Notice2025-13457
Workforce Information Advisory Council
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Published
July 17, 2025
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Labor DepartmentEmployment and Training Administration
Abstract
The Department of Labor (Department) announces the renewal of the Workforce Information Advisory Council (WIAC) charter.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 135 (Thursday, July 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33406-33407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-13457]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Workforce Information Advisory Council
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice of renewal of the Workforce Information Advisory
Council.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (Department) announces the renewal of
the Workforce Information Advisory Council (WIAC) charter.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald Haughton, Division of National
Programs, Tools, and Technical Assistance, Office of Workforce
Investment, Room C-4510, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20212-0001, or use email address for the WIAC, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7a2d333b393a1e1516541d150c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="99ced0d8dad9fdf6f5b7fef6ef">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background and Authority
Section 15 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, 29 U.S.C. 49l-2, as amended by
section 308(e) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014
(WIOA), Public Law 113-128, requires the Secretary of Labor (Secretary)
to establish and maintain the WIAC.
The statute, as amended, requires the Secretary, acting through the
Commissioner of Labor Statistics and the Assistant Secretary for
Employment and Training, to formally consult at least twice annually
with the WIAC to address: (1) evaluation and improvement of the
nationwide workforce and labor market information system established by
the Wagner-Peyser Act, and of the statewide systems that comprise the
nationwide system, and (2) how the Department and the States will
cooperate in the management of those systems. The Secretary, acting
through the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Employment and
Training Administration (ETA), and in consultation with the WIAC and
appropriate Federal agencies, must also develop a 2-year plan for
management of the system, with subsequent updates every two years
thereafter. The statute generally prescribes how the plan is to be
developed and implemented, outlines the contents of the plan, and
requires the Secretary to submit the plan to designated authorizing
committees in the House and Senate.
By law, the Secretary must ``solicit, receive, and evaluate''
recommendations from the WIAC, and respond to the recommendations in
writing to the WIAC. The WIAC must make written recommendations to the
Secretary on the evaluation and improvement of the workforce and labor
market information system, including recommendations for the 2-year
plan. The 2-year plan, in turn, must describe WIAC recommendations and
the extent to which the plan incorporates them.
The WIAC accomplishes its objectives by, for example: (1) Studying
workforce and labor market information issues; (2) seeking and sharing
information on innovative approaches, new technologies, and data to
inform employment, skills training, and workforce and economic
development decision making and policy; and (3) advising the Secretary
on how the workforce and labor market information system can best
support workforce development, planning, and program development.
II. Structure
The Wagner-Peyser Act, at section 15(d)(2)(B), requires the WIAC to
have 14 representative members, appointed by the Secretary, consisting
of:
(i) Four members who are representatives of lead State agencies
with responsibility for workforce investment activities, or State
agencies described in Wagner-Peyser Act Section 4 (agency designated or
authorized by Governor to cooperate with the Secretary), who have been
nominated by such agencies or by a national organization that
represents such agencies;
(ii) Four members who are representatives of the State workforce
and labor market information directors affiliated with the State
agencies responsible for the management and oversight of the workforce
and labor market information system as described in Wagner-Peyser Act
Section 15(e)(2), who have been nominated by the directors;
(iii) One member who is a representative of providers of training
services under WIOA section 122 (Identification of Eligible Providers
of Training Services);
(iv) One member who is a representative of economic development
entities;
(v) One member who is a representative of businesses, who has been
nominated by national business organizations or trade associations;
(vi) One member who is a representative of labor organizations, who
has been nominated by a national labor federation;
(vii) One member who is a representative of local workforce
development boards, who has been
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nominated by a national organization representing such boards; and
(viii) One member who is a representative of research entities that
use workforce and labor market information.
The Secretary must ensure that the membership of the WIAC is
geographically diverse, and that no two members appointed under clauses
(i), (ii), and (vii), above, represent the same State. Each member of
the WIAC is appointed for a term of three years, except that the
initial terms for members may be one, two, or three years to establish
a rotation in which one-third of the members are selected each year,
and the Secretary will not appoint a member for any more than two
consecutive terms. Any member whom the Secretary appoints to fill a
vacancy occurring before the expiration of the predecessor's term will
be appointed only for the remainder of that term. Members of the WIAC
will serve on a voluntary and generally uncompensated basis but will be
reimbursed for travel expenses to attend WIAC meetings, including per
diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by the Federal travel
regulations. All WIAC members serve at the pleasure of the Secretary.
Members may be appointed, reappointed, or replaced, and their terms may
be extended, changed, or terminated at the Secretary's discretion. A
member's excessive absence from WIAC meetings may result in the
member's removal and replacement. The Secretary will appoint a WIAC
Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson.
(Authority: Pursuant to the Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933, as amended,
29 U.S.C. 49 et seq.; Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act,
Public Law 113-128; Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 5
U.S.C. Chapter 10.)
Susan Frazier,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
[FR Doc. 2025-13457 Filed 7-16-25; 8:45 am]
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