Summary Objective:

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration as part of the CareerOneStop Portal developed America's Service Locator as a tool to locate public service offices and driving directions including one-stop centers. It needed a means to connect these separate services on different websites through one location on the Internet and also make available a wealth of resources for jobseekers, employers, students and workforce professionals.

Solution: America’s Service Locator

America’s Service Locator (ASL) was developed as a component to the CareerOneStop Portal.   ASL directs citizens to available workforce services and information at the federal, state and local level.  It contains a comprehensive listing of public services provided at One-Stop Career Centers and other employment and training facilities.  ASL is the link between the “clicks” of virtual service delivery and the “bricks” of the physical points-of-delivery.

XPAND was tasked with the development of the ASL website using all phases of the System Development Life Cycle including project plan, collection and analyses of user requirements, website design, design of database, complete information architecture for the application, development, testing, deployment, and documentation. The ASL website includes several powerful web-based content management tools allowing non-programmers to administer particular website content.

The core functions of ASL are to allow end users the ability to find local points-of-service, create maps of these service locations, and generate driving directions.   ASL also offers several key administrative functions that allow administrators the capacity to maintain data currency through online date entry forms and automated web services, get reports on website traffic and system utilization, and to produce smart maps to analyze the impact of current policies and to facilitate better decision-making.

To meet its core functions, ASL utilizes Environmental Systems Research Institute’s (ESRI) powerful suite of ArcGIS products (principally ArcSDE, ArcGIS, and ArcObjects).  This enterprise GIS architecture includes the integration of internet mapping components built using ESRI’s ArcIMS web mapping engine.  ASL also encompasses a services-based architecture utilizing SOAP/XML web services to facilitate data currency, data exchange, and data sharing between application components and external project partners. 

Need more information? Click here to send us an email.