Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; DOC-Census Workforce Development Collection

The Department of Commerce will submit the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed and continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on June 12, 2026, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Commerce.

Title: DOC-Census Workforce Development Collection.

OMB Control Number: 0607-XXXX.

Form Number(s): None.

Type of Request: Regular submission, New Information Collection Request.

Number of Respondents: 230. This includes 100 Manufacturing USA Institutes and/or its affiliated training providers (public/private sector), 60 grant recipients under the Recompete program and/or their affiliated training providers, and 70 grant recipients under the Good Jobs Challenge 2 program and/or their affiliated training providers.

Average Hours per Response: 1 hour annually for the Recompete and Good Jobs Challenge 2 programs, up to 2 hours annually for the 100 Manufacturing USA Institutes programs.

Burden Hours: 330 hours.

Needs and Uses: The information acquired from this collection will be used to obtain data on individuals who participate in workforce development training programs sponsored by the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Economic Development Administration (EDA) within the Department of Commerce. Respondents, who include Manufacturing USA Institutes, grant recipients under EDA's Recompete and Good Jobs Challenge 2 programs, will be asked to provide data on participants. The collected data will be linked to Census Bureau data sets—including demographic, household, and jobs data—to produce measurable metrics that inform workforce training program outcomes and support evidence-based decision-making for future investments. This data collection and subsequent analysis will enable NIST and EDA to evaluate the long-term performance and impact of sponsored workforce programs.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local, or Tribal government.

Frequency: Annually.

Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.

Legal Authority: NIST's authority for the collection of this information is provided under the National Institute of Standards and Technology Organic Act, 15 U.S.C. 272(b) and (c). EDA's authority for this collection is the Stevenson Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (Stevenson Wydler), 15 U.S.C. 3701 et seq. and 42 U.S.C. 3121 et seq. The U.S. Census Bureau is conducting this survey on behalf of EDA and NIST under the authority of 13 U.S.C. 8(b). Confidentiality of the information is assured by 13 U.S.C. 9.

This information collection request may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.

Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/​public/​do/​PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function and entering the title of the collection.