Amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to permit states to use machine learning and advanced analytics for improving program operations, outcomes, and evaluation, enhancing data-driven decision-making in state programs.
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This is an amendment to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3141(e)), a binding federal statute. The language uses mandatory terms ('shall') and permissive terms ('may') to establish legal obligations and permissions for state programs.
This document has minimal risk domain coverage, with only implicit mention of AI system safety concerns related to lack of transparency (subdomain 7.4). The document primarily focuses on enabling the use of machine learning and advanced analytics for program evaluation, without substantively addressing specific AI risks or harms.
This document primarily governs Public Administration (excluding National Security) as it amends federal workforce development programs administered by state governments. It may also have secondary implications for Educational Services and Professional and Technical Services sectors that interact with workforce development programs.
The document focuses primarily on the Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages of the AI lifecycle, as it addresses the use of machine learning and advanced analytics in operational state programs for ongoing evaluation and improvement. There is minimal coverage of earlier lifecycle stages.
The document explicitly mentions 'machine learning' and 'advanced analytics' but does not define or distinguish between AI models, AI systems, or specific types of AI. There is no mention of frontier AI, general purpose AI, foundation models, compute thresholds, or open-source models.
United States Congress
The document is explicitly identified as being authored by the United States Congress, which has the constitutional authority to amend federal statutes.
No specific enforcement body is named in this subsection. Enforcement would typically fall to the federal agency overseeing WIOA implementation (likely the Department of Labor), but this is not explicitly stated in the provided text.
The amendment requires states to 'conduct ongoing' evaluations and analyses, suggesting states themselves have monitoring responsibilities. However, no specific external monitoring body is identified in this subsection.
State governments implementing Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act programs
The amendment explicitly targets 'State' programs under WIOA, requiring states to use data for analyses and permitting them to use machine learning and advanced analytics.