Standardized Program Information Report (SPIR).
None.
Database management contractor's work site.
Terminees from Titles IIA (including Older Workers Set-aside), IIC, and
III of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA); and enrollees who have
completed programs/services under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Title I
(29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.).
Records in the system include the Social Security
number and various characteristics of each participant, the description
of program activities and services they received, and program outcome and
participant follow-up information obtained after completion of the program.
JTPA Section 165(c)(2)(29 U.S.C. 1575(c)(2)); and the Workforce
Investment Act of (29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.).
To maintain a management information system designed to facilitate the
uniform compilation and analysis of programmatic data necessary for reporting,
monitoring and evaluation purposes. These records are not used for making
determinations about identifiable individuals.
The system will:
(1) Generate statistical reports that will present detailed information
on the characteristics of program participants, program activities and
outcomes. These data will be reported at the national, state and local levels;
and will allow the Department to respond to a variety of requests for specific
information regarding the scope of services and the nature of employment that
JTPA is providing to its clients.
(2) Provide information that will enable the Department to evaluate the
program at different levels (nationally, or at a regional, State or local
level) and to provide feedback to States and localities on such
evaluations.
(3) Provide a suitable national database to enable the Department to
provide technical guidance to local programs in establishing performance goals
for their service providers.
Disclosure to State and local JTPA organizations those records that are
relevant and necessary to allow for comparative self-analysis of their
programs' performance.
Disclosure to researchers and public interest groups those records that
are relevant and necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of the overall program
and its various training components in serving different subgroups of the
eligible population.
Not applicable.
Records are maintained on magnetic tape and disks at the database
management contractor's work site.
Primarily by name or participant characteristic. Occasionally by Social
Security Number.
Records are maintained on a secure computer system and can only be
retrieved with the proper access code. Public access files and files used for
analysis outside the database manager's computer system will be purged of
participant identifiers and records will be sufficiently aggregated to prevent
identification of any individual.
Data files will be retained indefinitely.
Administrator, Office of Workforce Security, Employment and Training
Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210.
Address inquiries to the Administrator, Office of Workforce Security,
Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20210.
Individuals wishing assess to a record should contact the office
indicated in the notification procedure above. Individuals requesting access to
records must comply with the Department of Labor's Privacy Act regulations on
verification of identity and access to records.
Individuals wishing to request amendment to records should contact the
office indicated in the notification procedures section.
Individual participant, State and local JTPA program offices.
None.
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