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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Announcement of the Tools for
America’s Job Seekers Challenge
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AGENCY: Employment and Training
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Labor’s (DOL) Employment and
Training Administration (ETA), in
conjunction with the White House and
IdeaScale, is launching the Tools for
America’s Job Seekers Challenge. Using
an on-line platform designed by
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IdeaScale, the Challenge will allow
toolmakers and developers to present
their on-line job tools to workforce
development experts and job seekers to
explore, discuss, and recommend. The
tools that receive the most
recommendations will be shared
broadly with the workforce investment
system and job seekers, allowing
workforce system decision-makers to
easily access the recommendations of
their peers and customers. Workforce
system decision-makers can use this
feedback to inform their decisions about
which tools to make available through
One-Stop Career Centers, State job
banks, and other Internet-based
resources. Selection of a tool does not
constitute an official endorsement by
DOL or ETA: This is not an opportunity
to apply for government funding, and
ETA will not make any funds available
to any party pursuant to this
announcement.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a fastchanging marketplace, it is difficult for
job seekers and the nation’s almost
3,000 One-Stop Career Centers to keep
up with state of the art on-line job
search and career advancement tools.
Therefore, DOL and ETA are
challenging enterprising entrepreneurs
and organizations to showcase their online solutions through a platform that
allows workforce system decisionmakers and job seeker customers to
explore, comment on, and recommend
tools. The Challenge will help the
workforce investment system uncover
the most effective on-line tools. ETA
will work with Federal, State, and local
workforce system professionals and
partners at the conclusion of the
Challenge to deploy the tools in the
most efficient way throughout the
workforce system, to help quickly
connect job seekers to the jobs currently
available in the economy.
The Challenge will be run in three
phases. Phase One will operate from
November 30, 2009 to December 18,
2009. ETA encourages entrepreneurs
and organizations to help develop an
inventory of on-line job search and
career advancement tools by submitting
information on their tools at
www.DOLChallenge.Ideascale.com.
Although DOL is primarily interested in
identifying tools that are free for the use
of America’s jobseekers, tools with a fee
may be submitted as long as the
submitter provides a short-term demo
site or other platform that allows the
tools to be reviewed free of charge in
Phase 2 of the Challenge. After the
Challenge has been completed, the
workforce development system and job
seekers can decide whether to buy or
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license such tools. DOL will accept
submissions from businesses and
entrepreneurs, nonprofit organizations,
and State and local workforce agencies.
Participating tools will be classified into
one or more of these categories:
• General job boards, listing sites, and
aggregators
• Niche job boards
• Career tools such as ladders,
transition tools, etc.
• Web-based career exploration sites
• Web 2.0/social media sites
specializing in job searches or job
postings
• Other job matching and career
advancement tools
Along with the tool itself, ETA will
ask developers to provide basic
information such as the target uses and
users of the tool or product, and contact
information. At their option, developers
may also submit a YouTube video of
their tool in action or other tool-related
materials.
Phase Two will operate from January
4 to January 15, 2010. Workforce
development professionals and job
seekers are invited to test-drive the tools
and recommend those they find useful.
Reviewers are encouraged to
recommend tools based on: (1) How
effective the tool is in providing
accurate results—including how well
the tool reflects jobs available in the
target labor market; (2) how efficient the
tool is in completing job search and
matching tasks in a reasonable amount
of time; and (3) the level of satisfaction
the user experienced. Reviewers may
recommend as many tools as they wish,
and are encouraged to comment on the
tools to provide more feedback on their
experience with the tools. Phase Three
will begin at the end of January. DOL
and ETA will publish the top tools in
each category, allowing workforce
system decision-makers to easily access
the recommendations of their peers and
customers, and use this feedback to
inform their decisions about which tools
to make available through One-Stop
Career Centers, State job banks, and
other Internet-based resources.
As a result of the Challenge, the
workforce development system will
have increased awareness of on-line
tools that can help meet the job
information needs of the significantly
increased number of customers
requiring service in the current
economic recovery effort.
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
Statement: The annualized public
reporting burden for the collection of
information described in this Notice
(OMB Control No. 1205–0476,
Expiration Date 05/31/2010), which is
voluntary, is estimated to average
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approximately ten minutes per
respondent for Phase One and five
minutes per tool commented on in
Phase Two.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anthony D. Dais, Designated Project
Officer, Office of Workforce Investment
at (202) 693–2784; or e-mail
DOL.Challenge@dol.gov.
