SBIR/STTR Research Award
THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT IS TO ASSESS THE FEASIBILITY OF TWO FORMS OF TARGETED JOB CREATION BOTH OF WHICH EMPLOY TELECOMMUTER CONCEPTS.
Award amount
$24,800Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1984Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Gibson-hunt Associates, Ltd
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT IS TO ASSESS THE FEASIBILITY OF TWO FORMS OF TARGETED JOB CREATION BOTH OF WHICH EMPLOY TELECOMMUTER CONCEPTS. FUNDAMENTALLY, WE ARE SPEAKING OF F JOBS THAT CAN BE DONE FROM THE HOME USING A COMPUTER OR COMPUTER TERMINAL WITH APPROPRIATE COMMUNICATIONS HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE. THE TARGET GROUPS FOR THIS PROJECT ARE ON OR MORE OFTHE FOLLOWING: PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS, WELFARE RECEIPIENTS AND THE ELDERLY. EACH OF THESE GROUPS SUFFER IN VARYING DEGREES FROM BARRIERS TO THEIR EMPLOYMENT (E.G., NEED FOR SPECIAL EQUIPMENT, TRANSPORTATION LIMITATION, NEED FOR PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT) THAT WE BELIEVE CAN BE ALL ALLEVIATED OR ELIMINATED THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE USE OF TECHNOLOGY.
Technology keywords
Not reported