[United States Government Manual]
[July 01, 1995]
[Pages 377-399]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210
Phone, 202-219-5000
SECRETARY OF LABOR Robert B. Reich
Chief of Staff Leslie Loble
Confidential Assistant to the Ann Delory
Secretary
Counselor to the Secretary John D. Donahue
Executive Secretary T. Michael Kerr
Deputy Secretary Thomas P. Glynn
Associate Deputy Secretary Stephen Rosenthal
Chief Economist Alan Krueger
Director, Office of Small June M. Robinson
Business and Minority Affairs
Executive Director, David A. O'Brian
Administrative Appeals
Chief Administrative Law Judge John Vittrone, Acting
Chief Administrative Appeals Betty J. Hall
Judge, Benefits Review Board
Chairman, Employees Compensation Michael J. Walsh
Appeals Board
Chairman, Wage Appeals Board Charles E. Shearer, Jr.
Director, Women's Bureau Karen Beth Nussbaum
Deputy Director Delores L. Crockett,
Acting
Inspector General Charles C. Masten
Deputy Inspector General I.A. Bassett, Jr.
Assistant Inspector General for Gerald W. Peterson
Audit
Deputy Assistant Inspector Joseph E. Fisch
General for Audit
Assistant Inspector General for F.M. Broadway
Investigation
Assistant Inspector General for E.J. German
Resource Management and
Legislative Assessment
Assistant Inspector General for Gustave A. Schick
Labor Racketeering
Legal Counsel to Inspector Sylvia Horowitz
General
Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Anne Lewis
Deputy Assistant Secretary Mary Meagher
Solicitor of Labor Thomas S. Williamson,
Jr.
Deputy Solicitor, National Oliver B. Quinn
Operations
Deputy Solicitor, Regional Ronald G. Whiting
Operations
Deputy Solicitor, Planning and Judith E. Kramer
Coordination
Director, Office of Management Lydia G. Leeds
Associate Solicitor, Employment Charles D. Raymond
and Training Legal Services
Associate Solicitor, Fair Labor Monica Gallagher
Standards
Associate Solicitor, Legislation Robert A. Shapiro
and Legal Counsel
Associate Solicitor, Labor- John F. Depenbrock
Management Laws
Associate Solicitor, Black Lung Donald S. Shire
Benefits
Associate Solicitor, Employee Carol DeDeo
Benefits
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Associate Solicitor, Occupational Joseph M. Woodward
Safety and Health
Associate Solicitor, Civil Rights James D. Henry
Associate Solicitor, Plan Marc I. Machiz
Benefits Security
Associate Solicitor, Mine Safety Edward P. Clair
and Health
Associate Solicitor, Special Allen H. Feldman
Appellate and Supreme Court
Litigation
Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Geri D. Palast
Intergovernmental Affairs
Deputy Assistant Secretaries Mary Ann Richardson
Darla J. Letourneau
Deputy Under Secretary for International Joaquin F. Otero
Affairs
Associate Deputy Under Secretary Andrew J. Samet
for Policy
Director, Office of Management, Marion F. Houstoun
Administration and Planning
Assistant Secretary for Policy Tim Barnicle
Deputy Assistant Secretaries Roland G. Droitsch
Leslie Loble
Assistant Secretary for Administration and Cynthia A. Metzler
Management
Deputy Assistant Secretary Cecilia J. Bankins
Comptroller for the Department William R. Reise
Director, National Capital Thomas K. Delaney
Service Center
Director, Information Resources John Dinneen
Management
Director, Civil Rights Annabelle T. Lockhart
Director, Administrative and Janice Sawyer
Procurement Programs
Director, Personnel Management Larry Goodwin
Director, Office of Safety and Frederick Drayton
Health
Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment Preston M. Taylor, Jr.
and Training
Deputy Assistant Secretary Espiridion A. Borrego
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training Doug Ross
Deputy Assistant Secretaries Carolyn Golding, John
Robinson, Raymond
J. Uhalde
Administrator, Office of Bryan T. Keilty
Financial and Administrative
Management
Administrator, Office of Job Dolores Battle
Training Programs
Administrator, Office of (vacancy)
Strategic Planning and Policy
Development
Administrator, Office of Regional Barbara Ann Farmer
Management
Administrator, Office of Work- James Van Erden
Based Learning
Director, Unemployment Insurance Mary Ann Wyrsch
Service
Director, United States Robert A. Schaerfi
Employment Service
Director, Public and Bonnie Friedman
Intergovernmental Affairs
Assistant Secretary for the Office of the Charles L. Smith
American Workplace
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Deputy Assistant Secretary for Robert Portman
Workplace Programs
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Charles Richards
Labor-Management Programs
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Edmundo Gonzales
Labor-Management Standards
Director, Public Affairs Team Meg Ingold
Director, Administrative Joan Rind
Management and Technology
Team
Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare Olena Berg
Benefits Administration
Deputy Assistant Secretaries Alan D. Lebowitz
Meredith Miller
Director, Office of Enforcement Charles Lerner
Director, Office of Regulations Robert Doyle
and Interpretations
Chief Accountant Ian Dingwald
Director, Program Services June Patron
Director, Exemption Ivan Strasfeld
Determinations
Director, Information Mervyn Schwedt
Management
Director, Program Planning and Brian McDonnell
Evaluation
Director, Office of Policy and Gerald Lindrew
Legislative Analysis
Director, Office of Research Richard Hinz
and Economic Analysis
Assistant Secretary, Employment Standards Bernard E. Anderson
Administration
Deputy Assistant Secretary Maria Echaveste
Director, Equal Employment Carvin Cook
Opportunity Unit
Administrator, Wage and Hour Maria Echaveste
Division
Deputy Administrator John R. Fraser
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Shirley J. Wilcher
Federal Contract Compliance
Programs
Deputy Director Leonard J. Biermann
Director, Division of Policy, Annie A. Blackwell
Planning and Program
Development
Director, Division of Program Robert B. Greaux
Operation
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Ida L. Castro
Office of Workers'
Compensation Programs
Deputy Director Shelby Hallmark
Director, Office of Management, Donna G. Copson
Administration and Planning
Deputy Director Eleanor H. Smith
Director, Office of Public Robert A. Cuccia
Affairs
Chief, Branch of Legislative and Patrick J. Mowry
Regulatory Analysis
Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Joseph A. Dear
Health
Deputy Assistant Secretaries Richard L. Hayes
James W. Stanley
Director, Office of Information James F. Foster
and Consumer Affairs
Director, Office of Special Fred Hawkins
Management Programs
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Director, Office of Charles Culver
Construction and
Engineering
Director, Office of Statistics Stephen Newell
Director, Policy Michael Silverstein
Director, Administrative Programs David C. Zeigler
Director, Federal/State Paula White
Operations
Director, Field Programs Leo Carey
Director, Technical Support Steve Mallinger, Acting
Director, Compliance Programs John Miles
Director, Health Standards Charles Adkins
Programs
Director, Safety Standards Thomas Shepich
Programs
Commissioner of Labor Statistics Katharine G. Abraham
Deputy Commissioner for William G. Barron, Jr.
Administration and Internal
Operations
Assistant Commissioner for Carl J. Lowe
Technology and Survey
Processing
Director for Survey Processing John D. Sinks
Director for Technology and Arnold Bresnick
Computing Services
Assistant Commissioner for Daniel J. Lacey
Administration
Director, Quality and John M. Galvin
Information Management
Associate Commissioner for Thomas J. Plewes
Employment and Unemployment
Statistics
Deputy Associate Commissioner (vacancy)
for Employment and
Unemployment Statistics
Assistant Commissioner for (vacancy)
Federal/State Programs
Assistant Commissioner for John E. Bregger
Current Employment Analysis
Associate Commissioner for Prices Kenneth V. Dalton
and Living Conditions
Deputy Associate Commissioner (vacancy)
for Prices and Living
Conditions
Assistant Commissioner for Paul A. Armknecht
Consumer Prices and Price
Indexes
Assistant Commissioner for John M. Galvin
Industrial Prices and Price
Indexes
Assistant Commissioner for Katrina W. Reut
International Prices
Associate Commissioner for Kimberly D. Zieschang
Compensation and Working
Conditions
Deputy Associate Commissioner for (vacancy)
Compensation and Working
Conditions
Assistant Commissioner for William M. Eisenberg
Safety, Health, and Working
Conditions
Assistant Commissioner for Kathleen M. MacDonald
Compensation Levels and
Trends
Associate Commissioner for Edwin R. Dean
Productivity and Technology
Associate Commissioner for Ronald E. Kutscher
Employment Projections
Associate Commissioner for Deborah P. Klein
Publications and Special
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Associate Commissioner for Field Laura B. King
Operations
Associate Commissioner for Wesley L. Schaible
Research and Evaluation
Assistant Commissioner for Cathryn S. Dippo
Survey Methods Research
Assistant Commissioner for Marilyn E. Manser
Economic Research
Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health J. Davitt McAteer
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Andrea Hricko
Policy
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Edward C. Hugler
Operations
Administrator for Coal Mine Marvin W. Nichols, Jr.