Signed: at Washington, DC this 9th day of
December 2009.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and
Training.
[FR Doc. E9–29831 Filed 12–11–09; 11:15
am]
Peter R. Orszag,
Director.
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This report is provided in accordance with
section 608(d)(1) of the Millennium
Challenge Act of 2003, Public Law 108–199,
Division D (the ‘‘Act’’), 22 U.S.C. 7708(d)(1).
The Act authorizes the provision of
Millennium Challenge Account (‘‘MCA’’)
assistance under section 605 of the Act to
countries that enter into compacts with the
United States to support policies and
programs that advance the progress of such
countries in achieving lasting economic
growth and poverty reduction, and are in
furtherance of the Act. The Act requires the
Millennium Challenge Corporation (‘‘MCC’’)
to determine the countries that will be
eligible to receive MCA assistance during the
fiscal year, based on their demonstrated
commitment to just and democratic
governance, economic freedom, and
investing in their people, as well as on the
opportunity to reduce poverty and generate
economic growth in the country. The Act
also requires the submission of reports to
appropriate congressional committees and
the publication of notices in the Federal
Register that identify, among other things:
1. The countries that are ‘‘candidate
countries’’ for MCA assistance during fiscal
year 2010 (FY10) based on their per-capita
income levels and their eligibility to receive
assistance under U.S. law, and countries that
would be candidate countries but for
specified legal prohibitions on assistance
(section 608(a) of the Act; 22 U.S.C. 7708(a));
2. The criteria and methodology that the
Board of Directors of MCC (‘‘the Board’’) will
use to measure and evaluate the relative
policy performance of the ‘‘candidate
countries’’ consistent with the requirements
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of section 607 of the Act in order to select
‘‘MCA eligible countries’’ from among the
‘‘candidate countries’’ (section 608(b) of the
Act, 22 U.S.C. 7708(b)); and
3. The list of countries determined by the
Board to be ‘‘MCA eligible countries’’ for
FY10, with justification for eligibility
determination and selection for compact
negotiation, including which of the MCA
eligible countries the Board will seek to enter
into MCA compacts (section 608(d) of the
Act, 22 U.S.C. 7708(d)).
This is the third of the above-described
reports by MCC for FY10. It identifies
countries determined by the Board to be
eligible under section 607 of the Act for FY10
(22 U.S.C. 7706) and countries with which
the Board will seek to enter into compacts
under section 609 of the Act, as well as the
justification for such decisions.
Eligible Countries
The Board met on December 9, 2009 to
select countries that will be eligible for MCA
compact assistance under section 607 of the
Act for FY10. The Board selected the
following countries as eligible for such
assistance for FY10: Cape Verde, Indonesia,
Jordan, Malawi, Moldova, the Philippines,
and Zambia.
In accordance with the Act and with the
‘‘Report on the Criteria and Methodology for
Determining the Eligibility of Candidate
Countries for Millennium Challenge Account
Assistance in Fiscal Year 2010’’ submitted to
the Congress on September 11, 2009,
selection was based primarily on a country’s
overall performance in three broad policy
categories: (1) ‘‘Ruling Justly’’; (2)
‘‘Encouraging Economic Freedom’’; and (3)
‘‘Investing in People.’’ As a basis for
determining which countries would be
eligible for MCA compact assistance, the
Board relied upon 17 transparent and
independent indicators to assess, to the
maximum extent possible, countries’ policy
performance and demonstrated commitment
in these three broad policy areas. In
determining eligibility, the Board compared
countries’ performance on the indicators
relative to their income-level peers,
evaluating them in comparison to either the
group of low income countries (LIC) or the
group of lower-middle income countries
(LMIC). In particular, the Board considered if
a country performed above the median in
relation to its peers on at least half of the
indicators in the Ruling Justly and Economic
Freedom policy categories, above the median
on at least three of five indicators in the
Investing in People policy category, and
above the median on the ‘‘Control of
Corruption’’ indicator. The Board also took
into account whether the country performed
substantially below the median on any
indictor, and if so, whether the country is
taking appropriate action to address the
shortcomings. Scorecards reflecting each
country’s performance on the indicators are
available on MCC’s Web site at https://
www.mcc.gov.
