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Secretary of Labor Alexis M. Herman today administered the oath of
office to the Commissioner of Labor Statistics and Assistant Secretaries of
Labor for veterans employment and training services, public affairs and
administration and management.
"I am truly excited about working with the magnificent team who will
guide the Department of Labor to the threshold of the twenty-first century,"
Herman told well-wishers, staff and officials who gathered for swearing-in
ceremonies in the Great Hall of the Frances Perkins Building in Washington,
D.C. "Their dedication and talents will be assets for the agencies they lead
and for the American workers we serve."
Sworn into office for her second term as Commissioner of Labor
Statistics, Katharine G. Abraham, will continue to head the Bureau of Labor
Statistics. She has served in that position since October 1993. A former
professor of economics at the University of Maryland, Brookings Institution
research associate and faculty member at MIT's Sloan School of Management, she
has written extensively on issues involving the measurement of labor markets
and their characteristics. Abraham is a 1976 graduate of Iowa State University
and holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University.
Herman also administered the oath of office to Espiridion "Al" Borrego,
who becomes the first Hispanic assistant secretary of labor for veterans
employment and training services (VETS). Borrego, who had been acting assistant
secretary since June, will be Herman's principal advisor for issues relating to
veterans, including job protections for veterans, reservists and National Guard
members. Borrego served two tours of duty with the Marine Corps in Vietnam. He
was dean of the School of Business and Public Administration at the University
of Alaska Southeast prior to coming to the Labor Department. A former
Presidential Management Intern, Borrego holds a Ph.D. in public administration
from the University of Southern California, where he was a Ford Foundation
fellow.
Susan King returns to the U.S. Department of Labor as Assistant
Secretary for Public Affairs after having served in the same capacity for
former Labor Secretary Robert Reich. She brings more than 20 years of
Washington, D.C.-based award-winning journalism experience to the post, and is
recognized throughout the journalism industry for her ability to translate the
workings of government into understandable news reports for national and local
audiences.
King spearheaded the widely-recognized "No Sweat" media initiative--a
comprehensive and innovative public service, education and consumer awareness
campaign calling attention to labor abuses in the garment industry. In her
present position, she serves as the department's front line strategist on
methods to inform the American public about policies affecting the changing
workplace, and the demands and opportunities these changes bring.
Patricia Watkins Lattimore will continue to lead day-to-day support
operations for the Department's personnel and facilities as assistant secretary
for administration and management, having served in that position in an
"acting" capacity since May 1997. Before she joined the Labor Department in
1995, Lattimore held leadership positions with the U.S. Office of Personnel
Management in the areas of career entry and employee development,
administration, and investigations. A graduate of Southeastern University, she
is a former member of the Administrative Conference of the United State and is
currently a member of the Chief Information Officers' (CIO) Council and the CIO
Council's liaison to the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency.
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