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velop and implement effective one-stop career center sys-
tems. Such activities shall be integrated with the activities
of the Capacity Building and Information Dissemination
Network established under section 453 of the Job Train-
ing Partnership Act.
(c) NATIONAL LOGO.—The Secretary shall develop a
national logo and name for the purpose of identifying all
one-stop career centers as part of a nationwide workforce
security system. The purpose of this national identification
shall be to enable individuals to more readily identify and
access one-stop career centers in any State in any location.
(d) EVALUATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide
for the continuing evaluation of programs conducted
under this title, including the cost-effectiveness of
programs in achieving the purposes of this title.
(2) TECHNIQUES.—
(A) 
METHODS.—Evaluations 
conducted
under paragraph (1) shall utilize recognized
statistical methods and techniques of the behav-
ioral and social sciences, including methodolo-
gies that control for self-selection, where fea-
sible.
(B) ANALYSIS.—Such evaluations may in-
clude cost benefit analyses of programs, and
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analyses of the impact of the programs on par-
ticipants and the community, the extent to
which programs meet the needs of various de-
mographic groups, and the effectiveness of the
delivery systems used by the various programs.
PART D—EFFECTIVE DATE
SEC. 271. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
(b), the provisions of this title shall take effect on July
1, 1995.
(b) PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.—The performance
standards established pursuant to section 217(a) shall
take effect on July 1, 1996.
TITLE III—NATIONAL LABOR MARKET
INFORMATION SYSTEM
SEC. 301. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this title is to provide for the develop-
ment of a national labor market information system that
will provide locally-based, accurate, up-to-date, easily ac-
cessible, user-friendly labor market information, includ-
ing—
(1) comprehensive information on job openings,
labor supply, occupational trends, current and pro-
jected wage rates by occupation, skill requirements,
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and the location of and performance of programs de-
signed to provide requisite skills; and
(2) labor market data necessary to assist public
officials, economic development planners, education
planners, and public and private training entities in
the effective allocation of resources.
SEC. 302. NATIONAL STRATEGY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop, in co-
ordination with other federal, state and local entities, a
strategy to establish a nationwide system of local labor
market information that accomplishes the purposes de-
scribe in section 301 and carries out the activities de-
scribed in sections 303 and 304. In addition, such strategy
shall be designed to fulfill the labor market information
requirements of the Job Training Partnership Act, title
I of this Act, the Carl Perkins Vocational and Applied
Technology Act, and other appropriate Federal programs.
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—In implementing the strat-
egy described in subsection (a), the Secretary is authorized
to enter into contracts and intergovernmental cooperative
agreements, award grants, and foster the creation of pub-
lic-private partnerships, using funds authorized under this
title and funds otherwise available for such purposes. In
addition, the Secretary may conduct research and dem-
onstration projects to assist in such implementation.
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SEC. 303. COMPONENTS OF SYSTEM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in cooperation
with Federal, State, and local entities, and public-private
partnerships, shall develop a national labor market infor-
mation system that makes available the following informa-
tion:
(1) Information from both public and private
sources on the local economy, including current em-
ployment opportunities and trends by industry and
occupation.
(2) Automated listings of job openings and job
candidates in the local, State, and national labor
market.
(3) Growth projections by industry and growth
and replacement need projections by occupation and
occupational cluster for national, State, and local
labor markets.
(4) Current supply of labor available with spe-
cific occupational skills and experience including cur-
rent workers, job seekers, and training completers.
(5) Automated screening systems to permit easy
determination of candidate eligibility for funding and
other assistance in job training, job search, income
support, supportive services, and other reemploy-
ment services.
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(6) Consumer reports on local education and
training providers including student satisfaction with
programs, employer satisfaction with graduates,
placement rates, wages at placement, and other ele-
ments of program quality.
(7) Results of customer satisfaction measures
for the career centers and one-stop career centers
and other providers of reemployment services.
(8) National, State, and substate profiles of in-
dustries, including skill requirements, general wage
and benefit information, and typical distributions of
occupations within the industry.
(9) Profiles of industries in a local labor market
including nature of the work performed, skill and ex-
perience requirements, specific occupations, wage,
hour, and benefit information, pattern of hiring.
(10) Automated occupational and career infor-
mation and exploration systems, which incorporate
local labor market information, employer or industry
profiles, listings of education, training, and other re-
employment service providers including program
quality and customer satisfaction data, and available
automated listings of current openings.
(b) TECHNICAL STANDARDS.—The Secretary shall
promulgate standards necessary to promote efficient ex-
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change of information between the local, State, and na-
tional levels, including such standards as may be required
to ensure that data are comparable. Such standards shall
be designed to ensure that there is universal access to
local, State, and national data. In issuing such technical
standards, the Secretary shall meet the requirements of
chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, and ensure
coordination with other appropriate Federal standards es-
tablished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
(c) CONSUMER REPORTS.—The Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Education and other appro-
priate Federal agencies, and State and local governments,
shall set standards for the required reports and create a
mechanism for collection and dissemination of the
consumer reports described in subsection (a)(6).
