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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

[Secretary’s Order 4–2008] 

Order of Succession to the Secretary 

of Labor, Continuity of Executive 

Direction, Repositioning and 

Devolution of Departmental 

Governance, and Emergency Planning 

Under Circumstances of Extreme 

Disruption 

1. Purpose. To provide for succession 

to act as, or on behalf of, the Secretary 

of Labor in case of death or resignation 

of the Secretary, or if the Secretary is 

otherwise unable to perform the 

functions and duties of the office, 

including in case of absence or sickness; 

to provide lines of succession for 

executive continuity within the 

Department and its Agencies during 

vacancies arising in a period of national 

emergency or in the course of business; 

to provide for the repositioning and 

devolution of Departmental governance 

under circumstances of extreme 

disruption; and to identify the first 

assistant to those officers of the 

Department whose appointment to 

office is required to be made by the 

President, including those whose 

appointment is subject to the advice and 

consent of the Senate. 

2. Authority and Directives Affected. 

A. This Order is issued pursuant to 

Executive Order 13245; the Federal 

Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 (the 

FVRA) (codified generally at 5 U.S.C. 

3345, et seq.); 29 U.S.C. 551 et seq.; 

Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950; 

Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1958; 

Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1973; 

Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950; 

Disaster Relief Act of 1974; 5 U.S.C. 301; 

31 U.S.C. 1531 and 1533; Executive 

Order 12656; and Executive Order 

12148. National Security Presidential 

Directive 51/Homeland Security 

Presidential Directive 20 (NSPD–51/ 

HSPD–20) National Continuity Policy 

(May 2007); National Continuity Policy 

Implementation Plan (NCPIP) (Aug 

2007); Federal Continuity Directive 1 

(FCD–1) Federal Executive Branch 

National Continuity Policy (Feb 2008); 

Office of Personnel Management, 

Handbook on Pay and Leave Benefits for 

Federal Employees Affected by Severe 

Weather Conditions or Other Emergency 

Situations (July 2007). 

B. Secretary’s Order 4–2003, 

published at 68 FR 41048–01 on July 9, 

2003, is hereby superseded and 

canceled, and all agency delegations in 

conflict with this Order and/or its 

Attachment are hereby superseded. 

3. Background. Following the 1998 

enactment of the Federal Vacancies 

Reform Act, the order of succession of 

officers to act as Secretary of Labor in 

periods of vacancy was determined by 

Secretary’s Order 2–2001, which was 

issued under the authority of Executive 

Order (E.O.) 10513 (January 19, 1954). 

On December 18, 2001, E.O. 13245 

revoked E.O. 10513 and provided a new 

order of succession to the position of 

Secretary of Labor. The Department’s 

plan for continuity of operations in the 

event of a need for relocation involves 

movement of National Office executive 

and other staff to a relocation center, 

currently the National Mine Health and 

Safety Academy (the ‘‘Relocation Site’’). 

The Department’s plan for devolution 

was established by Secretarial 

Memorandum dated December 20, 2006, 

wherein the Secretary selected Dallas, 

Texas as the National Office, 

Department of Labor devolution site (the 

‘‘Devolution Site’’). 

4. Order of Governance. In accordance 

with E.O. 13245 and the FVRA, in case 

of absence due to sickness, resignation, 

death or national emergency, the 

functions and duties of the officers of 

the Department of Labor and their 

respective responsibilities for 

operational management will be 

performed in an acting capacity or on 

behalf thereof by the incumbents of the 

positions designated in the following 

orders: 

A. Succession to the Secretary of Labor 

Sequence for identifying the Acting 

Secretary of Labor, who shall have all of 

the authorities and responsibilities of 

the Secretary: 

(1) Deputy Secretary of Labor; 

(2) Solicitor of Labor; 

(3) Assistant Secretary of Labor in 

charge of Administration and 

Management; 

(4) Assistant Secretary of Labor in 

charge of Policy; 

(5) Assistant Secretary of Labor in 

charge of Congressional and 

Intergovernmental Affairs; 

(6) Assistant Secretary of Labor in 

charge of the Employment and Training 

Administration; 

(7) Assistant Secretary of Labor in 

charge of the Employment Standards 

Administration; 

(8) Assistant Secretary of Labor in 

charge of the Employee Benefits 

Security Administration; 

(9) Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health; 

(10) Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Mine Safety and Health; 

(11) Assistant Secretary of Labor in 

charge of the Office of Public Affairs; 

(12) Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Veterans Employment and Training; and 

(13) Assistant Secretary of Labor in 

charge of the Office of Disability 

Employment Policy. 

