DOL Dabbles in Linked Data for Job Credentials Paperwork
Published Date: 8/19/2026
Notice
Summary
The Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is soliciting comments concerning an initial request for the authority to conduct the information collection request (ICR) titled, "Linked Open Data on Credentials." This comment request is part of continuing Departmental efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Grantees must openly license and publish curricula
If you are a Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants grantee, you must openly license to the public all curricula and credentials you create in whole or in part with grant funds and post those products (with the open license affixed) to a public distribution platform such as a state Open Educational Resources repository or SkillsCommons.org. The rule also requires grantees to make detailed data about those credentials available using Credential Transparency Description Language specifications and to include information such as provider, competencies, delivery mode, geographic coverage, industry sectors/occupations, assessments, accreditations, costs, and available outcomes. The agency lists the affected public as State/Local Governments and estimates 62 respondents, annual reporting, 30 hours per response, and 1,860 total annual burden hours.
Public access to grant-funded credentials and data
The rule requires that curricula and credentials created with these federal grant funds be openly licensed and posted to public distribution platforms, making them publicly accessible. The publicly posted information may include credential details, competencies, delivery mode, geographic coverage, industry sector/occupation alignment, related assessments, accreditations, costs, and available outcomes, improving public access to information about credentials developed with federal funds.
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