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CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC
ASSISTANCE
17.005: Compensation and Working Conditions
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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: Request for studies and reports may be made by the general public. State agencies or local governments are eligible to apply for cooperative agreement funding to share costs in operating statistical programs dealing with occupational safety and health statistics.
Beneficiary Eligibility: General public.
Credentials/Documentation: None for the general public requesting data; OMB Circular No. A-87 requirements apply as well as agency regulations implementing OMB Circulars No. A-102 and No. A-110 requirements, to State and local governments.
Preapplication Coordination: In early summer, BLS begins discussions with existing and potential agencies concerning the next fiscal year's cooperative agreement, and provides them the appropriate application materials. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.
Application Procedure: Requests for information may be made to the nearest regional office of the Bureau of Labor Statistics listed in Appendix IV of the catalog. Applications for cooperative agreement funding are submitted to the appropriate regional office of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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 or local government.
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: The typical process would include guidelines and application material being mailed to State or local government in early summer, with initial drafts required by mid-summer, and final applications due by late summer. Cooperative agreements are executed by mid-September and become effective October 1.
Appeals: Not applicable.
Renewals: Each fiscal year the Bureau of Labor Statistics enters into new cooperative agreements with appropriate State or local governments.
Criteria for Selecting Proposals: Acceptable application and specific program deliverables and cost.
Examples of Funded Projects: Not applicable.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: The size of each cooperative agreement reflects the staff and nonpersonal resources required to operate the program. The range of awards in fiscal year 2000 is from $4,000 (Idaho) to $587,424 (California). The average is, $102,057.
The Office of Compensation Levels and Trends within the Office of Compensation and Working Conditions published about 140 bulletins, news releases, and research articles during fiscal year 1999 and estimates a similar number of publications for fiscal year 2000. Titles of these publications are included in the literature below. During fiscal year 2000, the National Compensation Survey programs will continue to integrate the survey processes for the benefits and wage surveys. The programs have increased the base of establishments contacted for the surveys to support publication of expanded data tabulations for wage and benefit statistics. The Office continues to research stock options as a measurable benefit for inclusion in the Employment Cost Index. The Office of Safety and Health Statistics produces 13 national level publications during the fiscal year including news releases, a bulletin, summaries, and articles. The Office also produces the data for each State to publish a State level bulletin and three news releases.
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 $60,933,000; FY 00 est $68,921,000; and FY 01 est $71,186,000. (Grants) FY 99 $5,367,000; FY 00 est $5,446,000; and FY 01 est $5,560,000.
Budget Account Number: 16-0200-0-1-505.
Authorization: Public Laws 62-426, 71-537, 91-596 and 94-206, 29 U.S.C. 1-2; 29 U.S.C. 2b; 29 U.S.C. 4; 5 U.S.C. 5305; 29 U.S.C. 651; 29 U.S.C. 673.
Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature: "Compensation and Working Conditions"; "National Compensation Survey" - National bulletin, National summary, Locality bulletins and summaries; "Occupational Compensation Surveys"; "Employment Cost Index"; "Occupational Injuries and Illnesses: Counts, Rates, and Characteristics" (Annually); "Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses"; "Employee Benefits Survey"; "Employer Costs for Employee Compensation"; "Major Work Stoppages" - news release; "Major Programs of the Bureau of Labor Statistics"; "Bureau of Labor Statistics Customer Service Guide"; "BLS Handbook of Methods."
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 Compensation and Working Conditions, Room 4130, 2 Massachusetts Ave., NE., Washington, DC 20212. Phone: (202) 691-6300. Contact: Kathleen MacDonald. For general information and data requests for wage, benefits and collective bargaining data (National Compensation Survey, Employment Cost Index, Employee Benefits Survey) contact (202) 691-6199. For general information and data requests for Occupational Safety and Health data contact (202) 691-6179 for Annual Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses data or (202) 691-6175 for Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries data. Programs within the Office of Compensation and Working Conditions also can be reached at the following Internet addresses: stats.bls.gov/comhome.htm; stat.bls.gov/ecthome.htm; stats.bls.gov/ebshome.htm; and stats.bls.gov/oshhome.htm.
(See Appendix IV for more contact info.)
Formula and Matching Requirements: The Federal share for each State's or local government's statistical program may be up to 50 percent of the State's or local government's total cost.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Cooperative agreement funding generally is for a single fiscal year.
Uses and Use Restrictions: This program provides for: (A) Trend data on employee wages and compensation; (B) occupational wage data in about 160 localities nationwide and studies of employee benefits plans; (C) national and State data on occupational injuries, illness and fatalities; (D) information on work stoppages. Funds in the form of cooperative agreements are available to State agencies or local governments for data on occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities. The Occupational Safety and Health Statistics program authorizes funds on a matching basis to States or local governments to assist them in developing and administering programs.
Reports: Cooperative agreements with State or local government specify quarterly financial reports and periodic program reports.
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 State's fiscal year shall have an audit made for that year.
Records: Recordkeeping is in accordance with 29 CFR 97 (implementing OMB Circulars No. A-102 and No. A-110).
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