# Workforce Data Quality Initiative

**Agency:** Labor  
**Account:** Workforce Data Quality Initiative  
**Source document:** Employment and Training Administration · p. 12  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/labor/workforce-data-quality-initiative  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2025 | enacted | 6.0 |
| FY2026 | enacted | 6.0 |

## Labor discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $10.30B, FY2026 $13.70B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

This page is intentionally left blank. 2028: Provided, That funds made available under this heading shall be for grants to States, territories, tribes, and the District of Columbia for workforce development, training, and related activities: Provided further, That such funds shall be allotted in accordance with a formula established by the Secretary: Provided further, That of each allotment of funds, not less than ten percent shall be used for registered apprenticeship activities: Provided further, That the Secretary may reserve not more than 3 percent of this appropriation to carry out targeted investments for intermediary contracts and cooperative agreements, outreach and engagement, and technology modernization that support expanding registered apprenticeships to new industries and occupations across the country in support of Make America Skilled Again grants: Provided further, That the Secretary may reserve not more than 0.75 percent of this appropriation to carry out performance accountability, program integrity, and technical assistance activities in support of Make America Skilled Again grants. For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 become available on October 1, 2027, and shall remain available through September 30, 2028: Provided, That up to $10,152,000 shall be available for innovation and modernization grants under section 114(e) of the Perkins Act. To establish and carry out the Make America This proviso would establish the MASA grant of which $1,653,067,000 shall be available for flexibility to respond to their workforce needs in a the period April 1, 2027 through June 30, way that makes sense without having to apply for available for the period October 1, 2027 through June 30, 2028: Provided, That funds made available under this heading shall be for grants to States, territories, tribes, and the Provided further, That such funds shall be allotted in accordance with a formula Provided further, That of each allotment of This proviso provides a base level of funding to funds, not less than ten percent shall be used support the highly effective Registered for registered apprenticeship activities: Apprenticeship training model. Provided further, That the Secretary may This proviso would create a 3 percent set-aside in the reserve not more than 3 percent of this MASA appropriations language for targeted appropriation to carry out targeted investments investments related to Registered Apprenticeship for for intermediary contracts and cooperative industry initiatives, intermediary contracts, and agreements, outreach and engagement, and cooperative agreements to reach and surpass 1 technology modernization that support million active apprentices. industries and occupations across the country


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Labor › Employment and Training Administration › Workforce Data Quality Initiative


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*