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 112 STAT. 1018 PUBLIC LAW 105-220—AUG. 7, 1998 (B) sufficient data for the effective evaluation of activities carried out through the Job Corps program. (2) ACCOUNTS.— Each operator and service provider shall maintain funds received under this subtitle in accounts in a manner that ensures timely and accurate reporting as required by the Secretary. (3) FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.— Operators shall remain fiscally responsible and control costs, regardless of whether the funds made available for Job Corps centers are incrementally increased or decreased between fiscal years. (b) AUDIT.— (1) ACCESS.—The Secretary, the Inspector General of the Department of Labor, the Comptroller General of the United States, and any of their duly authorized representatives, shall have access to any books, documents, papers, and records of the operators and service providers described in subsection (a) that are pertinent to the Job Corps program, for purposes of conducting surveys, audits, and evaluations of the operators and service providers. (2) SURVEYS, AUDITS, AND EVALUATIONS.—The Secretary shall survey, audit, or evaluate, or arrange for the survey, audit, or evaluation of, the operators and service providers, using Federal auditors or independent public accountants. The Secretary shall conduct such surveys, audits, or evaluations not less often than once every 3 years. (c) INFORMATION ON INDICATORS OF PERFORMANCE. — (1) ESTABLISHMENT.— The Secretary shall, with continuity and consistency from year to year, establish indicators of performance, and expected levels of performance for Job Corps centers and the Job Corps program, relating to— (A) the number of graduates and the rate of such graduation, analyzed by t3T)e of vocational training received through the Job Corps program and by whether the vocational training was provided by a local or national service provider; (B) the number of graduates who entered unsubsidized employment related to the vocational training received through the Job Corps program and the number who entered unsubsidized employment not related to the vocational training received, analyzed by whether the vocational training was provided by a local or national service provider and by whether the placement in the employment was conducted by a local or national service provider; (C) the average wage received by graduates who entered unsubsidized employment related to the vocational training received through the Job Corps program and the average wage received by graduates who entered unsubsidized employment unrelated to the vocational training received; (D) the average wage received by graduates placed in unsubsidized employment after completion of the Job Corps program— (i) on the first day of the employment; (ii) 6 months after the first day of the emplo3ment; and (iii) 12 months after the first day of the employ- ment,

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