Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of Labor. Performance211 and Accountability Series

摘要

This report addresses the major management challenges confronting the Department211u001eof Labor. It also addresses corrective actions that Labor has taken or initiated 211u001eon these challenges including actions to foster the adoption of alternative 211u001estrategies for enforcing workplace regulations and further actions that are 211u001eneeded. Labor has made progress in addressing some of the challenges we have 211u001eidentified, but further action is needed. For example, Labor has recognized and 211u001ecorrected some, but not all, of the data limitations that inhibit its ability to 211u001eadequately assess the impact of its activities. We recognize that Labor's diverse 211u001emission and decentralized management structure add to the difficulty of its 211u001eefforts. Although Labor has made progress in coordinating efforts across its 211u001emultiple offices through its strategic planning process, Labor needs to be more 211u001eproactive in engaging all agencies with collateral responsibilities relating to 211u001eLabor's missions. Labor has made progress in fostering the adoption of 211u001ealternative enforcement strategies, such as by providing some regulatory 211u001ecompliance information from many of its associated agencies through a Web site. 211u001eHowever, Labor needs to work more effectively with workers and employers to 211u001edevelop other regulatory approaches.