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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210 Phone, 202–693–5000. Internet, www.dol.gov. SECRETARY OF LABOR ELAINE L. CHAO Deputy Chief of Staff ANDREW SCHAUDER Executive Secretary RUTH KNOUSE Deputy Secretary HOWARD M. RADZELY Associate Deputy Secretary LAURA GENERO Chief Administrative Law Judge JOHN M. VITTONE Chief Administrative Appeals Judge, NANCY S. DOLDER Benefits Review Board Chief Economist RONALD BIRD Chief Financial Officer DOUGLAS WEBSTER Chief Administrative Appeals Judge, M. CYNTHIA DOUGLASS Administrative Review Board Chairman, Employees Compensation ALEC J. KOROMILAS Appeals Board Director, Center for Faith-Based and RHETT BUTLER Community Initiatives Director, Office of Job Corps ESTHER JOHNSON Director, Office of Small Business JOSE A. LIRA Programs Director, Office of the 21st Century KAREN M. CZARNECKI Workforce Director, Women’s Bureau SHINAE CHUN Assistant Secretary for Administration and PATRICK PIZZELLA Management Assistant Secretary for Congressional and KRISTINE IVERSON Intergovernmental Affairs Assistant Secretary for Employment and BRENT R. ORRELL, Acting Training Assistant Secretary for Employment VICTORIA A. LIPNIC Standards Administrator, Wage and Hour ALEXANDER PASSANTINO, Acting Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and RICHARD STICKLER, Acting Health Assistant Secretary of Disability NEIL ROMANO Employment Policy Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety EDWIN G. FOULKE, JR. and Health Assistant Secretary for Employee Benefit BRADFORD P. CAMPBELL Security Administration Assistant Secretary for Policy LEON R. SEQUEIRA Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs DAVID W. JAMES Assistant Secretary for Veterans’ CHARLES S. CICCOLELLA Employment and Training Commissioner of Labor Statistics KEITH HALL 278 VerDate Aug 31 2005 10:56 Sep 04, 2008 Jkt 214669 PO 00000 Frm 00288 Fmt 6995 Sfmt 6995 M:\GOVMAN\214669CX\MAN08.039 APPS10 PsN: MAN08 dkrause on GSDDPC44 with DEFAULT DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 279 Deputy Under Secretary for International CHARLOTTE PONTICELLI Affairs Inspector General GORDON S. HEDDELL Solicitor of Labor GREGORY F. JACOB The purpose of the Department of Labor is to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment. In carrying out this mission, the Department administers a variety of Federal labor laws guaranteeing workers’ rights to safe and healthful working conditions, a minimum hourly wage and overtime pay, freedom from employment discrimination, unemployment insurance, and workers’ compensation. The Department also protects workers’ retirement and health care benefits; provides for job training programs; helps workers find jobs; works to strengthen free collective bargaining; and keeps track of changes in employment, prices, and other national economic measurements. As the Department seeks to assist all Americans who need and want to work, special efforts are made to meet the unique job market problems of older workers, youths, minority group members, women, individuals with disabilities, and other groups. The Department of Labor (DOL) was the Office, and its jurisdiction is strictly created by act of March 4, 1913 (29 appellate and extends to questions of U.S.C. 551). A Bureau of Labor was first fact and law. The Board’s decisions are created by Congress by act of June 24, not reviewable and are binding upon the 1884, in the Interior Department. The Office. Bureau of Labor later became For further information, contact the Clerk of the independent as a Department of Labor Employees’ Compensation Board. Phone, 202–693– without executive rank by act of June 6719. Internet, www.dol.gov. 13, 1888. It again returned to bureau Administrative Review Board The status in the Department of Commerce Board consists of a maximum of five and Labor, which was created by act of members appointed by the Secretary. It February 14, 1903 (15 U.S.C. 1501; 29 adjudicates appeals cases under a wide U.S.C. 1 note). range of Federal labor laws arising under Secretary The Secretary is the principal the McNamara O’Hara Service Contract adviser to the President on the Act and the Davis Bacon Act. Board development and execution of policies decisions may be appealed to Federal and the administration and enforcement district or appellate courts. of laws relating to wage earners, their working conditions, and their For further information, call 202–693–6200. employment opportunities. Benefits Review Board The Board Employees’ Compensation Appeals consists of five members appointed by Board The Board is a three-member the Secretary. It adjudicates appeals quasi-judicial body appointed by the cases under the Longshore and Harbor Secretary which has been delegated Workers’ Compensation Act and the exclusive jurisdiction by Congress to Black Lung Benefits Act. Board decisions hear and make final decisions on may be appealed to the U.S. Courts of workers’ compensation appeals of Appeals and to the U.S. Supreme Court. Federal employees from determinations For further information, call 202–693–6300. of the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (Office) arising under the Office of Small Business Programs The Federal Employees’ Compensation Act. Office of Small Business Programs The Employees’ Compensation Appeals ensures procurement opportunities for Board (Board) was created by small businesses, small disadvantaged Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1946 (60 businesses, women-owned businesses, Stat. 1095). The Board is independent of HUBZone businesses, and businesses VerDate Aug 31 2005 10:56 Sep 04, 2008 Jkt 214669 PO 00000 Frm 00289 Fmt 6995 Sfmt 6995 M:\GOVMAN\214669CX\MAN08.039 APPS10 PsN: MAN08 dkrause on GSDDPC44 with DEFAULT dkrause on GSDDPC44 with DEFAULT VerDate Aug 312005 10:56 Sep 04, 2008 Jkt214669 PO00000 Frm00290 Fmt6995 Sfmt6995 M:\GOVMAN\214669CX\MAN08.039 APPS10 PsN: MAN08 280 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR U . S . GOVERNMENT MANUAL OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT OFFICE OF THE LAW JUDGES SECRETARY CENTER FOR FAITH-BASED OF LABOR AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS REVIEW BOARD INITIATIVES EMPLOYEES’ COMPENSATION OFFICE OF THE 21ST OFFICE OF THE APPEALS BOARD CENTURY WORKFORCE DEPUTY SECRETARY ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD OFFICE OF SMALL OF LABOR BUSINESS PROGRAMS OFFICE OF JOB CORPS OFFICE OF THE OFFICE OF OFFICE OF THE OFFICE OF OFFICE OF OFFICE OF THE OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY CONGRESSIONAL AND CHIEF FINANCIAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT FOR ADMINISTRATION THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL PUBLIC OFFICER FOR POLICY POLICY AND MANAGEMENT SOLICITOR AFFAIRS AFFAIRS EMPLOYMENT VETERANS’ OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYEE BUREAU OF EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYMENT SAFETY AND BENEFITS SECURITY INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS TRAINING AND TRAINING HEALTH ADMINISTRATION LABOR AFFAIRS ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATION SERVICE ADMINISTRATION MINE SAFETY BUREAU OF OFFICE OF THE AND WOMEN'S LABOR INSPECTOR HEALTH BUREAU STATISTICS GENERAL ADMINISTRATION E21fiMDSUfl4669fiMDNMfl.023 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 281 owned by service-disabled veterans. It businesses and minority colleges and serves as the Department’s ombudsman universities. under the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA) and For further information, call 202–693–6460. is the Department’s central referral point Office of Job Corps Job Corps’s for inquiries and complaints arising mission is to attract young adults, teach under SBREFA. It is also active in the them relevant skills they need to become Department of Labor’s compliance employable and independent, and help assistance activities. The Office manages them secure meaningful jobs or the Department’s programs for minority opportunities for further education. The colleges and universities and Asian Office has six regional offices American and Pacific Islanders. responsible for monitoring and oversight Additionally, the Office conducts of Job Corps centers, outreach and national outreach activities to raise admissions, and career transition awareness of the growing opportunities services. and services available to small Regional Offices—Office of Job Corps Address (Areas Served) Regional Director Telephone Fax Atlanta, GA (Rm. 6T9, 61 Forsyth St. SW., 30303) (AL, FL, GA, Walt Hall .................... 404–302–5400 404–302–4515 MS, NC, SC, TN). Boston, MA (Rm. E–350, JFK Federal Bldg., 02203) (CT, NJ, Joe Semansky .......... 617–788–0186 617–788–0189 NY, MA, ME, NH, PR, RI, VI, VT). Chicago, IL (Rm. 676, 230 S. Dearborn St., 60604) (IA, IL, IN, Donna Kay ................ 312–596–5470 312–596–5471 KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, OH, WI). Dallas, TX (Rm. 403, 525 Griffin St., 75202) (AR, CO, LA, MT, June Boswell ............. 214–850–4100 214–850–4101 ND, NM, OK, SD, TX, UT, WY). Philadelphia, PA (Suite 815 E., 170 S. Independence Mall West, Lynn Intrepidi ............ 215–861–5500 215–861–5520 19106–3315) (DC, DE, MD, KY, PA, VA, WV). San Francisco, CA (Rm. 1050, 71 Stevenson St., 94119-3767) Brian Daher ............... 415–625–2600 415–625–2590 (AK, AZ, CA, HI, ID, NV, OR, WA, American Samoa, Saipan- CNMI, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Marshall Islands, Territory of Guam). For further information, contact the Office of Job Corps, Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room N–4463, Washington, DC 20210. Phone, 202–693–3000. Internet, http://jobcorps.dol.gov. The Solicitor of Labor The Office of administered by the Department, ranging the Solicitor provides necessary legal from workers’ compensation to services to accomplish the Department’s employment