Safety and Health
Administrator for Metal and Vernon R. Gomez
Nonmetal Mine Safety and
Health
Director of Technical Support Kenneth T. Howard
Director of Educational Policy Frank Schwamberger,
and Development Acting
Director, Office of Standards, Patricia W. Silvey
Regulations and Variances
Director, Office of Assessments Richard G. High, Jr.
Director of Administration and Richard L. Brechbiel
Management
Director of Program Policy George M. Fesak, Jr.
Evaluation
Director, Office of Information Wayne E. Veneman
and Public Affairs
Chief, Office of Congressional (vacancy)
and Legislative Affairs
Legislative Affairs Specialist Sylvia Milanese
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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' pension rights; 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, the handicapped, and other groups.
The Department of Labor (DOL), the ninth executive department, was
created by act of March 4, 1913 (29 U.S.C. 551). A Bureau of Labor was
first created by Congress in 1884 under the Interior Department. The
Bureau of Labor later became independent as a Department of Labor
without executive rank. It again returned to bureau status in the
Department of Commerce and Labor, which was created by act of February
14, 1903 (15 U.S.C. 1501).
Office of the Secretary of Labor
Secretary The Secretary is the head of the Department of Labor and the
principal adviser to the President on the development and execution of
policies and the administration and enforcement of laws relating to wage
earners, their working conditions, and their employment opportunities.
The Office of the Secretary includes the Offices of Deputy Secretary,
Inspector General, the Assistant Secretaries, and the Solicitor of
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Labor. Other offices whose public purposes are widely applied are
detailed below and on the following pages.
Office of the Deputy Secretary of Labor
Deputy Secretary The Deputy Secretary of Labor is the principal adviser
to the Secretary and serves as Acting Secretary in the Secretary's
absence.
Employees' Compensation Appeals Board The Employees' Compensation
Appeals Board consists of three members and three alternate members
appointed by the Secretary of Labor, one of whom is designated as
Chairman. The function of the Board is to consider and decide appeals
from final decisions in cases arising under the Federal Employees'
Compensation Act (5 U.S.C. 8101). The decisions of the Board are final
and not subject to court review.
For further information, call 202-401-8600.
Administrative Appeals The Office of Administrative Appeals assists the
Deputy Secretary in reviewing appeals from decisions of Administrative
Law Judges under certain laws and programs. These appeals arise under
the Job Training Partnership Act, the Trade Act, the Surface
Transportation Assistance Act, the Energy Reorganization Act, and
several environmental laws, unemployment insurance conformity
proceedings, and cases brought by the Office of Federal Contract
Compliance Programs.
For further information, contact the Director, Office of Administrative
Appeals. Phone, 202-219-9728.
Women's Bureau The Women's Bureau is responsible for formulating
standards and policies that promote the welfare of wage earning women,
improve their working conditions, increase their efficiency, and advance
their opportunities for profitable employment.
Regional Offices--Women's Bureau
(Areas included within each region are indicated on the map in Appendix
A.)
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Region/Address Administrator
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I. Boston, MA (1 Congress St., Jacqueline Cooke
02114)
II. New York, NY (201 Varick Mary Murphree
St., 10014)
III. Philadelphia, PA (3535 (Vacancy)
Market St., 19104)
IV. Atlanta, GA (1371 Peachtree Dorris Muscadoo, Acting
St. NE., 30367)
V. Chicago, IL (230 S. Sandra K. Frank
Dearborn St., 60604)
VI. Dallas, TX (525 Griffin Evelyn F. Smith
Sq., 75202)
VII. Kansas City, MO (911 Walnut Rose A. Kemp
St., 64106)
VIII. Denver, CO (Suite 905, 1801 Oleta Crain
California St., 80202-
2614)
IX. San Francisco, CA (71 Madeline Mixer
Stevenson St., 94105)
X. Seattle, WA (1111 3d Ave., Karen Furia
98101)
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For further information, call 202-219-6611.
Office of Small Business and Minority Affairs This office, reporting to
the Deputy Secretary of Labor, administers the Department's small and
disadvantaged business utilization program; Executive Order 12876, to
promote and increase participation of historically black colleges and
universities in Federal programs, and similar initiatives for Hispanic
and other minority colleges and universities; and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, to provide administrative support and guidance to DOL
advisory, interagency, and intradepartmental committees.
For further information, call 202-219-9148.
Office of Administrative Law Judges Administrative law judges preside
over formal hearings to determine violations of minimum wage
requirements, overtime payments, compensation benefits, employee
discrimination, grant performance, alien certification, employee
protection, and health and safety regulations set forth under numerous
statutes, Executive orders, and regulations. With few exceptions,
hearings are required to be conducted in
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accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. note prec.
551).
For further information, contact the Office of the Chief Administrative
Law Judge. Phone, 202-565-5330.
Benefits Review The Benefits Review Board is a five-member quasi-
judicial body with exclusive jurisdiction to consider and decide appeals
raising substantial questions of law or fact from decisions of
Administrative Law Judges with respect to cases arising under the
Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 901) and
its extensions and the Black Lung Benefits Act of 1972 (30 U.S.C. 801).
The Board exercises the same review authority that the United States
District Courts formerly held in these areas of the law prior to the
1972 amendments to both acts.
For further information, contact the Administrative Officer. Phone, 202-
633-7500.
Wage Appeals/Service Contract Appeals The Wage Appeals Board and the
Board of Service Contract Appeals act on behalf of the Secretary of
Labor in deciding appeals on questions of law and fact, taken in the
discretion of the Boards from wage determinations issued under the
Davis-Bacon Act (and its related Federal construction contract
prevailing wage statutes) and the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act;
debarments under the Department's regulations (29 CFR, Part 5), which
implement Reorganization Plan No. 14 of 1950 (5 U.S.C. app.), effective
May 24, 1950, and debarments under the Department's regulations (29 CFR,
Part 4), which implement the Service Contract Act; under the
Department's regulations, disputes concerning the payment of prevailing
wage rates or proper classifications that involve significant sums of
money, large groups of employees, or novel or unusual situations;
questions relating to coverage of the various acts; and recommendations
by Federal agencies for appropriate adjustments of liquidated damages
that are assessed under the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards
Act.
For further information, contact the Executive Secretary. Phone, 202-
219-9039.
The Solicitor of Labor
The Office of the Solicitor (SOL) provides the Secretary of Labor and
departmental officials with the legal services required to accomplish
the mission of the Department of Labor and the priority goals
established by the Secretary. Through attorney staff in Washington and
15 field offices, the Solicitor directs a broad-scale litigation effort
in the Federal courts pertaining to the statutes administered by the
Department, including institution and prosecution of Civil Court actions
under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Employment Retirement Income
Security Act of 1971, and the Migrant Seasonal Agricultural Worker
Protection Act. The attorney staff also represents the Department in
hearings under various laws including the Occupational Safety and Health
Act of 1970, the Black Lung Benefits Reform Act, Federal Mine Safety and
Health Act of 1977, and various Government contract labor standards
laws. Appellate litigation is conducted by attorneys in the national
headquarters, and trial litigation is carried out by attorneys under the
direction of regional solicitors.
