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

Customer Service Modernization Program What Developers Produced with our Data: 17 Applications 3 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 Innovation of DOL Data Value of Partnerships Between DOL & Developer Community

Customer Service Modernization Program Who Won Prizes? 13 Applications That Met Our Requirements 4 OES Contest AwardApplication NameLocation 1 st PlaceWhere Are The Jobs?Sacramento, CA 2 nd PlaceOES MapBrooklyn, NY 3 rd PlaceLabor Wage StatisticsChelsea, Michigan Honorable MentionOccupation Wage DataHinesville, Georgia Honorable MentionJob CompassAtlanta, Georgia People’s Choice AwardJob CompassAtlanta, Georgia informACTION Contest AwardApplication NameLocation 1 st PlaceEat Shop SleepAlexandria, VA 2 nd PlaceiCitizen Labor ReportSt. Louis, MO 3 rd PlaceIC InfoChoiceSterling, VA Honorable MentionInspection RadarArlington, TX Honorable MentionDOL ConnectSunnyvale, CA Honorable MentionWhat’s The Beef?Seattle, WA Honorable MentioniDOL iPhone AppPlainfield, IL People’s Choice AwardJob TrackerWashington, DC Contest applications originated from 9 States, including Washington DC

DOL Contests on Challenge.gov informACTION 1 st Place Winner: Eat Shop Sleep 5 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 2 nd Place Winner: iCitizen Report 6 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 1 st Place Winner: Where Are The Jobs? 7 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 2 nd Place Winner: OES Map 8 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. o 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