He brings a lot of experience to the table both as an academic and through his service in the Treasury Department of this administration, the Labor Department of the Clinton administration.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Controversies surrounding Herman have included her role in arranging some of the White House political coffees with donors, the awarding of contracts while she was in the Carter Administration's Labor Department right before she left her job, and her involvement in a controversial investment in the District of Columbia.

CNN: Herman To Get Hearing After Queries Answered

Today, our agencies the Small Business Administration and Department of Labor teamed up for another step forward on this path, announcing a new website to help states offer Self-Employment Assistance programs to those looking to create jobs in their communities.

WHITEHOUSE: Our Top Stories

Under heavy pressure from unions to rule as it did, the administration made its decision following a Labor Department assessment that public sector work, from cleaning streets to processing government forms, qualified as work under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

CNN: AllPolitics - States Must Pay Minimum Wage For Workfare

If the employer won't provide it, contact the U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration for help.

WSJ: Conquering Retirement: A Pension-Plan Health Checkup

According to the report, more than half of the 90 programs to be cut or eliminated are within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (25 programs), the Small Business Administration (14) and the Department of Labor (9).

FORBES: Funding For The Little Guy

What is the likelihood that the Obama Administration would or could strong arm the Department of Labor into cheating on the jobs report numbers?

FORBES: Meet The 'Job Truthers'-Obama Enemies Suggest A Conspiracy In Today's Job Numbers

To mark Equal Pay Day yesterday, the Department of Labor released a set of reports on the gender pay gap and what the Administration has done to address it.

FORBES: How much do you know about the gender pay gap?