· OCFO main Page

This pages tells you about the main agencies within the DOL and their mission statements.

Agencies in the Department of Labor

· Click here for your list of Stewards

· OASAM main Page

· OASP main Page

· OCIO main Page

· OWCP main Page

· PBGC main Page

· VETS main Page

· WHD main Page

· WB main Page

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management (OASAM)

The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management is responsible for the development and promulgation of policies, standards, procedures, systems, and materials related to the resource and administrative management of the Department and for the execution of such policies and directives at Headquarters and in the field. OASAM provides leadership and policy guidance in support of the Department's Strategic Plan and Annual Performance and Accountability Report.

Mission Statement: OASAM provides the infrastructure and support that enables the Department of Labor to perform its mission. OASAM provides leadership and support for Departmental business operations and procurement; budget and finance; information technology; human resources and civil rights; security and emergency management; and strategic planning - and is the hub for DOL's implementation of the President's Management Agenda.

Office of the Assistant Secretary of Policy (OASP)

The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy (OASP) provides advice and assistance to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary in a number of areas, including policy development, regulations, program implementation, compliance assistance strategies, program evaluations, research, budget and performance analysis, and legislation.

 

Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO)

The Office of Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) is responsible for the financial leadership of DOL and its primary duty is to uphold strong financial management and accountability while providing timely, accurate, and reliable financial information and enhancing internal control.

OCFO was created as a result of the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 and is led by a Presidential-appointed, Senate confirmed Chief Financial Officer and supported by the Deputy Chief Financial Officer and two Associate Deputy Chief Financial Officers who are career members of the Senior Executive Service.

Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)

The CIO has specific responsibilities for implementation of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), Clinger-Cohen Act, and additional laws related to CIO duties including for example the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA), E-Government Act of 2002, and other laws, regulations, and guidance.

Mission Statement: Our mission is to provide leadership, policy, guidance and assistance to Departmental agencies in all aspects of using information technology to implement and manage those programs within the Department.

Office of the Secretary (OSEC)

The Office of the Secretary of Labor, Hilda Solis.

· OSEC main Page

Office of the Solicitor (SOL)

The Office of the Solicitor's mission is to meet the legal service demands of the entire Department of Labor. As the Secretary of Labor and other Department officials seek to accomplish the Department's overall mission and to further specific priorities, the Office of the Solicitor (SOL) provides legal advice regarding how to achieve those goals. In doing so, SOL ensures that the Nation's labor laws are forcefully and fairly applied to protect the Nation's workers.

SOL fulfills its mission by representing the Secretary and the client agencies in all necessary litigation, including both enforcement actions and defensive litigation, and in alternative dispute resolution activities; by assisting in the development of regulations, standards and legislative proposals; and by providing legal opinions and advice concerning all the Department's activities.

The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs administers four major disability compensation programs which provide wage replacement benefits, medical treatment, vocational rehabilitation and other benefits to certain workers or their dependents who experience work-related injury or occupational disease.

Mission statement: These programs, the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation program, the Federal Employees' Compensation Program, the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Program , and the Black Lung Benefits Program , serve the specific employee groups who are covered under the relevant statutes and regulations by mitigating the financial burden resulting from workplace injury.

In administering the programs, OWCP seeks to protect the interests of eligible workers, employers and the Federal Government by ensuring timely and accurate claims adjudication and provision of benefits, by responsibly administering the funds authorized for this purpose, and by restoring injured workers to gainful work when permitted by the effects of the injury.

Office of Worker’s Compensation Programs (OWCP)

Ombudsman for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program (EEOMBD)

Part E of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act created a system of federal payments to compensate certain nuclear workers for occupational illnesses caused by exposure to toxic substances. Signed into law in October 2004, Part E replaced a previous program administered by the Department of Energy (Part D) that provided assistance to nuclear workers in obtaining state workers’ compensation payments.

Part E of EEOICPA grants covered DOE contractor employees and qualified survivors of such employees a federal payment if the employee developed an occupational illness as a result of exposure to toxic substances at a DOE facility. The amount of the payment to the covered employee is based on the level of the employee’s impairment and/or wage loss due to a qualifying occupational illness. Medical benefits are available to qualifying employees under Part E for the treatment of accepted occupational illnesses. Part E also provides monetary and medical benefits to uranium miners, millers, and ore transporters covered by Section 5 of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. Where applicable, survivors of RECA Section 5 employees are also entitled to monetary payments under Part E.

Part E of EEOICPA also created the Office of the Ombudsman, required to be maintained for a period of three years from enactment of the new legislation. Independent from the program office that administers the EEOICPA, the Ombudsman has four primary responsibilities as designated by Congress:

· to provide information to claimants, potential claimants, and other interested parties on the benefits available under Part E and the requirements and procedures applicable to the provision of those benefits

· to make recommendations to the Secretary of Labor regarding the location of resource centers across the country, which claimants can contact for assistance in the acceptance and development of Part E claims

· to issue an Annual Report to Congress, no later than February 15th of each year, detailing the number and type of complaints, grievances and requests for assistance received by the Office of the Ombudsman that year, and an assessment of the most common difficulties encountered by claimants and potential claimants during that year

to make recommendations for improving the administration of Part E of EEOICPA

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)

PBGC is a federal corporation created by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. It currently protects the pensions of more than 44 million American workers and retirees in more than 29,000 private single-employer and multiemployer defined benefit pension plans. PBGC receives no funds from general tax revenues. Operations are financed by insurance premiums set by Congress and paid by sponsors of defined benefit plans, investment income, assets from pension plans trusteed by PBGC, and recoveries from the companies formerly responsible for the plans.

Veterans’ Employment and Training Services (VETS)

Mission Statement: for VETS is to provide veterans and transitioning service members with the resources and services to succeed in the 21st century workforce by maximizing their employment opportunities, protecting their employment rights and meeting labor-market demands with qualified veterans today.

Wage and Hour Division (WHD)

The DOL Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is responsible for enforcing some of our nation’s most comprehensive federal labor laws on topics, including the minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, youth employment and special employment, family and medical leave, migrant workers, lie detector tests, worker protections in certain temporary worker programs, and the prevailing wages for government service and construction contracts.

Mission Statement: To promote and achieve compliance with labor standards to protect and enhance the welfare of the Nation's workforce.

Women’s Bureau (WB)

The Women’s Bureau was created by law in 1920 to formulate standards and policies to promote the welfare of wage-earning women, improve their working conditions, increase their efficiency, and advance their opportunities for profitable employment.

Mission Statement To improve the status of wage-earning women, improve their working conditions, increase their efficiency, and advance their opportunities for profitable employment.

Vision Statement :The Women's Bureau promotes 21^st Century solutions to improve the status of working women and their families. Better Jobs! Better Earnings! Better Living!

GO BACK