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OPA News Release: [07/30/2002]
Contact Name: Bob
Zachariasiewicz
Phone Number: (202) 693-4650
Senate Confirms Dr. Kathleen
Utgoff To Head Bureau of Labor Statistics
WASHINGTON – U.S.
Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao announced that the United States Senate has
confirmed Dr. Kathleen P. Utgoff to a four-year term as the commissioner of the
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
“I am delighted that the Senate has confirmed an accomplished
economist as the commissioner for the Bureau of Labor Statistics,” said
Chao. “Kathleen’s experience and knowledge will help ensure the
continued integrity of the data that the bureau produces.”
Previously, Utgoff was vice president of the Center for Naval Analyses,
a research and development center in Virginia, where she was responsible for
research on workforce issues, the environment, health care and
infrastructure.
Utgoff also served as chief economist and partner at Groom and Nordberg,
the largest employee benefits law firm in the country. Her other practice areas
included the taxation of life insurance companies and corporate
reorganizations.
Utgoff was widely recognized for her work as executive director of the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, an agency within the Department of Labor.
During her tenure, two major pension reforms that addressed many of the
structural flaws in the insurance program were passed.
Utgoff also served as a senior economist for the Council of Economic
Advisers in the Executive Office of the President. In her role as the senior
economist for labor market issues, she was responsible for the formation and
operation of the inter-agency working group that developed policy and
legislative strategy for the Cabinet Council on Pensions and Health.
Utgoff holds a bachelor of arts in economics from the California State
University at Northridge and a Ph. D. in economics from the University of
California at Los Angeles. She is also a member of the board of directors of
the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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