OSHA App Costs Gov't $200k

itwbennett writes "How much does it cost to make a phone app to tell local temperature and suggest how not to get heatstroke, such as drink water and avoid alcohol? If you're the U.S. Government, it'll cost you a pretty penny. Using MuckRock to file a Freedom of Information Act, Rich Jones of GUN.IO discovered the Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration paid $106,467 for the Android version; $96,000 for the iPhone version, and an additional $40,000 for a BlackBerry app that never got distributed."

It was actually $467 for the Android version

[ShavedOrangutan]

... plus $106,000 for change management.

Re:wow, a guy made a mistake

[greg1104]

The version with spell checking costs $300K.

Re:alot of that cost has to be overhead and paper

[micheas]

Because selecting the colors of the app will require a six week focus group.

Re:alot of that cost has to be overhead and paper

[jon3k]

You think this [imgur.com] cost $200k? Let me guess, you work for the government?