The Solicitor of Labor also coordinates the Department's legislative
program; prepares testimony and reports on proposed legislation;
provides legal advice to interagency groups responsible for U.S. trade
matters; participates in international organizations including the
International Labor Organization; and reviews rules, orders, and
regulations.
For further information, contact the Office of Administration,
Management and Litigation Support, Office of the Solicitor, Department
of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. Phone, 202-
219-6863.
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Regional Offices--Office of the Solicitor
(RS: Regional Solicitor; ARS: Associate Regional Solicitor)
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Region Address Solicitor
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1. Connecticut, Maine, 1 Congress St., Boston, MA 02114 Albert H. Ross (RS)
Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Rhode Island,
Vermont
2. New Jersey, New York, Puerto 201 Varick St., New York, NY Patricia M. Rodenhausen (RS)
Rico, Virgin Islands 10014
3. Delaware, District of 3535 Market St., Philadelphia, Deborah Pierce-Shields
Columbia, Maryland, PA 19104
Pennsylvania, Virginia,
West Virginia
Branch Office Rm. 516, 4015 Wilson Blvd., (Vacancy)
Arlington, VA 22203
4. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, 1371 Peachtree St. NE., Atlanta, Jaylynn K. Fortney (RS)
Kentucky, Mississippi, GA 30367
North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee
Branch Offices 2015 2d Ave. N., Birmingham, AL Cynthia W. Brown (RS)
35203
2002 Richard Jones Rd., Ralph D. York (ARS)
Nashville, TN 37215
5. Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, 230 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, IL Richard J. Fiore (RS)
Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin 60604
Branch Office 1240 E. 9th St., Cleveland, OH Benjamin Chinni (ARS)
44199
6. Arkansas, Louisiana, New 525 S. Griffin St., Dallas, TX James E. White (RS)
Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas 75202
7. Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, 911 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO Tedrick A. Housh (RS)
Missouri, Montana, 64106
Nebraska, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming
Branch Office 1961 Stout St., Denver, CO 80294 Henry C. Mahlman (ARS)
8. Alaska, Arizona, California, 71 Stevenson St., San Francisco, Daniel W. Teehan (RS)
Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, CA 94119
Oregon, Washington
Branch Offices 300 N. Los Angeles St., Los John C. Nangle (ARS)
Angeles, CA 90012
1111 3d Ave., Seattle, WA 98101 (Vacancy)
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International Affairs
The Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) carries out the
Department of Labor's international responsibilities under the direction
of the Deputy Under Secretary for International Affairs, and assists in
formulating international economic, trade, and immigration policies
affecting American workers.
The Bureau represents the United States on delegations to
multilateral and bilateral trade negotiations, and on such international
bodies as the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the
International Labor Organization (ILO), the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD), and other U.N. organizations. It
also helps administer the U.S. labor attache program at embassies
abroad; carries out overseas technical assistance projects; monitors
internationally recognized worker rights; and conducts labor study
programs for foreign visitors to the United States.
The Deputy Under Secretary serves as U.S. Government Representative
to the ILO Governing Body, a Presidential appointment, and as head of
the tripartite U.S. delegation to the annual ILO Conference.
ILAB established, in 1993, a congressionally mandated project to
gather information on child labor practices worldwide. Specifically,
Congress directed the Secretary of Labor to undertake a review
identifying any foreign industry and its host country that utilize child
labor in the export of manufactured products from industry or mining to
the United States. ILAB published its first report, entitled By The
Sweat and Toil of Children: The Use of Child Labor in American Imports,
in September 1994.
Effective January 1, 1994, the Secretary of Labor established,
within the Bureau, the U.S. National Administrative Office of the North
American Agreement on Labor Cooperation.
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Employment and Training Administration
The Employment and Training Administration, through a variety of
programs, fulfills responsibilities assigned to the Secretary of Labor
that relate to employment services, job training, and unemployment
insurance. Component offices and services of the Administration
administer a Federal-State employment security system; fund and oversee
programs to provide work experience and training for groups having
difficulty entering or returning to the work force; formulate and
promote apprenticeship standards and programs; and conduct continuing
programs of research, development, and evaluation.
The Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training directs the
administration of agency programs and is responsible for ensuring that
programs funded through the agency are free from unlawful
discrimination, fraud, and abuse, and that they comply with
constitutional, statutory, and regulatory provisions. It is the policy
of the Administration to promote equal opportunity, affirmative action,
and integrity in programs to which the Administration extends financial
assistance.
The Administration has five major components that cover employment
security, job training, planning and policy development, financial and
administrative management, and regional management.
Federal Unemployment Insurance Service The Federal-State Unemployment
Compensation Program, under provisions of the Social Security Act of
1935 (42 U.S.C. 1305), is the basic program of income support for the
Nation's unemployed workers. With limited Federal intervention,
unemployment insurance benefits are payable under laws of individual
States. The Federal Unemployment Insurance Service provides leadership
and policy guidance to State employment security agencies for the
development, improvement, and operation of the Federal-State
unemployment insurance system and of related wage-loss, worker
dislocation, and adjustment assistance compensation programs, including
to ex-service personnel and Federal civilian workers, and supplemental
or extended benefits programs.
The Service reviews State unemployment insurance laws and their
administration by the States to determine whether they are in conformity
with Federal requirements; supervises the development of programs and
methods for benefit, adjudication, appeals, tax collection, and trust
fund management activities implemented by the State agencies; oversees
the actuarial soundness of the level and relationship of State
expenditures, revenues, and reserves, and of Federal appropriations for
payment of benefits; and is implementing a quality control program to
provide a diagnostic tool for States to identify and correct errors in
benefit payments and tax collections and to raise program quality and
integrity.
The Service also provides national leadership and direction in
implementing its responsibilities under trade adjustment assistance,
redwood park expansion, airline deregulation, and disaster unemployment
assistance legislation.
For further information, call 202-219-0600.
United States Employment Service The Service, under the provisions of
the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49 et seq.), provides assistance to
States in establishing and maintaining a system of local public
employment offices in the States and territories and interstate
clearance of Labor. The State public employment service is responsible
for providing unemployed individuals and other jobseekers with job
placement, and other employment services and for providing employers
with recruitment services and referrals of job-seeking applicants.
The Service administers the Work Incentive (WIN) program, which was
authorized by the Social Security Amendments of 1967 (42 U.S.C. 1305
note) and 1971 (85 Stat. 802). WIN is
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jointly administered by the Departments of Labor and Health and Human
Services and is designed to help persons receiving Aid to Families with
Dependent Children (AFDC) become self-supporting.
The Service, through the State public employment service system,
also provides subsidiary services which include:
--certifying aliens who seek to enter the United States for
permanent employment as immigrants or as temporary workers;
--providing specialized recruitment assistance to employers;
--determining classifications of labor surplus area annually and for
exceptional circumstance petitions;
--providing labor surplus area information to the general public and
to other Federal or State agencies to meet various program
responsibilities;
--disseminating labor market information;
--providing individuals with guidance, counseling, testing referral,
and job opportunities;
--reviewing rural industrialization loan and grant certification
applications under the Rural Development Act of 1972 (7 U.S.C. 1921);
--distributing airline job opening information for rehiring under
the Airline Deregulation Act (49 U.S.C. app. 1301); and
--providing supportive services to employers and applicants through
the Federal bonding program.
For further information, call 202-219-0157.
Office of Work-Based Learning The Office administers activities under
several Federal laws regarding worker training and retraining. These
include the dislocated worker program under the Economic Dislocation and
Worker Adjustment Assistance Act (EDWAA) (Title III of the Job Training
Partnership Act (JTPA)); Federal activities under the Worker Adjustment
and Retraining Notification Act (WARN); Federal activities under the
Apprenticeship Act; and the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program under
the Trade Act. In addition, the Office carries out research and
demonstration programs.
For further information, call 202-219-0540.
Office of Worker Retraining and Adjustment Programs The Office performs
dislocated worker programs functions under the the Economic Dislocation
and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act (Title III of JTPA), and Federal
activities under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.
For further information, call 202-219-0525.
Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance The Office administers the Trade
Adjustment Assistance program provisions of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.), through agreements with the States.
The program provides reemployment services such as training, job search
and relocation allowances, and weekly cash payments to U.S. workers who
are separated from employment because of foreign imports.
