Workforce Data for Analyzing and Tracking Automation Act of 2023

This bill requires the Secretary of Labor to study and measure the impact of automation on the workforce to inform workforce development strategies. It defines automation as using technology to produce goods or services previously done by human work. Sec. 3, Study by the National Academies: The Secretary must request a consensus study from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine within 6 months on measuring automation's impact on job creation, displacement, retention, and skill shifts. The study must review current Bureau of Labor Statistics data programs, identify other data sources and statistical methods, and advise on research to track industry sectors, occupations, worker demographics, displacement consequences, and skill changes. A report to Congress is due within 2 years, and a public plan for the Bureau of Labor Statistics response within 1 year after that. Sec. 4, Input from Workforce Advisory Board: The Secretary must establish an advisory board or subcommittee with balanced representation from state boards, labor, industry, nonprofits, and academic experts. Within 6 months, the board must identify additional data types on automation's workforce impact and recommend them to the Secretary and National Academies. Annually thereafter, it must update these recommendations. Within 4 years and annually, the board must evaluate workforce development strategies based on Bureau of Labor Statistics measurements and provide recommendations to the Secretary and Congress, which must be made public.