DOL Contests on Challenge.gov OES & informACTION Application Contests U.S. Department of Labor DOL Contests on Challenge.gov OES & informACTION Application Contests November 1, 2011

DOL Contests on Challenge.gov DOL’s Use of Challenge.gov for Application Development DOL ran 2 application development contests on Challenge.gov that offered $35,000 in prizes for each contest Occupational Employment Statistics informACTION We provided the data, guidelines and requirements for development The participant picked the technology: the web a personal computer a mobile handheld device, or any platform broadly accessible to the open Internet

Customer Service Modernization Program What Developers Produced with our Data: 17 Applications DOL received 17 applications, resulting in 13 winners and total prize winnings of $68,000 for their innovative approach to using DOL data, resulting in an average of $5,200 per winning application Contest Participants Launch of informACTION Contest DOL Data Integrated with Google, Yelp and other mainstream platforms Development of Dynamic & Social Tools for Public Value of Partnerships Between DOL & Developer Community To accomplish this mission, DOL must allow individuals to contact the Department easily through multiple channels — a “no wrong door” policy.  Customers must be able to access information that is accurate, timely, and delivered professionally.  The Department’s approach to customer service must be “channel agnostic.” Innovation of DOL Data 3

Customer Service Modernization Program Who Won Prizes? 13 Applications That Met Our Requirements OES Contest Award Application Name Location 1st Place Where Are The Jobs? Sacramento, CA 2nd Place OES Map Brooklyn, NY 3rd Place Labor Wage Statistics Chelsea, Michigan Honorable Mention Occupation Wage Data Hinesville, Georgia Job Compass Atlanta, Georgia People’s Choice Award Contest applications originated from 9 States, including Washington DC informACTION Contest Award Application Name Location 1st Place Eat Shop Sleep Alexandria, VA 2nd Place iCitizen Labor Report St. Louis, MO 3rd Place IC InfoChoice Sterling, VA Honorable Mention Inspection Radar Arlington, TX DOL Connect Sunnyvale, CA What’s The Beef? Seattle, WA iDOL iPhone App Plainfield, IL People’s Choice Award Job Tracker Washington, DC To accomplish this mission, DOL must allow individuals to contact the Department easily through multiple channels — a “no wrong door” policy.  Customers must be able to access information that is accurate, timely, and delivered professionally.  The Department’s approach to customer service must be “channel agnostic.” 4

DOL Contests on Challenge.gov informACTION 1st Place Winner: Eat Shop Sleep Features iPhone/iPad accessible Search restaurants, shops, and hotels near you  Access hotel/motel, restaurant and retail industry enforcement data and easily identify violators Narrow your results by industry, health/labor violations, name search  Look up addresses and phone numbers for thousands of businesses DOL data is mixed with Yelp to check reviews of establishments with findings

DOL Contests on Challenge.gov informACTION 2nd Place Winner: iCitizen Report Features iPhone/iPad accessible Places findings from DOL WHD and OSHA into the hands of the public in an easy to use interface optimized for the mobile platform Uses geo-coding to identify findings that are in close proximity - check before you choose to dine at a restaurant, or apply for a job at a establishment, or stay at a hotel Allows the users to set criteria to narrow the focus of the findings, either via navigating graphically with a map view or by data points using a list view DOL data is mixed with Yelp to check reviews of establishments with findings

DOL Contests on Challenge.gov OES 1st Place Winner: Where Are The Jobs? Features Allows users to interactively explore the salary and job statistics for various occupations at national, state and regional levels Users can choose an occupation and explore the job market for that occupation, or they can start with a state or region and explore the top occupations within it Provides context for the user by highlighting the geographic area, plotting the information on a graph for easy comparison and allowing the users to sort either by number of jobs or by salary Provides information about the top industries providing employment in a given occupation

DOL Contests on Challenge.gov OES 2nd Place Winner: OES Map Features Provides an "at a glance" view of the different employment statistics such as wages (hourly and annual), total number of jobs, unemployment rates as well as location quotients on a map of the U.S User can easily switch between occupation groups and drill down into the sub groups Map is interactive and you can click on any state to reveal a scorecard about the individual state. Scorecard features detailed information about the states population, employment and unemployment numbers, the average wages and deviation from the U.S. average. Lists the states top employers and an industry breakdown in percent