Abstract: An extended work program (EWP) is provided in which unemployed and under-employed workers perform atomic units of work. The inventive system and method includes an administrative system, employer systems and participant systems, each of which communicates over the Internet. Employers locate EWP participants by querying an administrative system, which provides information regarding a pool of participants and further announces the available work to the pool. After suitable candidates are located, the administrative system, in conjunction with the employers' systems, trains, evaluates, and compensates EWP participants on an atomic unit of work basis. The participants communicate, in a human-centric trusted computing environment, with the employers through the administrative system.

Abstract: An extended work program (EWP) is provided in which unemployed and under-employed workers perform atomic units of work. The inventive system and method includes an administrative system, employer systems and participant systems, each of which communicates over the Internet. Employers locate EWP participants by querying an administrative system, which provides information regarding a pool of participants and further announces the available work to the pool. After suitable candidates are located, the administrative system, in conjunction with the employers' systems, trains, evaluates, and compensates EWP participants on an atomic unit of work basis. The participants communicate, in a human-centric trusted computing environment, with the employers through the administrative system.