Provided that, no individual who is 

serving in an acting capacity in any of 

the above positions shall serve as Acting 

Secretary pursuant to this Order. 

B. Identifying the Delegated Secretarial 

Designee on Behalf of the Secretary of 

Labor 

In the event and for such time(s) that 

none of the Presidentially-appointed 

and Senate-confirmed positions (PAS) 

incumbents in the succession sequence 

set forth in Paragraph 4.A., above, are 

available to serve as Acting Secretary, 

the Delegated Secretarial Designee 

(DSD) shall fulfill, on an interim basis, 

the operational management of the 

Department except the Secretary’s 

‘‘functions and duties.’’ The ‘‘functions 

and duties’’ of the Secretary are those 

non-delegable responsibilities (a) 

established by law (statute or 

regulation); and (b) required to be 

performed by, and only by, the 

Secretary. Except as determined 

otherwise by the President, whoever 

from time to time is highest in the 

following sequence and is available to 

serve shall be the Delegated Secretarial 

Designee: 

(1) The following PAS: 

(a) Chief Financial Officer; 

(b) Administrator of the Wage and 

Hour Division; 

(c) Director of the Women’s Bureau; 

and 

(d) Commissioner of Labor Statistics. 

(2) The following ‘‘First Assistants,’’ 

provided that, upon the issuance of a 

new ‘‘Memorandum to Provide for 

Order of Succession for Executive 

Community’’ to replace the attached 

Memorandum, the new listing in such 

Memorandum will then become the 

authoritative list of ‘‘First Assistants’’: 

(a) Deputy Solicitor of Labor; 

(b) Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Operations within the Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for Administration 

and Management; 

(c) Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Policy; 

(d) Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Congressional Affairs; 

(e) Deputy Assistant Secretary within 

the Office of Employment and Training 

(organizationally known as the DAS for 

the Workforce Investment System); 

(f) Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Policy within the Employee Benefits 

Security Administration; 

(g) Deputy Assistant Secretary within 

the Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration; 

(h) Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Mine Safety and Health; 

(i) Deputy Assistant Secretary within 

the Office of Public Affairs (serving as 

the primary advisor to the Assistant 


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Secretary in charge of the Office of 

Public Affairs); 

(j) Deputy Assistant Secretary within 

the Veterans Employment and Training 

Service; 

(k) Deputy Assistant Secretary within 

the Office of Disability Employment 

Policy; 

(l) Deputy Chief Financial Officer; 

(m) Deputy Wage and Hour 

Administrator; 

(n) Deputy Director, Women’s Bureau; 

and 

(o) Deputy Commissioner of Labor 

Statistics. 

(3) Specified DOL officials as follows: 

(a) Regional Solicitor—Dallas; 

(b) Dallas, Texas Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for Administration 

and Management (OASAM) Regional 

Administrator (who, upon becoming 

DSD by order of operation of this 

Succession Order, the Secretary hereby 

authorizes and pre-approves for an 

immediate, noncompetitive 

appointment to the Senior Executive 

Service (SES) under a limited-term 

appointment using a DOL SES 

allocation); 

(c) Regional Administrator for ETA 

located in Dallas; 

(d) OSHA Regional Administrator—

Dallas. 

Provided that, no individual who is 

serving in an acting capacity in any of 

the above positions shall serve as the 

Delegated Secretarial Designee pursuant 

to this Order. 