The Office receives petitions for adjustment assistance from either
adversely affected workers, a duly recognized union, or an authorized
representative of the workers and conducts factfinding investigations to
develop necessary data on which certification determinations can be
based. Determinations may involve approval, denial, or termination of
worker groups' eligibility for trade adjustment assistance benefits.
The Office develops policies and prepares program directives to
regional offices and State agencies on the administration and funding of
reemployment services, and develops and maintains a system for
allocating funds to those offices and agencies for reemployment
services. It also directs and conducts industry studies of the number of
workers in a domestic industry likely to be certified as eligible for
adjustment assistance and of the extent to which existing training and
employment programs may facilitate the workers' adjustment to import
competition when an industry petitions
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the Federal Government that it is being injured because of import
competition.
For further information, call 202-219-0555.
Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training The National Apprenticeship Act
(29 U.S.C. 50) was passed in 1937 to enable the Department of Labor to
formulate and promote the furtherance of labor standards necessary to
safeguard the welfare of apprentices and cooperate with the States in
the promotion of such standards, and to bring together employers and
labor for the formulation of programs of apprenticeship.
Sponsors and potential sponsors are encouraged and assisted in the
development, expansion, and improvement of apprenticeship and other
forms of allied industrial training. Technical information on training
methods, public training facilities, and successfully executed systems
are made available to industry. Through field representatives in States,
the Bureau works closely with employers, labor unions, vocational
schools, community planning groups, and others concerned with
apprenticeship.
Programs must meet standards established by the Bureau or a
recognized State Apprenticeship Council to be registered. Field
compliance reviews are conducted to determine conformity with Federal
equal employment opportunity and other standards for apprenticeship and
training.
For further information, call 202-219-0540.
Job Training Partnership Act
The Office of Job Training Programs is responsible for the development
and issuance of Federal procedures and policies pertaining to the
operation of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1501 note)
programs.
Under the act, the Secretary of Labor makes block grants to the 50
States, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the
Northern Marianas, American Samoa, Republic of the Marshall Islands,
Republic of Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, and the District of
Columbia.
The goal of the act is to train or retrain and place eligible
individuals in permanent, unsubsidized employment, preferably in the
private sector. Eligible individuals are primarily economically
disadvantaged individuals, in particular economically disadvantaged
youth, dislocated workers, and others who face significant barriers to
employment. The act also provides that a fixed percentage of the block
grant be used for programs for older individuals.
The Job Training Partnership Act may be used for a variety of
purposes including classroom instruction in occupational skills and
other job-related training; on-the-job training; recruitment;
orientation; counseling; testing; and placements and supportive
services. In addition to the block grants, the act provides for national
programs for special target groups such as Native Americans and migrant
and seasonal farmworkers. It also provides authority for the Job Corps,
a residential training program for disadvantaged youth.
The act is open-ended legislation and was signed into law on October
13, 1982. Implementing regulations for the act issued by the Department
of Labor are contained in title 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations,
parts 626-636 and 675-684.
For further information, call 202-219-0236.
Senior Community Service Employment Program Authorized by title V of
the Older Americans Act (42 U.S.C. 3056), the program makes subsidized,
part-time job opportunities in community service activities available to
low-income persons aged 55 and above. Project grants are made to
national-level public and private nonprofit agencies and to units of
State governments. The distribution of funds among the States is
governed by a statutory apportionment formula.
For further information, call 202-219-0500.
Regional Management
The Office of Regional Management provides leadership to the Employment
and Training Administration's regional offices that are located in 10
areas
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throughout the United States. The Office executes direct-line authority
over Administration field activities (except the Bureau of
Apprenticeship and Training and Job Corps) and provides a central point
of contact at the headquarters level in connection with national office
component dealings with regional staff.
Within its area of jurisdiction, each regional office is responsible
for the oversight and grant administration of employment and training
programs operated by State governments. Other public interest
responsibilities include the coordination of Administration activities
with Federal assistance programs of other agencies within the region;
the implementation of employment training administrative policies on
equal employment opportunity; and assistance to the States in carrying
out operational responsibilities for employment and training programs at
the State and local levels.
Regional Offices--Employment and Training Administration
(Areas included within each region are indicated on the map in Appendix
A.)
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Region/Address Administrator
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I. Boston, MA (John F. Robert Semler
Kennedy Federal Bldg.,
02203)
II. New York, NY (201 Varick Thomas E. Hill
St., 10014)
III. Philadelphia, PA (P.O. Box William J. Haltigan
8796, 19101)
IV. Atlanta, GA (1371 Peachtree Dan Lowry
St. NE., 30367)
V. Chicago, IL (230 S. Joseph C. Juarez
Dearborn St., 60604)
VI. Dallas, TX (525 Griffin Sq. Norma B. Selvera, Acting
Bldg., 75202)
VII. Kansas City, MO (911 Walnut William H. Hood, Acting
St., 64106)
VIII. Denver, CO (1961 Stout St., Luis Sepulveda
80294)
IX. San Francisco, CA (71 Don A. Balcer
Stevenson St., 94102)
X. Seattle, WA (909 1st Ave., Armando Quiroz
98174)
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For further information, call 202-219-0585.
Office of the American Workplace
The Office of the American Workplace was created by Secretary's Order No
2-93, dated July 21, 1993. The Assistant Secretary for the American
Workplace is responsible for administering and directing workplace
programs which: encourage the development of work organization, human
resource practices, technology, and performance measurements that
enhance business competitiveness and the skills, involvement, and
commitment of front-line workers; promote innovative relations among
managers, labor unions, and professional organizations and workers;
administer statutory programs to certify employee protection provisions
of various federally sponsored transportation programs; and safeguard
the financial integrity and internal democracy of American labor unions,
while assisting the unions in improving their organizational and
administrative effectiveness.
Office of Work and Technology Policy This office provides advice and
assistance on the creation and implementation of high-performance
workplace programs; fosters programs which encourage the development of
work organizations, technology, and performance measures that enhance
the skill, involvement, and commitment of managers and front-line
workers; coordinates contact with the Secretary and business and
industry leaders on the transformation of the American workplace; helps
define and promote the new American workplace and encourages joint
ventures with industry organizations to promote effective workplace
practices; and generates national-scale interest in developing new work
systems to increase America's competitive performance, while developing
American workers to their maximum potential.
Office of Labor-Management Programs This office develops policy on all
aspects
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of labor-management relations, related legislation, and Federal
programs affecting collective bargaining and other labor relations
matters; provides technical assistance and information resources to
employers and unions in developing and implementing cooperative labor-
management programs; builds and promotes a labor-management network to
encourage the dissemination of cooperative labor-management relations
and high-performance workplace practices among employers and workers and
coordinates Federal, State, and local government programs in conjunction
with government organizations; and administers worker protection
provisions of the Federal Transit Act, the Rail Passenger Service Act,
the Redwood National Park Expansion Act, and the Airline Deregulation
Act.
Office of Labor-Management Standards This office administers provisions
of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C.
401) and section 1209 of the Postal Reorganization Act (39 U.S.C. 1209),
which affect labor organizations in the private sector and labor
organizations composed of Postal Service employees; as well as section
701 of the Civil Service Reform Act (5 U.S.C. 7120) and section 1017 of
the Foreign Service Act (22 U.S.C. 4117), which affect labor
organizations composed of employees of most agencies of the executive
branch of the Federal Government. These provisions regulate certain
internal union procedures, protect the rights of members in
approximately 36,000 unions; govern the handling of union funds; provide
for reporting and public disclosure of certain financial transactions
and administrative practices of unions, union officers and employees,
surety companies, employers, and labor relations consultants; establish
requirements for the election of union officers; and establish
requirements for the imposition and administration of trusteeships.
This office conducts criminal and civil investigations to safeguard
the financial integrity of unions and to ensure union democracy; and
conducts investigative audits of labor unions to uncover and remedy
criminal and civil violations of the Labor-Management Reporting and
Disclosure Act and related statutes. Enforcement through the Federal
courts also is available under the reporting and disclosure act
procedures, while the standards of conduct are enforced by
administrative action with a final decision by the Assistant Secretary.
