Feds Spy on Job-Creating Pilots for Five Years
Published Date: 6/30/2025
Notice
Summary
The Department of Commerce is asking six Recompete Pilot Program leaders to share data every six months for five years. This helps track how well the program boosts jobs and local economies, making sure taxpayer money works hard. The new data collection will take about 7 hours per response and aims to keep the program honest and effective.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Mandatory semi‑annual reporting for six awardees
Six Phase 2 Recompete coalition leads must complete and submit a questionnaire every six months for five years. Each response is estimated to take about 7 hours, the number of respondents is 6, and the total annual burden is 84 hours; reporting is mandatory for these Recompete Awardees.
Data collection to measure program outcomes
The information collection will gather metrics every six months for five years to track employment outcomes, local economic distress, workforce program effectiveness, entrepreneurship and small business supports, and local economic development capacity. The goal is to make Recompete investments evidence‑based, data‑driven, and accountable to participants and the public and to produce community impact evaluations, resources, and tools for place‑based decisionmakers.
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