The purpose of the grant is to collect, analyze, and publish statistical data on employment, unemployment, and wage statistics according to the wagner-peyser act as amended by the workforce innovation…

This $642,634 cooperative agreement awarded by the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics funds statistical data collection and analysis activities carried out in partnership between the Bureau and the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. Under the Labor Force Statistics federal grant program, the recipients will collect, analyze, and publish employment, unemployment, and wage statistics for Oklahoma as required by the Wagner-Peyser Act and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. This includes releasing the estimates and providing additional state analysis to benefit federal, state, and local governments as well as private industry for purposes such as assessing economic conditions, developing workforce policy, identifying labor surplus areas, and conducting labor market analysis. No subawards are planned under this one-year award ending September 30, 2023.

The purpose of the grant is to collect, analyze, and publish statistical data on employment, unemployment, and wage statistics according to the wagner-peyser act as amended by the workforce innovation and opportunity act (WIOA). Activities performed BLS releases data in partnership with the state workforce agencies (SWAS), which collect data, provide additional state analysis and help disseminate the estimates. Deliverables federal and state governments, and the general public use data to generate unemployment statistics, identify labor surplus areas, focus military recruitment efforts, conduct labor market analysis, develop national policy related to unemployment, and plan workforce training. The national personal income and gross domestic product statistics are also derived from this data. Intended beneficiary federal, state, and local governments use these economic statistics to assess the economy and develop policy. Private industry also use these statistical products for labor market analysis. Subrecipient activities the recipients do not intend to subaward funds.