The Alliance for Labor Standards Education and Training (ALSET) is a nonprofit organization which offers Web-based educational materials on labor standards.
ALSET offers subscriptions to the Public Works Compliance web site. The Web site resources explain the legal principles that underlie fair contracting and arm the fair contracting advocate with the tools for effective participation in every stage of public construction contracting from planning through audits and enforcement.
Government Web Sites: The authors have sifted through thousands of government-sponsored web pages to provide links to those that offer the best information to support public works compliance.
Laws and Regulations: This Web site links directly to the laws and regulations governing public construction contracting and prevailing wages.
Administrative Decisions: The Web site summarizes and provides direct links to administrative decisions posted on free government web sites. The authors have selected administrative decisions that offer the clearest discussions of key legal principles in public contracting.
Court Case Digests: The Web site summarizes and provides links through the free services of Findlaw
to cases that outline key legal principles in public contracting.
Prevailing Wages: The Web site offers links to Davis Bacon and California prevailing wage determinations and gives instructions for determining which rates apply to a particular project.
Checklists and Summaries: The Web site offers checklists and guides on how to plan and execute a successful bid protest against a nonresponsible bidder, how to participate effectively in a public works survey, how to challenge a prevailing wage determination and how to gain access to documents and investigate a job site for violations of labor standards.
Future Expansion: The Web site is designed to allow regular updating and continual development of its content. There are plans to expand the web site into topics related to the enforcement of labor standards. Donations: ALSET is an IRS-approved nonprofit organization which accepts donations.