The U.S. Departments of Labor (DOL) and Education (ED) (collectively, Departments) are exercising their transition authority under section 503(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) to inform States that the Departments will consider Program Year (PY) 2016 WIOA Statewide and Local Performance Reports (form ETA-9169) submitted by October 16, 2017, as being timely. For all subsequent PYs, States must submit the WIOA Statewide and Local Performance Report by October 1 to be considered timely, pursuant to the "Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Performance Accountability, Information and Reporting System" information collection request (WIOA Joint Performance ICR).

The WIOA Joint Performance ICR, approved under OMB Control Number 1205-0526, contains the performance accountability reporting requirements for the core programs identified in WIOA and authorized under:

• WIOA title I and administered by DOL;
• the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) program, authorized under WIOA title II and administered by ED;
• the Employment Service program authorized under the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended by WIOA title III and administered by DOL; and
• the Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) program authorized under title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended by WIOA title IV and administered by ED.