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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4823 

To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require one-stop delivery 

systems under such Act to offer services through Internet websites and 

to direct the Secretary of Labor to develop standards and best practices 

for such websites. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 10, 2014 

Mr. SWALWELL of California (for himself and Mr. HUDSON) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 

Workforce 

A BILL 

To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require 

one-stop delivery systems under such Act to offer services 

through Internet websites and to direct the Secretary 

of Labor to develop standards and best practices for 

such websites. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Widening Internet 

5 Readiness for Employment Development Act’’ or the 

6 ‘‘WIRED Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ONLINE PROVISION OF ONE-STOP SERVICES. 

2 (a) ONLINE PROVISION OF ONE-STOP SERVICES.— 

3 Section 134(c)(2) of the Workforce Investment Act of 

4 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2864(c)(2)) is amended— 

5 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; and’’; 

6 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 

7 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

8 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(C) to the extent that each of the pro10 grams, services, and activities described in 

11 paragraph (1) can be made accessible through 

12 an Internet website, shall make such services 

13 accessible on such a website that— 

14 ‘‘(i) is unique to the particular one15 stop delivery system; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) meets the standards and incor17 porates the best practices established by 

18 the Secretary pursuant section 121(g).’’. 

19 (b) STANDARDS AND BEST PRACTICES FOR ONLINE

20 PROVISION OF SERVICES BY ONE-STOP DELIVERY SYS21 TEMS.—Section 121 of the Workforce Investment Act of 

22 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2841) is amended by adding at the end 

23 the following: 

24 ‘‘(g) STANDARDS AND BEST PRACTICES FOR ONLINE

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1 evant parties, including State workforce investment 

2 boards, the Secretary shall establish and maintain stand3 ards and best practices for Internet websites maintained 

4 by one-stop delivery systems as required by section 

5 134(c)(2)(C), and for the provision of services through 

6 such websites. Such standards and best practices shall in7 clude— 

8 ‘‘(1) a requirement for a user-friendly, up-to9 date website available to all dislocated workers; 

10 ‘‘(2) a requirement that the website promi11 nently display the address and hours of operation of 

12 all physical one-stop centers in the local area, and a 

13 description of services provided in and events held at 

14 each such center; 

15 ‘‘(3) best practices for providing, through the 

16 website, services such as resume assistance, cover 

17 letter review, job searching, interview preparations, 

18 and online employment-related practice tests, 

19 through videos, video-conferencing, or other means; 

20 ‘‘(4) best practices for assuring a secure net21 work and the protection of any personal information; 

22 ‘‘(5) best practices for incorporating social 

23 media and networking capabilities into the website; 

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1 ‘‘(6) best practices for making such websites ac2 cessible by mobile devices to the extent practicable.’’. 

3 (c) DEADLINE.—The Secretary of Labor shall estab4 lish the initial standards and best practices required by 

5 section 121(g) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 

6 (as added by subsection (b)) not later than 1 year after 

7 the date of enactment of this Act. 

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