C. To All Other PAS Positions and 

Heads of Other Principal 

Organizational Units 

(1) There are offices and agencies 

within the Department of Labor headed 

by officers whose appointment to office 

is required to be made by the President, 

by and with the advice and consent of 

the Senate (PAS). In the event of a 

vacancy in any of these PAS positions, 

the FVRA provides that, except in 

certain narrow circumstances, the ‘‘first 

assistant [to the PAS position] shall 

perform the functions and duties of the 

[PAS position] temporarily in an acting 

capacity’’ (subject to certain time 

limitations), unless and until the 

President makes an alternative 

designation under the FVRA. The 

functions and duties of the PAS officers 

of the Department and the operational 

management of the respective agency 

will be performed by the incumbent first 

assistant to the PAS position, as 

designated in the Secretarial 

Memorandum to Department of Labor 

Executive Staff (see, ‘‘Memorandum,’’

attached to this Order). 

(2) In the event that (a) there is a 

vacancy in the position of the first 

assistant, or (b) the first assistant 

position is occupied by a person who is 

statutorily barred from serving as an 

acting officer, the operational 

management of the agency headed by 

the PAS shall be performed by the 

person whose designation closest 

follows that of the first assistant, unless 

and until the President makes an 

alternative designation under the FVRA. 

However, the ‘‘functions and duties’’ of 

the PAS may not be performed by any 

person other than the person serving in 

an acting capacity (or, in the absence of 

an acting officer, by the Secretary 

pursuant to the FVRA). The ‘‘functions 

and duties’’ are those non-delegable 

responsibilities (a) established by law 

(statute or regulation); and (b) required 

to be performed by, and only by, the 

PAS. 

(3) The Memorandum described in 

Paragraph 4.C.(1) above shall include 

succession to the heads of other 

Departmental organizational units that 

report to the Secretary. 

(4) Nothing in this Order or the 

Memorandum shall: (1) be construed to 

override the provisions in the FVRA 

with respect to the Inspector General or 

the Chief Financial Officer (5 U.S.C. 

3348(e)); or (2) limit the Secretary’s 

authority to reassign functions or duties 

of officers unless otherwise precluded 

by law or regulation. 

(5) The Memorandum shall be 

published in the Federal Register and 

codified in the Department of Labor 

Manual Series. It is also subject to 

periodic revision by the Secretary, as 

necessary, and is effective upon 

signature unless otherwise specified. 

5. Emergency Governance of the 

Department of Labor and Devolution of 

Authorities and Responsibilities 

A. Secretary (or Acting Secretary) of 

Labor. Unless otherwise directed by the 

President (or designee), upon the 

occurrence of a national emergency 

entailing a wholesale disruption of the 

operations, structure, and leadership of 

the Department of Labor, the Secretary 

or Acting Secretary (as designated by 

the President or as provided in the order 

of succession set forth in Paragraph 4.A. 

above) shall activate the governing 

Continuity Plans and determine 

whether the National Office of the 

Department of Labor will remain in the 

then existing location, be repositioned 

organizationally to the Relocation Site, 

or be repositioned and reconstituted at 

the Devolution Site. 

B. Except as otherwise directed by the 

President (or designee), if (1) a 

catastrophic event occurs in the 

Washington, DC metropolitan area; (2) 

the incumbents identified in Paragraph 

4.A. are unavailable or unlikely to be 

available promptly for succession; and 

(3) the incumbent(s) higher-situated to 

fill the role of Delegated Secretarial 

Designee (DSD) as provided in 

Paragraph 4.B. are unavailable or 

unlikely to be available promptly to 

assume the position of DSD, then 

consistent with the guidelines and 

operational plans of the Department and 

upon a review of the circumstances and 

Executive branch guidance, the 

incumbent in the next highest DSDeligible position shall activate the 

governing Continuity Plans described in 

Paragraph 5.A. and, based upon those 

plans, determine whether the National 

Office of the Department of Labor will 

remain in the then existing location, be 

repositioned organizationally to the 

Relocation Site, or be repositioned and 

reconstituted in Dallas, Texas. If 

emergency circumstances exist that 

make identification of the DSD 

untenable, then the Regional Solicitor 

located in Dallas shall assume the duties 

and responsibilities described above in 

this Paragraph 5.B. unless and until the 

Secretary, Acting Secretary or a highersituated official listed in Paragraph 4.B. 

above is identified and is available to 

serve. 

