Obtaining Administrative Data for DOL Research and Evaluations, Insights from Employment and Training Research Toolkit
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About the Toolkit
The toolkit represents successful practices in negotiating agreements to obtain and use administrative data in U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) program evaluations. It includes detailed instructions, recommendations, and lessons learned on how to obtain data from various data providers including state workforce agencies, community colleges, criminal justice agencies, and other DOL grantees, primarily by establishing data use agreements. Although state workforce agencies, community colleges, and criminal agencies can also be DOL grantees, the instructions in this toolkit are particularly important when these data providers are not grantees because they do not have a contractual obligation to share data for DOL studies. This toolkit also includes resources evaluators can use during the data provider outreach and negotiation process.
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Ruggiero, R., Lewis, G., Bond, S., Deutsch, J., Geckler, C., Bellotti, J., Lieser, M., Millar, A. (2022). Mathematica. Obtaining Administrative Data for DOL Research and Evaluations, Insights from Employment and Training Research. Chief Evaluation Office, U.S. Department of Labor.
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The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) sponsors independent evaluations and research, primarily conducted by external, third-party contractors in accordance with the Department of Labor Evaluation Policy and CEO’s research development process.