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Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 338 4. To employ or contract for personnel and administrative support as the Commission deems appropriate to carry out the purpose and provisions of the Oklahoma Workforce Transformation Act, including, but not limited to, a nonprofit corporation to carry out the Commission’s objectives, an executive director or other chief executive officer, and any other employees or contractors the Commission deems appropriate, and to prescribe their duties and fix their compensation; 5. To administer the Workforce Coordination Revolving Fund created in Section 255.4 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes; 6. To administer the Oklahoma Workforce Commission Revolving Fund created in Section 3 of this act; 7. To approve or disapprove the budget of the Commission; 8. To promulgate rules to carry out the provisions of the Oklahoma Workforce Transformation Act; 9. To enter into contracts or agreements for studies, professional services, grant administration and procurement, research projects, supplies, or any other services the Commission deems necessary to carry out its purpose, and to incur those expenses necessary to carry out those purposes; 10. To cooperate with any private, local, state, or national commission, organization, agency, or group and to make contracts and agreements for joint programs beneficial to Oklahoma’s workforce development efforts; 11. To accept donations, grants, contributions, and gifts from any public or private source and deposit such in the Oklahoma Workforce Commission Revolving Fund, created in Section 3 of this act; 12. To oversee and direct to the extent permitted by law the activities and administration of the Governor’s Council for Workforce and Economic Development, including, but not limited to, the creation and submission of state plans to the federal government pursuant to the provisions of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; 13. To collect data from federal, state, and local agencies, departments, educational institutions, boards, commissions, or any other entities including, but not limited to: a. number of participants in workforce development programming, b. cost per participant, c. wages before and after participation in programs, d. degree or certificate conferred on each participant, e. number of jobs open needing degrees or certificates, f. labor force and economic information, and g. any other information the Commission deems appropriate to guide funding decisions, facilitate its work or the work of workforce development entities in the state,