6. General and Specific Delegations of 

Authority and Assignment of 

Responsibilities 

A. Acting Secretary: Upon designation 

in accordance with the conditions and 

sequence set forth in Section 4.A. of this 

Order, the Acting Secretary shall have 

all of the authorities of the Secretary of 

Labor, whether statutorily-conferred or 

delegated by the President. The Acting 

Secretary shall provide for the full 

operational management of the 

Department of Labor, including, for 

example, the activation or modification 

of pre-existing Continuity Plans for the 

repositioning and reconstitution of the 

Department of Labor in the event of a 

national emergency. 

B. Delegated Secretarial Designee: 

Upon designation in accordance with 

the conditions and sequence set forth 

above and subject to direction by the 

President or designee, the Secretary, or 

the Acting Secretary, the DSD shall 

fulfill interim operational management 

functions for the Department of Labor, 

performing all of the duties and 

responsibilities of the Secretary of Labor 

(except the ‘‘functions and duties’’ as 

defined in Paragraph 4.B. above) 

including, for example, the activation or 

modification of pre-existing Continuity 

Plans for the repositioning and 

reconstitution of the Department of 

Labor in the event of a national 

emergency. 

C. Assistant Secretary in charge of 

Administration and Management 


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(ASAM) shall develop and provide on at 

least an annual basis a ‘‘duties and 

responsibilities’’ briefing to the 

designated Secretarial successors and 

DSDs and other key positions on their 

respective responsibilities, and on 

applicable relocation and reconstitution 

provisions, and shall establish (within 

180 days from the date of this Order) 

and regularly thereafter update, in 

consultation with DOL Agency Heads, 

governing Continuity Plans for the 

repositioning and reconstitution of the 

Department of Labor upon the 

occurrence of national emergency 

scenarios entailing a wholesale 

disruption of the operations, structure, 

and leadership of the Department of 

Labor. 

The governing Continuity Plans for 

the Department as approved by the 

ASAM shall reflect: 

(1) The standards under a variety of 

scenarios for activation of the 

Continuity Plans; 

(2) the determination of each agency 

head that the succession plans, 

delegations of authority and 

assignments of responsibility, 

emergency agency directives, standard 

operating procedures, and position 

descriptions needed to fulfill its 

mission, if devolved to or reconstituted 

in Dallas, are established, approved by 

the ASAM, and presented to the Dallas 

Regional Administrator (OASAM) for 

contingency activation by Secretary, 

Acting Secretary, or the Delegated 

Secretarial Designee; 

(3) plans prepared by the Dallas 

Regional Administrator (OASAM) for 

receiving a devolved Department or for 

reconstituting the Department in the 

event of activation of the DOL 

Continuity Plans in Dallas, Texas; and 

(4) the review by the Dallas Regional 

Administrator of each agency’s 

succession plans, delegations of 

authority and assignments of 

responsibility, emergency agency 

directives, standard operating 

procedures, and position descriptions 

needed to fulfill its mission, if relocated 

to or reconstituted in Dallas, are 

established, and approved by the 

ASAM. 

D. The Chief Human Capital Officer 

shall develop and approve (within 180 

days from the date of this Order) and 

regularly thereafter update, a plan, 

consistent with applicable law, for 

managing, positioning and 

compensating DOL human resources in 

the event of a continuity of operations 

event, and shall assist with, and review 

the adequacy of, preparations by Agency 

Heads for repositioning and 

reconstituting the operations of their 

respective agencies. The Chief Human 

Capital Officer shall also assure that the 

position descriptions of all DSD-eligible 

incumbents reflect their potential DSD 

service. 

