To
provide timely and relevant data on levels and trends in wages and
employee benefits; occupational safety and health; collective bargaining;
and work stoppages.
TYPES
OF ASSISTANCE:
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USES
AND USE RESTRICTIONS:
This
program provides for: (A) Trend data on employee wages and compensation;
(B) occupational wage data in about 150 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.
ELIGIBILITY
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.
Pre-application
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.
ASSISTANCE
CONSIDERATIONS:
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.
POST
ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:
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 (Revised,
June 24, 1997), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit
Organizations," non federal entities that expend financial assistance
of $300,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a
program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities
that expend less than $300,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt
from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted
in Circular No. A-133.
Records:
Recordkeeping is in accordance with 29 CFR 97 (implementing OMB
Circulars No. A-102 and No. A-110).
FINANCIAL
INFORMATION:
Account
Identification: 16-0200-0-1-505.
Obligations:
(Salaries and Expenses) FY 01 $70,971,445; FY 02 est $74,258,000;
and FY 03 est $79,555,000. (Grants) FY 01 $5,261,539; FY 02 est
$5,726,000; and FY 03 est $5,726,000.
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 2002 est is from $8,000 (Idaho) to $1,270,200
(California). The average is $224,350.
The Office of Compensation Levels and Trends within the Office of
Compensation and Working Conditions published approximately 140
bulletins, news releases, and research articles during fiscal year
2002 and estimates a similar number of publications for fiscal year
2003. Titles of these publications are included in the literature
below. During fiscal year 2003, 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,
Health, and Working Conditions 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.
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."
INFORMATION
CONTACTS:
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
Avenue, NE., Washington, DC 20212. Telephone: (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.
Web
Site Address: http://www.bls.gov
EXAMPLES
OF FUNDED PROJECTS:
Not applicable.
CRITERIA
FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS:
Acceptable application and specific program deliverables and cost.
