Illinois Administrative Code › Title 56 - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT › Part 2960 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 2960.110 - Disclosure of Information for Use by Governmental Agencies Participating in Public Works and Related Programs

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) For
			 the purposes of a governmental public works program, any State agency, as
			 defined by Section 1-20 of the IAPA and/or federal agency, as defined by
			 sections 551(1) and 552(f) of the federal Administrative Procedure Act or local
			 government, as defined in Section 3(a) of the States Mandates Act receiving
			 public works funding shall be deemed to be a
public agency of this or
			 any other state, dealing with a public works program
as provided in
			 Section 1900 of the Act.
b)
			 Pursuant to Section 1900 of the Act, the Director shall provide the agencies
			 and local entities, upon their written request (i.e., intended use and legal
			 basis for that use, format or form of data, and schedule for delivery of data),
			 the information the Director deems proper based upon the written request for
			 planning, development, administration, participation, operation, monitoring and
			 evaluation of a public works or related program.
1) EXAMPLE: The Illinois Department of
			 Transportation is attempting to determine where the growth of industry will
			 occur in a region of the State and the nature of that industry for the purpose
			 of road repair/construction and related infrastructure improvements. This data
			 will be incorporated into a community/county profile currently developed by a
			 regional planning commission comprised of units of local government. The
			 commission will use the profile to enhance the area's image with potentially
			 new and expanding businesses as well as its efforts to obtain federal public
			 works funding. Upon written request from either the commission or the
			 Department of Transportation, the Director will provide information to chart
			 the growth and decline of specific types of employers in the region including
			 their migration from the urban central city to the suburban areas and the
			 recently developed exurban communities.
2) EXAMPLE: A county housing authority is
			 preparing a grant application for federal funds to rehabilitate existing low
			 income housing and expand available housing through new construction in
			 scattered sites. Upon written request from the authority, the Director will
			 provide wage data for specific construction and other occupations to be used in
			 preparing the grant application and also data on the available labor pool, the
			 severity of unemployment and a profile of the unemployed in the area.
3) EXAMPLE: A State university has been
			 placed under contract by a State legislative commission to evaluate whether or
			 not major state infrastructure improvement legislation should be reauthorized
			 and its appropriation maintained or decreased. The university must be able to
			 trace the impact of public works funding to increased numbers of jobs, business
			 expansion and productivity and an overall trend toward higher paying and more
			 skilled jobs. Upon written request, the Director shall supply whatever data the
			 Department might have that would assist the university in completing its
			 analysis.