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Secretary's Order 10-2006; Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary

[Secretary's Order 10-2006]


The Role of the Regional Representatives

    1. Purpose and Background. This Order supersedes Secretary's Order 
5-87 and updates the responsibilities assigned to the Regional 
Representatives. The Regional Representatives were formally known as, 
and referred to in that Order as Secretary's Representatives.
    2. Definition of Roles and Assignment of Responsibilities.
    A. The Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental 
Affairs has been delegated authority and assigned responsibility for 
the supervision and direction of the activities of the Regional 
Representatives.
    B. Duties of the Regional Representatives.
    (1) Establishing liaison with stakeholders, including business, 
labor, non-profits, and other community organizations.
    (2) Establishing liaison with Governors and State and local 
officials.
    (3) Providing the point of contact in departmental regional offices 
for members of Congress or their representatives, Governors and other 
state and local officials regarding non-agency specific and department-
wide initiatives.
    (4) Referring people seeking assistance or information to the 
appropriate regional or national DOL agency officials.
    (5) Carrying out special, non-recurring projects and assignments on 
behalf of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary for Congressional and 
Intergovernmental Affairs, and other national office officials as 
assigned.
    (6) Participating as a member of the DOL Regional Executive 
Committee.
    (7) Meeting as needed with regional representatives of other 
Federal agencies.
    (8) Participating in the planning and implementation of activities 
of DOL agencies regarding region-wide or major meetings, conferences, 
forums, and other gatherings, particularly those involving Federal 
government officials, State, local and labor organizations.
    (9) Monitoring non-routine correspondence with Congressional 
offices, Governors' offices, and other elected State and local 
officials to identify trends and problem areas and initiating action as 
appropriate. Referring agency correspondence as appropriate.
    (10) Monitoring local and regional media for items of special 
interest to the Department.
    (11) Performing other duties as assigned.
    C. The DOL Agency Heads are responsible for:
    (1) Ensuring that their regional agency heads regularly advise, 
coordinate and consult with the Regional Representatives on all major 
problems, issues and initiatives in the region, including supplying 
relevant program and policy information.
    (2) Ensuring that regional agency heads coordinate planning and 
scheduling of region-wide or major meetings, conferences, forums and 
other related events with the Regional Representatives. Ensuring that 
senior regional officials provide the Regional Representatives advance 
notice of major constituent visits and meetings with elected officials.
    D. The DOL Regional Agency Heads are responsible for:
    (1) Informing the Regional Representatives in their region of 
pertinent matters as they occur, including supplying important program 
and policy information.
    (2) Providing the Regional Representatives in their region with 
copies of non-routine correspondence to and from Congressional offices, 
Governors, and State and local elected officials.
    (3) Coordinating planning and scheduling of region-wide or major 
meetings, conferences, forums and other related events with the 
Regional Representatives in their region, as well as advance notice of 
major constituent visits and meetings with elected officials.
    (4) Advising the Regional Representative in their region of the 
approval of funding of projects under their program areas in advance of 
public announcement when possible.
    (5) Informing the Regional Representatives in their region of any 
other pertinent matters as they occur.
    3. Directives Affected.
    A. Secretary's Order No. 5-87 is cancelled.
    B. Section 4(b) of Secretary's Order 7-89 (``Delegation of 
Authority and Assignment of Responsibility to the Assistant Secretary 
for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs and to the Assistant 
Secretary for Public Affairs'') is modified by deleting ``Secretary's 
Representative-at-Large and the Secretary's Representatives in the 
Regions'' and substituting ``Regional Representatives.''
    C. The use of the term ``Secretary's Representative'' in any other 
Secretary's Order shall be replaced by ``Regional Representative.''
    4. Reservations of Authority.
    A. This Secretary's Order does not affect the authorities and 
responsibilities of the Office of the Inspector General under the 
Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, or Secretary's Order 04-2006 
(February 21, 2006).
    B. No delegation of authority or assignment of responsibility under 
this Order will be deemed to affect the Secretary's authority to 
continue to exercise or further delegate such authority or 
responsibility.
    5. Effective Date. This order is effective immediately.

    Dated: October 2, 2006.
Elaine L. Chao,
Secretary of Labor.
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