final applications by August 31. The cooperative agreements are executed by mid-September, and become effective October 1.
Appeals: Not applicable.
Renewals: Each fiscal year Bureau of Labor Statistics enters into new cooperative agreements with appropriate State Employment Security Agencies.
Criteria for Selecting Proposals: Acceptable application and specific program deliverables and cost.
Examples of Funded Projects: Each State, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, DC, and Guam operated LMI Cooperative Agreements.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: The size of each cooperative agreement reflects the staff and non-personal resources required to operate the five programs in a State. The range of awards in fiscal year 2000 is from $3,482 (Guam) to $5,810,259 (California). The average is $1,157,999.
Fiscal year 1999 activities: Labor force survey-about 50,000 in monthly sample; employment, hours and earnings, over 390,000 establishments reporting monthly; occupational employment statistics - 400,000 establishments reporting during the year; State and local area unemployment statistics-monthly publications for about 6,800 areas; quarterly data on employment and wages of workers covered by State unemployment insurance program; monthly and quarterly reporting and publication of mass layoffs and plant closings.
Federal Agency: BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Type of Assistance: Project Grants (Cooperative Agreements); Dissemination of Technical Information.
Obligations: (Salaries and Expenses) FY 99 $169,685,000; FY 00 est $170,992,000; and FY 01 est $204,574,000. (Grants) FY 99 $53,144,000; FY 00 est $54,661,000; and FY 01 est $66,234,000.
Budget Account Number: 16-0200-0-1-505.
Authorization: Public Laws 58-57, 62-426, 71-537, 82-203, 93-203, 93-567, 94-206, 94-311, and 94-369; 29 U.S.C. 1, 2, 5, 8, 882, 1601.
Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature: "Employment and Earnings"; "Monthly Labor Review"; "Occupational Employment"; "BLS Handbook of Methods"; "Major Programs of the Bureau of Labor Statistics"; "Publications of the Bureau of Labor Statistics"; "Handbook of Labor Statistics"; "Unemployment in States and Local Areas"; "Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment"; and "Employment and Wages." Monthly Press Releases: "The Employment Situation" and "State and Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment." Cooperative agreement application instructions, including all applicable regulations, are available from Bureau of Labor Statistics regional offices free of charge.
Regional or Local Office: Contact the nearest regional office of the Bureau of Labor Statistics listed in Appendix IV of the Catalog.
Headquarters Office: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics, Department of Labor, Washington, DC 20212. Contact: John M. Galvin. Phone: (202) 691-6400.
(See Appendix IV for more contact info.)
Formula and Matching Requirements: Not applicable.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Cooperative agreement funding generally is for a single fiscal year.
Uses and Use Restrictions: Provide data for: (a) employment and unemployment analysis on the current economic status of workers, based on data from households as well as employment, hours and earnings statistics collected from business establishments; (b) labor force studies, yielding information on such characteristics as educational attainment, work experience, earnings and family relationships; (c) occupational employment statistics, including wages available for a wide variety of occupations, by industry; (d) State and local area labor force employment and unemployment data used for labor market analysis, to identify areas of high unemployment and for allocations of funds under various Federal assistance programs including the Job Training Partnership Act of 1982; (e) employment and wage data for States and counties for workers covered by State unemployment insurance programs; and (f) mass layoff and plant closing data. Funds in the form of cooperative agreements are available to State Agencies designated by the Governor for employment, hours and earnings; occupational employment statistics; local area labor force and employment; mass layoff statistics; and covered employment and wages.
Reports: LMI Cooperative Agreement reporting requirements are based on the State Employment Security Agencies Cost Accounting System (CAS) reports or their Financial Accounting and Reporting System (FARS) equivalents. CAS report 65, or FARS Report 11, is submitted monthly. CAS reports 61, and 94B, or FARS Report 12A and 17, are submitted quarterly. SESAs choosing not to use the CAS- or FARS- generated reports must submit the LMI Cooperative Statistics Financial Report in lieu of CAS reports 61, 65 and 94B or FARS reports 11, 12A and 17. This report is submitted monthly for data which would appear on CAS report 65 or FARS report 11, and quarterly for CAS reports 61 and 94B, or FARS reports or 12A and 17.
Audits: In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133, "Audits of States, Local Governments and non-profit organizations," that receive financial assistance of $300,000 or more within the State's fiscal year shall have an audit made for that year.
Records: Recordkeeping is in accordance with 29 CFR 97, implementing OMB Circular A-102.
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