The Office also administers a public disclosure program for
financial and other reports filed by unions and others and provides
compliance assistance to help unions and others comply with the
statutes.
For further information, contact the Public Affairs Team, Office of the
American Workplace, Department of Labor, Room N5402, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. Phone, 202-219-6098.
Area Offices--Office of Labor-Management Standards
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Area Address Administrator
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ATLANTA--Alabama, Florida, Suite 600, 1365 Peachtree St. NE., Atlanta, GA Ronald Lehman
Georgia, South Carolina 30367
BOSTON--Connecticut, Maine, Suite 302, 121 High St., Boston, MA 02110 Eric Feldman, Acting
Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
New York (northern and
western), Rhode Island, Vermont
CHICAGO--Illinois (northern), Suite 774, 230 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, IL 60604- Kamil Bishara, Acting
Indiana (northern), Michigan, 2773
Minnesota, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Wisconsin
CLEVELAND--Indiana (southern), Suite 831, 1240 E. 9th St., Cleveland, OH 44199 James Gearhart, Acting
Kentucky, Ohio
DALLAS--Arkansas, Louisiana, Suite 300, 525 Griffin Sq. Bldg., Dallas, TX 75202 David Seifert, Acting
Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas
KANSAS CITY--Colorado, Illinois Suite 950, 1100 Main St., Kansas City, MO 64105 Kamil Bishara
(southern), Iowa, Kansas,
Missouri, Montana, Nebraska,
New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming
NEW YORK--New Jersey, New York Suite 878, 201 Varick St., New York, NY 10014 Eric Feldman, Acting
(southeastern and metropolitan
areas)
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PHILADELPHIA--Delaware, Suite 9452, 600 Arch St., Philadelphia, PA 19106 Eric Feldman
Pennsylvania, West Virginia
SAN FRANCISCO--Alaska, Arizona, Suite 725, 71 Stevenson St., San Francisco, CA C. Russell Rock
California, Hawaii, Idaho, 94105
Nevada, Oregon, Washington
WASHINGTON, DC--District of Suite 558, 1730 K St. NW., Washington, DC 20006 Robert L. Merriner
Columbia, Maryland, North
Carolina, Puerto Rico,
Tennessee, Virginia
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Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
The Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (PWBA) helps to protect
the economic future and retirement security of working Americans, as
required under the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
(ERISA) (29 U.S.C. 1001).
The act requires administrators of private pension and welfare plans
to provide plan participants with easily understandable summaries of
plans; to file those summaries with the agency; and to report annually
on the financial operation of the plans and bonding of persons charged
with handling plan funds and assets. Plan administrators must also meet
strict fiduciary responsibility standards that are enforced by PWBA.
The Administration is charged with assuring responsible management
of nearly 1 million pension plans and 4\1/2\ million health and welfare
plans, and is the national guardian of a vast private retirement and
welfare benefit system. Its major activities include: formulating
current and future policy; conducting research; issuing regulations and
technical guidance concerning ERISA requirements; enforcing ERISA
requirements; and assisting and educating the public and the employee
benefits community about ERISA. The Administration is enforced through
its 15 field offices nationwide and the national office in Washington,
DC.
Vesting, participation, and funding standards are primarily
administered by the Internal Revenue Service.
Field Offices--Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
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Area/Address Director
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Atlanta, GA (Rm. 205, 1371 Howard Marsh
Peachtree St. NE., 30367)
Miami, Fl (Suite 504, 111 NW. Jesse Day
183d St., 33169)
Boston, MA (7th Fl., One Bowdoin James Benages
Sq., 02114)
Chicago, IL (Suite 840, 401 S. Kenneth Bazar
State St., 60605)
Cincinnati, OH (Suite 210, 1885 Joseph Menez
Dixie Hwy., Fort Wright, KY 41011)
Detroit, MI (Rm. 619, 231 W. Robert Jogan
Lafayette Blvd., 48226)
Dallas, TX (Rm. 707, 525 S. Griffin Bruce Rudd
St., 75202)
Kansas City, MO (Suite 1200, City Gregory Egan
Center Sq., 1100 Main, 64105
St. Louis, MO (Rm. 338, 815 Roger Schlueter
Olive St., 63101)
Los Angeles, CA (Suite 514, 790 E. David Ganz
Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA
91101)
New York, NY (Rm. 226, 1633 John Wehrum, Jr.
Broadway, 10019)
Philadelphia, PA (Rm. M300, Gateway Gerard Gumpertz
Bldg., 3535 Market St., 19104)
Washington, DC (Suite 556, 1730 Robin Pearl
K St. NW., 20006)
San Francisco, CA (Suite 915, P.O. Leonard Garofolo
Box 190250, 71 Stevenson St.,
94119-0250)
Seattle, WA (Rm. 860, 1111 3d Ave., John Scanlon
98101-3212)
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For further information, call 202-219-8921.
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Employment Standards Administration
The Assistant Secretary for Employment Standards has responsibility for
administering and directing employment standards programs dealing with:
minimum wage and overtime standards; registration of farm labor
contractors; determining prevailing wage rates to be paid on Government
contracts and subcontracts; nondiscrimination and affirmative action for
minorities, women, veterans, and handicapped Government contract and
subcontract workers; and workers' compensation programs for Federal and
certain private employers and employees.
For further information, call 202-219-7320.
Wage and Hour Division
The Wage and Hour Administrator is responsible for planning, directing,
and administering programs dealing with a variety of Federal labor
legislation. These programs are designed to:
--protect low-wage incomes as provided by the minimum wage
provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. 201);
--safeguard the health and welfare of workers by discouraging
excessively long hours of work through enforcement of the overtime
provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act;
--safeguard the health and well-being of minors;
--prevent curtailment of employment and earnings for students,
trainees, and handicapped workers;
--minimize losses of income and job rights caused by indebtedness;
and
--direct a program of farm labor contractor registration designed to
protect the health, safety, and welfare of migrant and seasonal
agricultural workers; and
--administer and enforce a number of immigration-related programs
(with INS) designed to safeguard the rights of both American and foreign
workers and to prevent American workers similarly employed from being
adversely affected by employment of alien workers.
The Wage and Hour Division is also
responsible for predetermination of prevailing wage rates for Federal
construction contracts and federally assisted programs for construction,
alteration and repair of public works subject to the Davis-Bacon (40
U.S.C. 276a) and related acts, and a continuing program for determining
wage rates under the Service Contract Act (41 U.S.C. 351). The Division
also has enforcement responsibility in ensuring that prevailing wages
and overtime standards are paid in accordance with the provisions of the
Davis-Bacon and related acts: Service Contract Act, Public Contracts
Act, and Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act.
For further information, contact the Office of the Administrator, Wage
and Hour Division, Department of Labor, Room S-3502, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. Phone, 202-219-8305.
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs is responsible for the
administration of the three basic Federal workers' compensation laws:
the Federal Employees Compensation Act, which provides workers'
compensation for Federal employees and others; the Longshore and Harbor
Workers' Compensation Act and its various extensions (the Defense Base
Act, Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, Nonappropriated Fund
Instrumentalities Act, the District of Columbia Compensation Act, the
War Hazards Compensation Act, and the War Claims Act), which provide
benefits to employees in private enterprise while engaged in maritime
employment on navigable waters in the United States, as well as
employees of certain government contractors and to private employers in
the District of Columbia for injuries that occurred prior to July 27,
1982; and the Black Lung Benefits Act, as amended, which extends
benefits to coal miners who are totally disabled due to pneumoconiosis,
a respiratory disease
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contracted after prolonged inhalation of coal mine dust, and to their
survivors when the miner's death is due to pneumoconiosis.
Regional Administrators/Directors--Employment Standards Administration
(Areas included within each region are indicated on the map in Appendix A.)