E. The Chief Acquisition Officer shall 

develop and approve (within 180 days 

from the date of this Order) and 

regularly thereafter update, appropriate 

plans for assuring that all stages of the 

Department’s central contracting needs 

can be met with regional resources and 

that emergency powers, to the extent 

permitted by law, are ready for 

activation upon the occurrence of a 

national emergency or major disruption, 

and shall assist with and review the 

adequacy of preparations by Agency 

Heads for repositioning and 

reconstituting the operations of their 

respective agencies. 

F. The Chief Information Officer shall 

develop and approve (within 180 days 

from the date of this Order) and 

regularly thereafter update, appropriate 

plans for assuring that all of the 

Department’s information technology 

systems have sufficient redundancies to 

support the timely relocation of the 

Department’s Primary Mission Essential 

Functions and Mission Essential 

Functions and the reconstitution of the 

all the Department’s organizations and 

functions, and shall assist with and 

review the adequacy of preparations by 

Agency Heads for repositioning and 

reconstituting the operations of their 

respective agencies. 

G. (1) The Assistant Secretary in 

charge of Administration and 

Management shall, develop and approve 

(within 180 days from the date of this 

Order) and regularly thereafter update, 

plans, consistent with applicable law, 

for the establishment of budget 

formulation for a relocated or 

reconstituted Department and for 

securing apportionment flexibilities that 

will permit functions to be transferred 

and redistributed among DOL agencies 

and their respective appropriation 

accounts, and shall assist with and 

review the adequacy of preparations by 

Agency Heads for repositioning and 

reconstituting the operations of their 

respective agencies. 

(2) The Chief Financial Officer shall 

develop and approve (within 180 days 

from the date of this Order) and 

regularly thereafter update, plans 

consistent with applicable law, for the 

establishment of budget execution 

capabilities for a relocated or 

reconstituted Department and shall 

assist with and review the adequacy of 

preparations by Agency Heads for 

repositioning and reconstituting the 

operations of their respective agencies. 

H. The Chief Property Officer shall 

assist with and review the adequacy of 

preparations by Agency Heads for 

repositioning and reconstituting the 

operations of their respective agencies. 

I. The Solicitor of Labor is delegated 

authority and assigned responsibility for 

providing legal advice and assistance to 

all officers of the Department relating to 

the administration and implementation 

of this Order and, if such an event 

arises, for a relocated or reconstituted 

Department. The bringing of legal 

proceedings, the representation of the 

Secretary and other officials of the 

Department, and the determination of 

whether such proceedings or 

representations are appropriate in a 

given case, are delegated exclusively. 

J. Agency Heads shall assure 

completion (within 180 days from the 

date of this Order, and on a regular basis 

thereafter) of the planning, support, and 

consultation required by authorized 

officers in connection with all aspects of 

the administration of this Order, 

including: 

(1) Establishing appropriate 

succession plans, delegations of 

authority and assignments of 

responsibility, emergency agency 

directives, vital record identification 

and protection, standard operating 

procedures, and position descriptions to 

assure for the continuity of agency 

operations relocated to the Relocation 

Site or the Devolution Site, as 

appropriate; 

(2) Engaging in specific transitional 

planning with the ASAM, including 

provisions for appropriate transfer of 

staff and programs as appropriate, in 

order to create devolution plans for DOL 

Agencies whose Offices do not currently 

have staff and space available at the 

Devolution Site; and 

(3) In consultation with the Office of 

the Solicitor, identifying, compiling, 

and reporting to the ASAM regarding 

those emergency authorities and 

responsibilities that may not be 

suspended, or are activated, during 

national emergencies of any type. 

K. The Dallas Regional Administrator 

(OASAM) shall prepare and approve 

(within 180 days from the date of this 

Order) and regularly thereafter update, 

plans for receiving a relocated 

Department or for reconstituting the 

Department in the event of activation of 

the DOL Continuity Plans in the 

Devolution Site. 

L. All employees of the Department 

shall be responsible for knowing their 

individual responsibilities in any 

continuity situation, for contacting DOL 

as soon as possible after a major 

incident consistent with applicable 

guidance and for being available to work 

during emergencies to the extent 

deemed necessary and appropriate and 


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1The first assistants are designated in the list that 

follows as the position designated immediately 

below the PAS or non-PAS agency head position 

title. 

