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Department of Labor

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This agency's goals, progress, and results

Read the key documents that describe what this agency wants to achieve, its performance to date, and what it plans to learn through research and evaluation

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Mission

To foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners, job seekers, and retirees of the United States; improve working conditions; advance opportunities for profitable employment; and assure work-related benefits and rights.

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Where is this agency headed?

Strategic goals are updated every four years and represent the broad outcomes and impacts an agency aspires to achieve over the course of an Administration's term. To advance those goals, agencies define more specific, targeted Objectives to complete.

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Building Opportunity and Equity for All

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Ensure Safe Jobs, Essential Protections, and Fair Workplaces

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Improve Administration of Strengthen Worker Safety Net Programs

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Statistical Goal: Produce Gold-Standard Statistics and Analyses

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Management Goal: A Department Grounded in Innovation, Evidence, and Employee Engagement

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