Thomas Perez, a former head of the Justice Department‘s civil rights division, has been nominated by President Barack Obama to succeed Hilda Solis as labor secretary, Reuters reports. Perez has also previously
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Deputy Labor Secretary Seth Harris has stepped in to lead the Labor Department on an acting basis upon Secretary Hilda Solis’ departure, Fedscoop reports. Harris rejoined the department in May 2009 in
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At least three Cabinet positions will not see new faces for President Barack Obama’s second term in the White House, The Hill newspaper reports. Citing White House officials, Amie Parnes writes Attorney
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The Labor Department has signed agreements with the Internal Revenue Service and nine states in an effort to crack down on the business practice of misclassifying employees to avoid paying benefits and
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The President’s Task Force on Space Industry Workforce and Economic Development, co-chaired by NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden, Jr. and U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, today released recommendations to boost economic-development strategies
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To curb homelessness, the head Cabinet secretaries from the U.S. Inter-agency Council on Homelessness proposed a strategy that would develop partnerships among the government and outside organizations to help put an end
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Edna Primrose has been named by Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis as the new National Director of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Job Corps. Primrose is the former director of the
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HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis announced today a total of nearly $1 billion in American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) awards to advance the adoption and meaningful use
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Clean-energy investments can help America in more ways that one. Moving in the direction of clean-energy also creates millions of jobs, and puts money back in the pockets of consumers. On January
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After the members of the Interagency Council met on December 11th, 2009 they decided to push for more hires of veterans by federal agencies. The meeting was co-chaired by Hilda Solis, the
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