2This Deputy Assistant Secretary serves as 

liaison to the Executive Office of the President to 

assure Departmental policies, goals, objectives and 

strategies reflect the Administration’s positions. 

3This Deputy Assistant Secretary position is 

responsible for the formulation of policies and 

development of multi-year goals, objectives and 

strategies, among other responsibilities. 

Organizationally, the position is known as the 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Workforce 

Investment System. 

4This Deputy Assistant Secretary position is 

responsible for providing leadership and direction 

to ETA operations with specific direction provided 

to administrative and management systems and 

activities. Organizationally, this position is known 

as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Administration and National Activity. 

5 Described as Assistant Secretary of Labor in 

charge of the Pension and Welfare Benefits 

Administration in Executive Order 13245. This 

agency was renamed Employee Benefits Security 

Administration in Secretary’s Order 1–2003. 

6This Deputy Assistant Secretary position is 

responsible for Congressional and 

Intergovernmental liaison activity, among other 

responsibilities. 

consistent with OPM guidance. All 

employees shall also comply with such 

further directions as may be published 

from time to time in the Department’s 

internal regulations or otherwise 

distributed relating to their duties and 

responsibilities during emergency 

circumstances. 

7. Reservations of Authority 

A. Except to the extent stated in this 

Order, this Secretary’s Order does not 

affect the authorities and 

responsibilities of the Inspector General 

under the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

as amended, or Secretary’s Order 

04–2006 (February 21, 2006). 

B. This Order does not affect any 

authorities and responsibilities of the 

Chief Financial Officer under the Chief 

Financial Officers Act of 1990, any other 

Federal law or regulation, or any Office 

of Management and Budget, 

Government Accountability Office, or 

U.S. Department of the Treasury 

policies and publications governing the 

fiscal responsibilities of Federal 

departments and agencies. 

8. Effective Date. This Order is 

effective immediately. 

Dated: August 4, 2008. 

Elaine L. Chao, 

Secretary of Labor. 

Attachment 

MEMORANDUM FOR DEPARTMENT 

OF LABOR EXECUTIVE STAFF 

FROM: ELAINE L. CHAO 

SUBJECT: To Provide for the Order of 

Succession for Executive Continuity 

This memorandum is issued pursuant 

to Secretary’s Order 4–2008 and the 

authorities cited therein, in order to 

provide lines of succession in case of 

absence, sickness, resignation, or death 

of agency heads and during periods of 

national emergency declared by the 

President and to provide for ongoing 

operational management of agency 

programs and personnel. 

Functions and duties and ongoing 

operational management responsibilities 

of the officers of the Department whose 

appointment to office is required to be 

made by the President, by and with the 

advice and consent of the Senate (PAS), 

will be performed in an acting capacity 

by the below designated ‘‘first 

assistants,’’ unless and until the 

President makes an alternative 

designation under the Federal Vacancies 

Reform Act of 1998 (FVRA). Functions 

and duties are those non-delegable 

responsibilities established by law 

(statute or regulation) and required to be 

performed by, and only by, the PAS. 

In the event that the first assistant 

does not serve or is barred from serving, 

unless and until the President makes an 

alternative designation under the FVRA, 

the person whose designation closest 

follows that of the first assistant shall 

perform the operational management of 

the agency. However, the functions and 

duties of the PAS may not be performed 

by any person other than the person 

serving in an acting capacity, in accord 

with FVRA (or, in the absence of an 

acting officer, by the Secretary pursuant 

to the FVRA). 

The Office of the Chief Information 

Officer and the Bureau of International 

Labor Affairs, which are not covered by 

the statute, (because they are not headed 

by PAS positions) are included in this 

memorandum for the purpose of 

consolidating the presentation of the 

Department’s program for establishing 

orderly internal succession in the event 

of vacancies. 

This memorandum supersedes all 

prior inconsistent agency delegations. 

