Since 1994, the state of utah, as a recipient of congressionally- authorized FLC grant funds has provided development of applications and prevailing wage information that preceded the current online…

The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration awarded a $160,000 cooperative agreement to the Utah Department of Workforce Service from September 30, 2022 to September 29, 2023. This funding supports the ongoing hosting, maintenance, updates, and support of the Foreign Labor Certification "Data Center," a web-based repository of wage and compensation data used under the Temporary Labor Certification for Foreign Workers program (CFDA 17.273). As the sole provider of this service since 1994, Utah will continue to make prevailing wage determinations and four wage levels available through the Online Wage Library (OWL), a critical online tool providing global access to data required for most employer applications under this program. This funding is considered essential to ensuring the satisfactory completion of program activities and avoiding significant harm to the public interest.

Since 1994, the state of utah, as a recipient of congressionally- authorized FLC grant funds has provided development of applications and prevailing wage information that preceded the current online wage library (OWL). The systems, application, and end-user interfaces have evolved over time, and utah currently hosts and provides sole-access to critical wage and compensation data; and calculates BLS provided wage data to ensure the oflc has 4 distinct wage levels currently required by statute 8 u. S. C. 1182 (p)(4). The OWL is a web-based tool available to global consumers, on a 7X24 basis. Oflc is proposing a sole source award to utah DWS for a 12 month period of performance, as authorized by FLC grant funding legislation, to continue these needed services and data availability. Activities performed consideration is sought for a 12-month sole source award from FLC FY 2021 grant funds to the state of utah, department of workforce services, for continued and ongoing hosting, maintenance, updates, and support of the foreign labor certification "data center", a web-based repository of information used by DOL/ETA/oflc and other federal agencies, regulated industry partners and employers seeking wage information, and the general public. The activity to be funded is essential to the satisfactory competition of oflc activities funded by DOL, and competing this action would result in significant or real harm to the public good. The activity to be funded is essential to the satisfactory competition of oflc activities funded by DOL, and competing this action would result in significant or real harm to the public good. Deliverables on going website maintenance, data maintenance, archives and reporting capability. Intended beneficiary the OWL is integral to the day to day processing of PWD requests which are required for all perm and h-2B employer applications. Subrecipient activities y