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Federal Contract Workers' Compensation
Region Office/Address Wage and Hour Regional Compliance Regional Programs Regional
Administrator Director Director
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1. Boston, MA (1 Congress Walter P. Parker.......... Brenda J. Joyce.......... Charity Benz
St., 02203)
2. New York, NY (201 Doris Wooten.............. Carmen McCulloch......... Kenneth Hamlett
Varick St., 10014)
3. Philadelphia, PA (3535 James W. Kight............ Joseph J. Dubray, Jr..... Robert D. Lotz
Market St., 19104)
4. Atlanta, GA (1375 Alfred H. Perry........... Carol A. Gaudin..........
Peachtree St. NE.,
30367)
5. Jacksonville, FL (214 .......................... ......................... Nancy L. Ricker
N. Hogan St., 32202)
6. Chicago, IL (230 S. Everett P. Jennings, Halcolm Holliman......... Phyllis Crane
Dearborn St., 60604) Acting.
7. Dallas, TX (525 Manuel J. Villareal....... Joe C. Garcia............ (Vacancy)
Griffin St., 75202)
8. Kansas City, MO Everett P. Jennings....... (Vacancy)................ Charles O. Ketcham, Jr.
(Center City Sq.,
1100 Main St., 64105)
9. Denver, CO (1801 (Vacancy)................. Irene N. Mee............. Robert J. Mansanares
California St.,
80294)
10. San Francisco, CA (71 William C. Buhl........... Helene Haase............. Donna Onodera
Stevenson St., 94105)
11. Seattle, WA (1111 3d (Vacancy)................. John Checkett............ Thomas K. Morgan
Ave., 98101)
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District Offices--Workers' Compensation Programs
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District/Address FECA District Director DLHWC District Director DCMWC District Director
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1. Boston, MA (1 Robert M. Sullivan...... Randolph L. Regula........
Congress St.,
02203)
2. New York, NY (201 Jonathan A. Lawrence.... Richard V. Robilotti......
Varick St., 10014)
3. Philadelphia, PA Alonza Hart............. John McTaggart............
(3535 Market St.,
19104)
4. Baltimore, MD (31 ........................ Bruno DiSimone............
Hopkins Plz.,
21201)
5. Norfolk, VA (200 ........................ Basil E. Voultsides.......
Granby Mall, 23510)
6. Johnstown, PA (Rm. ........................ .......................... Stuart Glassman
201, 319 Washington
St., 15901)
7. Greensburg, PA (1225 ........................ .......................... John Ciszek
S. Main St., 15601
8. Wilkes-Barre, PA ........................ .......................... Jack Geller
(116 S. Main St.,
18701)
9. Charleston, WV (2 ........................ .......................... Robert Hardesty
Hale St., 25301)
10. Pikeville, KY (334 ........................ .......................... Harry Skidmore
Main St., 41501)
11. Jacksonville, FL William C. Franson...... (Vacancy).................
(214 N. Hogan St.,
32202)
12. New Orleans, LA (701 ........................ Marilyn Felkner...........
Loyola St., 70113)
13. Houston, TX (12600 ........................ Chris John Gleasman.......
Featherwood Dr.,
77004)
14. Dallas, TX (525 E. Martin Walker........ ..........................
Griffin St., 75202)
15. Chicago, IL (230 S. Richard Kadus........... Thomas C. Hunter..........
Dearborn St.,
60604)
16. Cleveland, OH (1240 Deborah Sanford......... ..........................
E. 9th St., 44199)
17. Columbus, OH (274 ........................ .......................... Don Dopps
Marconi Blvd.,
43215)
18. Kansas City, MO (911 Charles O. Ketcham, Jr.. ..........................
Walnut St., 64106)
19. Denver, CO (1801 Robert Mitchell......... .......................... John Martin
California St.,
80294)
20. San Francisco, CA Ed Bouros............... Ed Orozco.................
(71 Stevenson St.,
94102)
21. Honolulu, HI (300 ........................ (Vacancy).................
Ala Moana Blvd.,
96850)
22. Seattle, WA (1111 3d William Howard.......... Karen Goodwin.............
Ave., 98101-3212)
23. Long Beach, CA (401 ........................ Joyce Terry...............
E. Ocean Blvd.,
90807)
24. Washington, DC (800 Ora T. Wright........... ........................
N. Capitol St. NW.,
20210)
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For further information, contact the Office of the Director, Office of
Workers' Compensation Programs, Department of Labor, Room S-3524, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. Phone, 202-219-7503.
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration
The Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health has
responsibility for occupational safety and health activities.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, established
pursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C.
651 et seq.), develops and promulgates occupational safety and health
standards; develops and issues regulations; conducts investigations and
inspections to determine the status of compliance with safety and health
standards and regulations; and issues citations and proposes penalties
for noncompliance with safety and health standards and regulations.
Regional Offices--Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(Areas included within each region are indicated on the map in Appendix
A.)
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Region/Address Administrator Telephone
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1. Boston, MA (133 John T. Phillips...... 617-565-7159
Portland St.,
02114)
2. New York, NY (201 Patricia Clark........ 212-337-2378
Varick St.,
10014)
3. Philadelphia, PA Linda R. Anku......... 215-596-1201
(3535 Market St.,
19104)
4. Atlanta, GA (1375 R. Davis Layne........ 404-347-3573
Peachtree St.
NE., 30367)
5. Chicago, IL (230 Michael Connors....... 312-353-2220
S. Dearborn St.,
60604)
6. Dallas, TX (555 E.B. Blanton.......... 214-767-4731
Griffin St.,
75202)
7. Kansas City, MO Marcia Drumm, Acting.. 816-426-5861
(1100 Main St.,
64105)
8. Denver, CO (1999 Byron R. Chadwick..... 303-391-5858
Broadway, 80202)
9. San Francisco, CA Frank Strasheim....... 415-744-6670
(71 Stevenson
St., 94105)
10. Seattle, WA (1111 Richard Terrill, 206-553-5930
3d Ave., 98101) Acting.
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For further information, contact the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20210. Phone, 202-219-8151.
Mine Safety and Health Administration
The Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health has
responsibility for safety and health in the Nation's mines.
The Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 (30 U.S.C. 801
et seq.) gave the Administration strong enforcement provisions to
protect the Nation's coal miners and, in 1977, the Congress passed
amendments which strengthened the act, expanding its protections and
extending its provisions to the noncoal mining industry.
The Administration develops and promulgates mandatory safety and
health standards, ensures compliance with such standards, assesses civil
penalties for violations, and investigates accidents. It cooperates with
and provides assistance to the States in the development of effective
State mine safety and health programs, improves and expands training
programs in cooperation with the States and the mining industry, and, in
coordination with the Department of Health and Human Services and the
Department of the Interior, contributes to the improvement and expansion
of mine safety and health research and development. All of these
activities are aimed at preventing and reducing mine accidents and
occupational diseases in the mining industry.
The statutory responsibilities of the Administration are
administered by a headquarters staff located at Arlington, VA, reporting
to the Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health and by a field
network of district, subdistrict, and field offices, technology centers,
and the Approval and Certification Center.
For further information, contact the Office of Information and Public
Affairs, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Department of Labor,
Room 601, 4015 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22203. Phone, 703-235-
1452.
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District Offices--Mine Safety and Health Administration
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District/Address Telephone
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Coal Mine Safety and Health
I. Wilkes-Barre, PA (20 N. 717-826-6321
Pennsylvania Ave., 18701).
II. Hunker, PA (R 1, Box 736, 15639)... 412-925-5150
III. Morgantown, WV (5012 Mountaineer 304-291-4277
Mall, 26505).
IV. Mt. Hope, WV (100 Bluestone Rd., 304-877-3900
25880).
V. Norton, VA (P.O. Box 560, 24273)... 703-679-0230
VI. Pikeville, KY (100 Ratliff Creek 606-432-0943
Rd., 41501).
VII. Barbourville, KY (HC 66, Box 1762, 606-546-5123
40906).
VIII. Vincennes, IN (P.O. Box 418, 47591) 812-882-7617
IX. Denver, CO (P.O. Box 25367, 80225- 303-231-5458
0367).
X. Madisonville, KY (100 YMCA Dr., 502-821-4180
42431-9019).
Metal/Nonmetal Mine Safety and Health
Northeastern District (230 Executive Dr., Cranberry 412-772-2333
Township, PA 16066-6415).
Southeastern District (135 Gemini Cir., Birmingham, AL 205-290-7294
35209-4896).
North Central District (515 W. 1st St., Duluth, MN 55802- 218-720-5448
1302).