The Board also considered whether any
adjustments should be made for data gaps,
data lags, or recent events since the
indicators were published, as well as
strengths or weaknesses in particular
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Announcement of the Tools for America's Job Seekers Challenge
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training
Administration (ETA), in conjunction with the White House and
IdeaScale, is launching the Tools for America's Job Seekers Challenge.
Using an on-line platform designed by IdeaScale, the Challenge will
allow toolmakers and developers to present their on-line job tools to
workforce development experts and job seekers to explore, discuss, and
recommend. The tools that receive the most recommendations will be
shared broadly with the workforce investment system and job seekers,
allowing workforce system decision-makers to easily access the
recommendations of their peers and customers. Workforce system
decision-makers can use this feedback to inform their decisions about
which tools to make available through One-Stop Career Centers, State
job banks, and other Internet-based resources. Selection of a tool does
not constitute an official endorsement by DOL or ETA: This is not an
opportunity to apply for government funding, and ETA will not make any
funds available to any party pursuant to this announcement.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a fast-changing marketplace, it is
difficult for job seekers and the nation's almost 3,000 One-Stop Career
Centers to keep up with state of the art on-line job search and career
advancement tools. Therefore, DOL and ETA are challenging enterprising
entrepreneurs and organizations to showcase their on-line solutions
through a platform that allows workforce system decision-makers and job
seeker customers to explore, comment on, and recommend tools. The
Challenge will help the workforce investment system uncover the most
effective on-line tools. ETA will work with Federal, State, and local
workforce system professionals and partners at the conclusion of the
Challenge to deploy the tools in the most efficient way throughout the
workforce system, to help quickly connect job seekers to the jobs
currently available in the economy.
The Challenge will be run in three phases. Phase One will operate
from November 30, 2009 to December 18, 2009. ETA encourages
entrepreneurs and organizations to help develop an inventory of on-line
job search and career advancement tools by submitting information on
their tools at www.DOLChallenge.Ideascale.com. Although DOL is
primarily interested in identifying tools that are free for the use of
America's jobseekers, tools with a fee may be submitted as long as the
submitter provides a short-term demo site or other platform that allows
the tools to be reviewed free of charge in Phase 2 of the Challenge.
After the Challenge has been completed, the workforce development
system and job seekers can decide whether to buy or license such tools.
DOL will accept submissions from businesses and entrepreneurs,
nonprofit organizations, and State and local workforce agencies.
Participating tools will be classified into one or more of these
categories:
General job boards, listing sites, and aggregators
Niche job boards
Career tools such as ladders, transition tools, etc.
Web-based career exploration sites
Web 2.0/social media sites specializing in job searches or
job postings
Other job matching and career advancement tools
Along with the tool itself, ETA will ask developers to provide
basic information such as the target uses and users of the tool or
product, and contact information. At their option, developers may also
submit a YouTube video of their tool in action or other tool-related
materials.
Phase Two will operate from January 4 to January 15, 2010.
Workforce development professionals and job seekers are invited to
test-drive the tools and recommend those they find useful. Reviewers
are encouraged to recommend tools based on: (1) How effective the tool
is in providing accurate results--including how well the tool reflects
jobs available in the target labor market; (2) how efficient the tool
is in completing job search and matching tasks in a reasonable amount
of time; and (3) the level of satisfaction the user experienced.
Reviewers may recommend as many tools as they wish, and are encouraged
to comment on the tools to provide more feedback on their experience
with the tools. Phase Three will begin at the end of January. DOL and
ETA will publish the top tools in each category, allowing workforce
system decision-makers to easily access the recommendations of their
peers and customers, and use this feedback to inform their decisions
about which tools to make available through One-Stop Career Centers,
State job banks, and other Internet-based resources.
As a result of the Challenge, the workforce development system will
have increased awareness of on-line tools that can help meet the job
information needs of the significantly increased number of customers
requiring service in the current economic recovery effort.
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) Statement: The annualized public
reporting burden for the collection of information described in this
Notice (OMB Control No. 1205-0476, Expiration Date 05/31/2010), which
is voluntary, is estimated to average
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approximately ten minutes per respondent for Phase One and five minutes
per tool commented on in Phase Two.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony D. Dais, Designated Project
Officer, Office of Workforce Investment at (202) 693-2784; or e-mail
DOL.Challenge@dol.gov.
Signed: at Washington, DC this 9th day of December 2009.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.
[FR Doc. E9-29831 Filed 12-11-09; 11:15 am]
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