Agency Heads shall assure that agency 

delegations, position descriptions, and 

other pertinent documents are 

maintained consistently with the 

designations provided below. Any 

modifications to the Order of 

Succession specified in this 

memorandum are solely reserved to the 

Secretary. 

This memorandum shall be published 

in the Federal Register and codified in 

the Department of Labor Manual Series. 

This memorandum is subject to periodic 

revision by the Secretary, as necessary, 

and is effective on the date indicated 

above. 

DESIGNATION OF AGENCY FIRST 

ASSISTANT 1 AND ORDER OF 

SUCCESSION 

A. PAS Positions Under the Secretary of 

Labor 

Deputy Secretary of Labor: 

Designation to be made by 

Presidential direction, as provided 

in 5 U.S.C. § 3345. 

Solicitor of Labor: 

Deputy Solicitor 

Deputy Solicitor (National 

Operations) 

Deputy Solicitor (Regional 

Operations) 

Assistant Secretary in charge of 

Administration and Management: 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Operations 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget 

and Performance Planning 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Security and Emergency 

Management 

Assistant Secretary of Labor in charge of 

Policy: 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy 2

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy 

(Operations and Analysis) 

Assistant Secretary in charge of the 

Office of Congressional and 

Intergovernmental Affairs: 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Congressional Affairs 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Intergovernmental Affairs 

Assistant Secretary in charge of the 

Employment and Training 

Administration: 

Deputy Assistant Secretary 3

Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Employment and Training 4

Assistant Secretary in charge of the 

Employment Standards 

Administration: 

Administrator of the Wage and Hour 

Division 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Employment Standards 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Federal 

Contract Compliance 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for LaborManagement Programs 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Operations 

Director, Office of Workers’

Compensation Programs 

Assistant Secretary in charge of the 

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration: 5

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Program Operations 

Assistant Secretary for the Occupational 

Safety and Health Administration: 

Deputy Assistant Secretary 6

Deputy Assistant Secretary 

Assistant Secretary for the Mine Safety 

and Health Administration: 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Mine 


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7This Deputy Assistant Secretary is responsible 

for the formulation of policies and development of 

multi-year goals, objectives, and strategies, among 

other responsibilities. Organizationally, the position 

is known as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Policy. 8This Deputy Assistant Secretary is responsible 

for the day-to-day management of internal 

operations, among other responsibilities. 

Organizationally, the position is known as the 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations. 9This Deputy Assistant Secretary serves as the 

primary adviser to the Assistant Secretary and other 

DOL officials on public affairs aspects of policy and 

program development, among other responsibilities. 10This Deputy Assistant Secretary develops 

marketing and public outreach campaigns for 

programs or issues and serves as the primary 

spokesperson for the Secretary and the Department, 

among other responsibilities. 

11This position is first assistant, pursuant to 29 

U.S.C. 14. 

Safety and Health 7

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Mine 

Safety and Health 8

Assistant Secretary in charge of the 

Office of Public Affairs: 

Deputy Assistant Secretary 9

Deputy Assistant Secretary 10

Assistant Secretary for the Veterans’ 

Employment and Training Service: 

Deputy Assistant Secretary 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Operations and Management 

Assistant Secretary in charge of the 

Office of Disability Employment 

Policy: 

Deputy Assistant Secretary 

Chief Financial Officer: 

Deputy Chief Financial Officer 

Administrator of the Wage and Hour 

Division: 

Deputy Wage and Hour Administrator 

Deputy Wage and Hour Administrator 

(Operations) 

Deputy Wage and Hour Administrator 

for Enforcement 

Director of the Women’s Bureau: 

Chief of Staff 11

Commissioner of Labor Statistics: 

Deputy Commissioner 

Inspector General: 

Deputy Inspector General 

Non-PAS Agency Head Positions 

Deputy Under Secretary for 

International Affairs of the Bureau 

of International Labor Affairs: 

Associate Deputy Under Secretary for 

International Affairs 

Chief Information Officer: 

Deputy Chief Information Officer 

[FR Doc. E8–18334 Filed 8–7–08; 8:45 am] 

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