South Central District (1100 Commerce St., Dallas, TX 214-767-8401
75242-0499).
Rocky Mountain District (P.O. Box 25367, Denver, CO 303-231-5465
80225-0367).
Western District (3333 Vaca Valley Pky., Vacaville, CA 707-447-9844
95688).
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Labor Statistics
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal data-gathering agency of
the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics. It has no
enforcement or regulatory functions. The Bureau collects, processes,
analyzes, and disseminates data relating to employment, unemployment,
and other characteristics of the labor force; prices and consumer
expenditures; wages, other worker compensation, and industrial
relations; productivity and technological change; economic growth and
employment projections; and occupational safety and health. Most of the
data are collected in surveys conducted by the Bureau, the Bureau of the
Census (on a contract basis), or on a cooperative basis with State
agencies.
The Bureau strives to have its data satisfy a number of criteria,
including: relevance to current social and economic issues, timeliness
in reflecting today's rapidly changing economic conditions, accuracy and
consistently high statistical quality, and impartiality in both subject
matter and presentation.
The basic data--practically all supplied voluntarily by business
establishments and members of private households--are issued in monthly,
quarterly, and annual news releases; bulletins, reports, and special
publications; and periodicals. Data are also made available through an
electronic news service, magnetic tape, diskettes, and microfiche, as
well as on Internet. Regional offices issue additional reports and
releases usually presenting locality or regional detail.
Regional Offices--Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Region/Address Address Commissioner
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ATLANTA--Alabama, Florida, Georgia, 1371 Peachtree St. NE., Atlanta, GA Janet S. Rankin
Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, 30367
South Carolina, Tennessee
BOSTON--Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, 1603-B Federal Bldg., Boston, MA Anthony J. Ferrara
New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont 02203
CHICAGO--Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, 230 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, IL Lois Orr
Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin 60604
DALLAS--Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, 525 Griffin Sq. Bldg., Dallas, TX Robert A. Goddie
Oklahoma, Texas 75202
KANSAS CITY--Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Suite 600, City Center Sq., 1100 Main Gunnan Engen
Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, St., 64106)
South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming
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NEW YORK--New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, 201 Varick St., New York, NY 10014 (Vacancy)
Virgin Islands, Canal Zone
PHILADELPHIA--Delaware, District of 3535 Market St., Philadelphia, PA Alan M. Paisner
Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, 19104
West Virginia
SAN FRANCISCO--Alaska, American Samoa, 71 Stevenson St., San Francisco, CA Sam M. Hirabayashi
Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, 94119-3766
Nevada, Oregon, Trust Territory of the
Pacific Islands, Washington
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For further information, contact the Associate Commissioner, Office of
Publications, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor, Room
4110, 2 Massachusetts Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20212. Phone, 202-606-
5900.
Veterans' Employment and Training Service
The Veterans' Employment and Training Service is the component of the
Department of Labor administered by the Assistant Secretary for
Veterans' Employment and Training. The Assistant Secretary is the
principal advisor to the Secretary of Labor in the formulation and
implementation of all departmental policies, procedures, and regulations
affecting veterans and is responsible for administering veterans'
employment and training programs and activities through the Service to
ensure that legislative and regulatory mandates are accomplished.
The Service carries out its responsibilities for directing the
Department's veterans' employment and training programs through a
nationwide network that includes Regional Administrators, Directors (in
each State) and Assistant Directors (one for each 250,000 veterans in
each State) for Veterans' Employment and Training, Assistant Regional
Administrators and Area Agents for Veterans' Reemployment Rights,
Veterans' Program Specialists, and program support staff.
The Service field staff works closely with and provides technical
assistance to State Employment Security Agencies and Job Training
Partnership Act grant recipients to ensure that veterans are provided
the priority services required by law. They also coordinate with
employers, labor unions, veterans service organizations, and community
organizations through planned public information and outreach
activities. Federal contractors are provided management assistance in
complying with their veterans affirmative action and reporting
obligations.
Also administered by the Assistant Secretary through the Service is
the Job Training Partnership Act, title IV, part C grant program
designed to meet the employment and training needs of service-connected
disabled veterans, Vietnam-era veterans, and veterans recently separated
from military service. IV-C grants are awarded and monitored through the
Service's national office and field staff.
Certain other Service staff also administer the veterans
reemployment rights program. They provide assistance to help restore
job, seniority, and pension rights to veterans following absences from
work for active military service and to protect employment and retention
rights of members of the Reserve or National Guard.
Regional Administrators/State Directors--Veterans' Employment and Training Service
(RA: Regional Administrator; D: Director)
(Areas included within each region are indicated on the map in Appendix A.)
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Region/Address Director Telephone
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REGION I
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Boston, MA (c/o Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Travis Dixon (D)............................ 617-626-6690
2d Fl., 19 Staniford St., 02114).
Boston, MA (11th Fl., 1 Congress St., 02114).... Norman M. Ahlquist (RA)..................... 617-565-2080
Wethersford, CT (200 Follybrook Blvd., 16601)... Robert B. Inman (D)......................... 203-566-3326
Concord, NH (Rm. 208, 143 N. Main St., 03301)... David Houle (D)............................. 603-225-1424
Lewiston, ME (522 Lisbon St., 04243)............ Jon Guay (D)................................ 207-783-5352
Montpelier, VT (Rm. 303, 87 State St., 05602)... Ronald R. Benoit............................ 802-828-4441
Providence, RI (507 U.S. Courthouse, N. Federal John Dunn (D)............................... 401-528-5134
Bldg., 02903).
REGION II
Albany, NY (Rm. 518, Bldg. 12, Harriman State James H. Hartman (D)........................ 518-472-4415
Campus, 12240).
Hato Rey, PR (No. 198, Calle Guayama, 03918).... Angel Mojica (D)............................ 809-754-5391
New York, NY (Rm. 766, 201 Varick St., 10014)... H. Miles Sisson (RA)........................ 212-337-2211
Trenton, NJ (11th Fl., 28 Yard Ave., CN-058, Alan E. Grohs (D)........................... 609-292-2930
08625).
REGION III
Baltimore, MD (Rm. 210, 1100 N. Eutaw St., Stanley Seidel (D).......................... 410-767-2110
21201).
Charleston, WV (Rm. 205, 112 California Ave., David L. Bush (D)........................... 304-558-4001
25305).
Harrisburg, PA (Rm. 625, Labor and Industry Larry Babbitts (D).......................... 717-787-5834
Bldg., 17121).
Newark, DE (Suite 105, Stockton Bldg., Joseph Hortiz (D)........................... 302-368-6898
University Plz., 19702).
Philadelphia, PA (Rm. 802, U.S. Customs House, Ervin Pope (RA)............................. 215-597-1664
2d & Chestnut Sts., 19106).
Richmond, VA (Suite 1409, 701 E. Franklin St., (Vacancy) (D)............................... 804-786-6599
23219).
Washington, DC (Rm. 108, 500 C St. NW., 20001).. (Vacancy) (D)............................... 202-727-3342
REGION IV
Atlanta, GA (Rm. 326, 1371 Peachtree St. NE., William Bolls (RA).......................... 404-347-3673
30367-2312).
Atlanta, GA (Suite 504, Sussex Pl., 148 Hartwell H. Morris (D)...................... 404-331-3893
International Blvd. NE., 30303).
Columbia, SC (Suite 101-A, 914 Richland St., William C. Plowden, Jr. (D)................. 803-765-5195
29201).
Frankfort, KY (c/o Department for Employment Charles R. Netherton (D).................... 502-564-7062
Services, 275 E. Main St., 40621).
Jackson, MS (1520 W. Capitol St., 39215-1699)... (Vacancy) (D)............................... 601-965-4204
Montgomery, AL (Rm. 543, 649 Monroe St., 36131- Thomas M. Karrh (D)......................... 205-223-7677
4220).
Nashville, TN (Rm. 317, 301 James Robertson Richard E. Ritchie (D)...................... 615-741-4241
Pky., 37245-4000).
Raleigh, NC (Bldg. M, 700 Wade Ave., 27605)..... Steven Guess (D)............................ 919-856-4742
Tallahassee, FL (Suite 205, 2574 Seagate Dr., LaMont P. Davis (D)......................... 904-877-4164
32399-0676).
