The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and its federal agency partners on the National Equal Pay Task Force have announced a contest for creating software applications that use the department's data to promote equal pay for men and women.
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The Equal Pay App Challenge calls on developers to use publicly available data and resources to create apps that educate users about the pay gap and provide tools to combat it. The focus of the app should be to improve the accessibility of pay data broken down by gender, race, and ethnicity, and provide coaching on early career pay, pay negotiation, or career mentorship, says the DOL. More information, including a complete list of the contest's rules and requirements, is available at www.challenge.gov/labor.
The challenge will be open for submissions from Jan. 31 until March 31. Judges will announce the winners in connection with Equal Pay Day in April.