(d) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall provide for
the evaluation of the procedures, products, and services
under this title, including their cost-effectiveness and the
level of customer satisfaction. Such evaluations may in-
clude analyses of the precision of estimates produced or
collected under this title; examination of the uses of the
data by job seekers, employers, educators, career coun-
selors, public and private training providers, economic de-
velopment planners, and public agencies and institutions;
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the appropriateness of such uses; and the relative costs
and benefits of the data.
SEC. 304. COORDINATION.
To ensure the appropriate coordination and integra-
tion of labor market information services nationwide, the
Secretary shall—
(1) coordinate the activities of Federal agencies
responsible for the collection and dissemination of
labor market information at the national, State, and
local level; and
(2) ensure the appropriate dissemination of re-
sults from research studies and demonstration
projects, feedback from surveys of customer satisfac-
tion, education and training provider performance
data, and other relevant information that promotes
improvement in the quality of labor market informa-
tion.
SEC. 305. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The provisions of this title shall take effect on July
1, 1995.
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TITLE IV—REINVENTION LABS FOR JOB
TRAINING FOR THE ECONOMICALLY
DISADVANTAGED
SEC. 401. ESTABLISHMENT OF LABS.
Title II of the Job Training Partnership Act is
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new
part:
‘‘PART D—REINVENTION LABS
‘‘SEC. 281. PURPOSE.
‘‘The purpose of this part is to—
‘‘(1) encourage innovative program designs to
enhance the provision of services to and improve
labor market outcomes for economically disadvan-
taged youth and adults;
‘‘(2) develop, through the initiative and partici-
pation of service delivery areas and States, knowl-
edge relating to effective approaches to providing
employment and training to the economically dis-
advantaged that may be used to benefit the pro-
grams conducted under this title; and
‘‘(3) provide service delivery areas with in-
creased flexibility in the operation of job training
programs in exchange for higher levels of account-
ability for results.
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‘‘SEC. 282. APPLICATION FOR WAIVER OF FEDERAL RE-
QUIREMENTS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Any service delivery area or con-
sortia of service delivery areas desiring to obtain a waiver
of Federal statutory or regulatory requirements relating
to the programs conducted under parts A, B, or C of this
title shall submit, jointly with the Governor, an application
for such waiver at such time, in such manner, and contain-
ing such information as the Secretary may reasonably re-
quire.
‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—The application
for a waiver submitted pursuant to subsection (b) shall
include:
‘‘(1) a plan for conducting a program or pro-
grams authorized under this title incorporating inno-
vative administrative, service delivery, and other pro-
gram design components;
‘‘(2) the measurable goals and outcomes to be
achieved by the program;
‘‘(3) a description of the statutory or regulatory
requirements under title I of this Act and title I of
the Retraining Income Support Act of 1994 that
would be waived and how such requirements would
impede the implementation of the plan described in
paragraph (1);
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‘‘(4) assurances that the service delivery area
and the State will participate in a rigorous evalua-
tion to determine whether the goals and outcomes
described in paragraph (2) have been achieved; and
‘‘(5) such other components and information as
the Secretary determines are appropriate.
‘‘SEC. 283. WAIVERS AUTHORIZED.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
(b), the Secretary may, pursuant to an application submit-
ted in accordance with section 282, waive statutory or reg-
ulatory requirements relating to title I and parts A, B,
and C of this title if—
‘‘(1) the Secretary determines that such re-
quirements would impede the ability of the service
delivery area to carry out the plan described in sec-
tion 282(b)(1) and achieving the outcomes described
in the plan,
‘‘(2) the service delivery area and the State—
‘‘(A) have provided a notice and oppor-
tunity for interested entities and individuals in
the State to comment on the application; and
‘‘(B) have submitted to the Secretary the
comments received pursuant to subparagraph
(A); and
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‘‘(3) the Secretary approves the plan described
in the application.
‘‘(b) WAIVERS NOT AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary
may not waive any statutory or regulatory requirement re-
lating to title I or parts A, B, or C of this title regarding—
‘‘(1) the basic purposes or goals of the affected
programs;
‘‘(2) the formula allocation of funds;
‘‘(3) the eligibility for services as described in
sections 203, 254(b), and 263 (except for subsection
(f));
‘‘(4) public health or safety, labor standards,
civil rights, occupational safety or health, or environ-
mental protection; or
‘‘(5) prohibitions or restrictions relating to con-
struction of buildings or facilities.
‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS.—
‘‘(1) NUMBER OF AREAS PARTICIPATING.—The
Secretary may approve not more than 75 applica-
tions nationwide to conduct the program described
under this part.
‘‘(2) DURATION
OF
WAIVERS.—Each waiver
provided pursuant to this part shall be for a period
of not more than 2 years, except that the Secretary
may extend such period if the Secretary determines