REGION V
Chicago, IL (Rm. 1064, 230 S. Dearborn St., Milo Guarnero (RA).......................... 312-353-0970
60604).
Chicago, IL (2 North, 401 S. State St., 60605).. Samuel L. Parks (D)......................... 312-793-3433
Columbus, OH (Rm. 523, 145 S. Front St., 43215). Wesley Leggett (D).......................... 614-466-2768
Detroit, MI (Suite 407, 7310 Woodward Ave., Maurice Wallingford (D)..................... 313-872-2383
48202).
Indianapolis, IN (Rm. 103, 10 N. Senate Ave., Bruce Redman (D)............................ 317-232-6804
46204).
Madison, WI (Rm. 250, 201 E. Washington Ave., James R. Gutowski (D)....................... 608-266-3110
53703).
St. Paul, MN (3rd Fl., 390 N. Robert, 55101).... Michael D. Graham (D)....................... 612-290-3028
REGION VI
Albuquerque, NM (401 Broadway NE., 87102)....... Jacob Castillo (D).......................... 505-766-2113
Austin, TX (Suite 516-T, TEC Bldg., 1117 Trinity John McKinny (D)............................ 512-463-2207
St., 78701).
Baton Rouge, LA (Rm. 184,, Admin. Bldg. 1001 N. Lester Parmenter (D)........................ 504-389-0339
23d St., 70804).
Dallas, TX (Rm. 205, 525 Griffin Sq. Bldg., Lester L. Williams, Jr. (RA)................ 214-767-4987
Griffin and Young Sts., 75202).
Little Rock, AR (Rm. G-12, Employment Security Billy R. Threlkeld (D)...................... 501-682-3786
Bldg., State Capitol Mall, 72201).
Oklahoma City, OK (Rm. 301, Will Rogers Memorial Darrell H. Hill (D)......................... 405-557-7189
Office Bldg., 73105).
REGION VII
Des Moines, IA (150 Des Moines St., 50309)...... Leonard E. Shaw, Jr. (D).................... 515-281-4061
Jefferson City, MO (421 E. Dunklin St., 65104).. Mickey J. Jones (D)......................... 314-751-3921
Kansas City, MO (Rm. 803, 1100 Main St., 64105). (Vacancy) (RA).............................. 816-426-7151
Lincoln, NE (550 S. 16th St., 68509)............ Richard Nelson (D).......................... 402-437-5289
Topeka, KS (1309 Topeka Blvd., 66612)........... Gayle A. Gibson (D)......................... 913-296-5032
REGION VIII
Aberdeen, SD (420 S. Roosevelt St., 57402-4730). Earl R. Schultz (D)......................... 605-226-7289
Bismarck, ND (1000 Divide Ave., 58502-1632)..... Richard Ryan (D)............................ 701-250-4337
Casper, WY (100 W. Midwest Ave., 82602)......... David McNulty (D)........................... 307-261-5454
Denver, CO (Suite 910, 1801 California St., Ronald G. Bachman (RA)...................... 303-844-2151
80202-2614).
Denver, CO (Tower II, Sic 400, 1515 Arabahoe St. Mark A. McGinty (D)......................... 303-844-2151
80202-2117).
Helena, MT (111 N. Last Chance Gulch, 59601- H. Polly LaTray-Holmes (D).................. 406-449-5431
4144).
Salt Lake City, UT (140 E. 300 South St., 84111- Dale Brockbank (D).......................... 801-524-5703
2305).
REGION IX
Carson City, NV (Rm. 205, 1923 N. Carson St., Claude U. Shipley (D)....................... 702-687-4632
89702).
Honolulu, HI (Rm. 232A, 830 Punch Bowl St., Gilbert Hough (D)........................... 808-522-8216
96813).
Phoenix, AZ (1400 W. Washington St., 85005)..... Marco A. Valenzuela (D)..................... 602-379-4961
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Sacramento, CA (Rm. W1142, 800 Capitol Mall, Charles Martinez (D)........................ 916-654-8178
94280-0001).
San Francisco, CA (Suite 705, 71 Stevenson St., John E. Giannelli, Jr. (RA)................. 415-744-6677
94105).
REGION X
Boise, ID (Rm. 303, 317 Main St., 83735)........ Robert M. Wilson (D)........................ 208-334-6163
Juneau, AK (1111 W. 8th St., 99802-5509)........ Daniel Travis (D)........................... 907-465-2723
Olympia, WA (605 Woodview Dr. SE., 98503)....... Donald J. Hutt (D).......................... 206-438-4600
Salem, OR (875 Union St. NE., 97311)............ Rex A. Newell (D)........................... 503-378-3338
Seattle, WA (Suite 800, 1111 3d Ave., 98101- (Vacancy) (RA).............................. 206-553-4831
3212).
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For further information, contact the Assistant Secretary for Veterans'
Employment and Training, Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20210. Phone, 202-219-9116.
Sources of Information
Contracts General inquiries may be directed to the Office of
Acquisition Integrity, OASAM, Room S-1522, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20210. Phone, 202-219-8904.
Inquiries on doing business with the Job Corps should be directed to
the appropriate Job Corps Regional Director in the Employment and
Training Administration regional office.
Employment Personnel offices use lists of eligibles from the clerical,
scientific, technical, and general examinations of the Office of
Personnel Management.
Inquiries and applications may be directed to any of the eight
personnel offices at: Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20210, or the nearest regional office. Information on
specific vacancies may be obtained by calling the Department's Job
Opportunity Bank System. Phone, 800-366-2753.
Publications The Office of Public Affairs distributes a brochure
entitled Department of Labor, which describes the activities of the
major agencies within the Department, and Publications of the Department
of Labor, a subject listing of publications available from the
Department.
The Employment and Training Administration issues periodicals such
as Area Trends in Employment and Unemployment available by subscription
through the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office,
Washington, DC 20402. Information about publications may be obtained
from the Administration's Information Office. Phone, 202-219-6871.
The Office of Labor-Management Standards publishes the text of the
Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (29 U.S.C. 401) and
pamphlets that explain the reporting, election, bonding, and trusteeship
provisions of the act. The pamphlets and reporting forms used by persons
covered by the act are available free in limited quantities from the
OLMS National Office at Room N-5616, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20210, and from OLMS field offices listed in the
telephone directory under United States Government, Department of Labor.
The Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration distributes fact
sheets, pamphlets, and booklets on employer obligations and employee
rights under ERISA. A list of publications is available by writing:
PWBA, Division of Public Information, Room N-5666, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. Phone, 202-219-8921.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has an Information Office in the
General Accounting Office Building, 441 G Street NW., Washington, DC
20212, phone, 202-219-1221. Periodicals include the Monthly Labor
Review, Consumer Price Index, Producer Prices and Price Indexes,
Employment and Earnings,
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Current Wage Developments, Occupational Outlook Handbook, and
Occupational Outlook Quarterly. Publications are both free and for sale,
but for-sale items must be obtained from the Superintendent of
Documents, Government Printing Office. Inquiries may be directed to the
Washington Information Office or to the Bureau's regional offices.
Publications of the Employment Standards Administration, such as
Handy Reference Guide to the Fair Labor Standards Act, and OFCCP, Making
Affirmative Action Work, are available from the nearest area office.
Single copies are free.
Reading Rooms Department of Labor Library, Room N2439, Frances Perkins
Building, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. Phone, 202-
219-6988.
The Office of Labor-Management Standards maintains a Public
Disclosure Room at Room N-5616, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20210. Reports filed under the Labor-Management Reporting and
Disclosure Act may be examined there and purchased for 15 cents per
page. Reports also may be obtained by calling the Public Disclosure Room
at 202-219-7393, or by contacting an Office field office listed in the
telephone directory under United States Government, Department of Labor.
The Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration maintains a Public
Disclosure Room at Room N-5507, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20210. Reports filed under the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act may be examined there and purchased for 10 cents per page or by
calling the Public Disclosure Room at 202-219-8771.
For further information concerning the Department of Labor, contact the
Office of Public Affairs, Department of Labor, Room S-1032, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. Phone, 202-219-7316.