SUBSCRIBE
SUBSCRIBE
EXPLORE +
  • About infoDOCKET
  • Academic Libraries on LJ
  • Research on LJ
  • News on LJ
  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Libraries
    • Academic Libraries
    • Government Libraries
    • National Libraries
    • Public Libraries
  • Companies (Publishers/Vendors)
    • EBSCO
    • Elsevier
    • Ex Libris
    • Frontiers
    • Gale
    • PLOS
    • Scholastic
  • New Resources
    • Dashboards
    • Data Files
    • Digital Collections
    • Digital Preservation
    • Interactive Tools
    • Maps
    • Other
    • Podcasts
    • Productivity
  • New Research
    • Conference Presentations
    • Journal Articles
    • Lecture
    • New Issue
    • Reports
  • Topics
    • Archives & Special Collections
    • Associations & Organizations
    • Awards
    • Funding
    • Interviews
    • Jobs
    • Management & Leadership
    • News
    • Patrons & Users
    • Preservation
    • Profiles
    • Publishing
    • Roundup
    • Scholarly Communications
      • Open Access

August 1, 2011 by Gary Price

Government Data: U.S. Department of Labor Releases APIs and SDKs For Online and Mobile Tools and Apps

August 1, 2011 by Gary Price

If you’re not a developer, here’s some news that might be of interest to them. Perhaps it’s time to for developers and non-developers to brainstorm new ways to use Dept. of Labor data.

The team at the wonderful ProgrammableWeb.com, home to a massive directory of API’s and mashups pointed out that the U.S. Department of Labor released an APIs and SDKs (software development kits) for developers last month.

The Dept. of Labor says that this is a, “first-of-its-kind federal website to make it easier for software developers to incorporate Labor Department data into online and mobile applications.”

From an Announcement:

“While a handful of other federal agencies are making data available through one or more APIs, the inclusion of SDKs is a federal first,” said Deputy Secretary of Labor Seth Harris. “By doing so, we’re lowering the technical barriers and providing developers of all experience levels the opportunity to turn good ideas into powerful software applications for the American public.”

[Clip]

The site currently features seven APIs providing access to items ranging from employment and wage data gathered by the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics to details of inspections conducted by the department’s Wage and Hour Division and its Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Additional data will be added each week. SDKs are available for BlackBerry, Android, iOS and .NET platforms.

Direct to U.S. Dept. of Labor API and SDK Info

 

 

Filed under: Data Files, News, Resources

SHARE:

APIsData SetsGovernmentU.S. Department of Labor

About Gary Price

Gary Price (gprice@mediasourceinc.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. Before launching INFOdocket, Price and Shirl Kennedy were the founders and senior editors at ResourceShelf and DocuTicker for 10 years. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com, and is currently a contributing editor at Search Engine Land.

ADVERTISEMENT

Archives

Job Zone

ADVERTISEMENT

Recent Articles on LJ

DEI Audits: The Whole Picture | Equity

Positioned for Power: Hiring an EDI Officer | Equity

Tour de France: A Watching, Reading, and Listening Guide | Your Home Librarian

There Are No Lanes: Rural Libraries Do It ALL | Backtalk

Dartmouth Repatriates Samson Occom Papers to Mohegan Tribe

ADVERTISEMENT

Related Infodocket Posts

New Research on Privacy: "Online Tracking: A 1-Million-Site Measurement and Analysis"

From researchers at Princeton University, a new research paper (draft) titled, “Online tracking: A 1-million-site measurement and analysis” by Steven Englehardt and Arvind Narayanan From the Abstract We present the ...

Cultural Heritage: How Do People Use Europeana? A New Statistics Dashboard Launches (Beta)

From Europeana: [The Europeana Statistics Dashboard is a] tool for our partners that allows us to be fully open and gives granular insight into how each collection is performing on ...

New Interactive Database: Silicon Valley's Highest-Paid CEOs for 2015

Released today by the SiliconValley.com/Bay Area News Group. Top salaries by Silicon Valley CEO’s in 2014. Search using company name and gender. Data fields (Sortable) include: Rank Name Company Salary ...

Higher Education (U.S.): New Data Released on Postsecondary Tuition, Fees and Degrees

From the National Center for Education Statistics: Between 2012-13 and 2014-15, the average tuition and required fees at 4-year public institutions (after adjusting for inflation) increased approximately the same for ...

Reference: Home Health Agency Ratings Get Medicare's Star Treatment

From Kaiser Health News: The federal government released on Thursday a new five-star rating system for home health agencies, hoping to bring clarity to a fast-growing but fragmented corner of ...

Reference: Mental Health Atlas 2014 Released by World Health Organization

From the WHO News Release: Worldwide, nearly 1 in 10 people have a mental health disorder, but only 1% of the global health workforce is working in mental health. This ...

New Database: First 500 Companies Allowed to Fly Drones in the U.S. (FAA Commercial Drone Exemptions)

The database was compiled by the Center for the Study of Drones at Bard University and published by The Verge. From The Verge: We have partnered with the Center for ...

Online Privacy & Transparency: Electronic Frontier Foundation Releases Fifth Annual “Who Has Your Back” Report

From the Electronic Frontier Foundation: Today, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) released its fifth annual “Who Has Your Back” report, charting tech companies’ commitment to the next frontier of user ...

National Library of Medicine Working Group Releases Final Report on Future of Library

UPDATE: Since we posted the item below NIH has posted this news release, “See Also: NIH approves strategic vision to transform National Library of Medicine” The final report by the ...

Updated Version of California Digital Library's "Technical Requirements for Licensed Resources" Now Available Online

The document mentioned below might be of interest many of you. From California Digital Library News: The Technical Requirements document is primarily intended for new and continuing vendors of the ...

New Data Resource From BEA: International Trade and Investment Country Facts Application

From the From the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA): A new data tool–International Trade and Investment Country Facts Application–on the Bureau of Economic Analysis website gives users a snapshot of ...

Freedom of the Press 2015 Report Released, Harsh Laws and Violence Drive Global Decline in Press Freedom

From Freedom House: Conditions for the media grew worse in most parts of the world last year, but it is important to remember that each region was falling from a ...

ADVERTISEMENT

FOLLOW INFODOCKET ON TWITTER

Tweets by @infodocket

ADVERTISEMENT

This coverage is free for all visitors. Your support makes this possible.

This coverage is free for all visitors. Your support makes this possible.

Primary Sidebar

  • News
  • Reviews+
  • Technology
  • Programs+
  • Design
  • Leadership
  • People
  • COVID-19
  • Advocacy
  • Opinion
  • INFOdocket
  • Job Zone

Reviews+

  • Booklists
  • Prepub Alert
  • Book Pulse
  • Media
  • Readers' Advisory
  • Self-Published Books
  • Review Submissions
  • Review for LJ

Awards

  • Library of the Year
  • Librarian of the Year
  • Movers & Shakers 2022
  • Paralibrarian of the Year
  • Best Small Library
  • Marketer of the Year
  • All Awards Guidelines
  • Community Impact Prize

Resources

  • LJ Index/Star Libraries
  • Research
  • White Papers / Case Studies

Events & PD

  • Online Courses
  • In-Person Events
  • Virtual Events
  • Webcasts
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise
  • Subscribe
  • Media Inquiries
  • Newsletter Sign Up
  • Submit Features/News
  • Data Privacy
  • Terms of Use
  • Terms of Sale
  • FAQs
  • Careers at MSI


© 2022 Library Journal. All rights reserved.


© 2022 Library Journal. All rights reserved.