LaborForge.org is the New York State Department of Labor Information Technology public open source repository.  With it, the agency seeks to attract interested parties, especially from other government agencies and entities, to participate in the continuous improvement of its applications.  

     By leveraging the Open Source development methodology, we extend the finite resources of the New York State Labor Department to include individuals in other organizations. The Open Source methodology is a collaborative, voluntary approach to software development. The rewards to the Labor Department can be significant when committed volunteers contribute significant code segments, evaluate and test code, and provide new ideas for expanded functionality.

     While not established as a public benefit, Labor's Open Source repository has the ancillary benefit to other states' workforce agencies and other New York State agencies to obtain useful software at no cost, other than the work required to integrate code into their environments.