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DOL I worked in the International Bureau as Senior Policy Advisor, and

before that under Deputy Secretary of Labor Delbert Spurlock as the Assistant
Deputy Associate Secretary of Labor. Among my responsibilities as ADAS, I
wrote the weekly Departmental Report to the White House and managed the

Programs, Personnel and Budgets of 10 DOL Agencies and offices, including
the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Pensions and Welfare Benefits, and the
Women’s Bureau, among others. I embarked on my government service
career at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station. I have led, spearheaded,

overseen and played vital roles in innumerable significant efforts to benefit
Americans and to advance Domestic and U.S. Foreign Policy. This was

enhanced by my fluency in several languages, working and studying overseas,
and especially because of my experience as a Fulbright Scholar to Israel. I
drafted, implemented and monitored Labor Chapters of our Trade Agreements
to save and enhance American jobs. For the State Department I served on

their Senior Foreign Service Promotions’ Boards and managed the Workers’
Rights Chapter of the 195 countries’ Annual Country Reports on Human
Rights Practices, which alerted Congress to overseas egregious human rights.

I sourced the expertise of DOL’s Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, Mine Safety and Health Administration and Employment and
Training Administration to identify the use of mobile computers and software
affecting work safety, influencing a rapid response by mine inspectors. I

helped manage Secretary of Labor Elizabeth H. Dole’s Task Force on the
Glass Ceiling, aimed to shatter decades of gender inequality. I facilitated
advocacy to Congress for Legislation to continue appropriations for Job

Training for our American Youth, to name some of my United States
government service to the American public. For my initiatives in these
positions, I received several awards over my federal career. To name a few:
the Secretary of Labor’s Exceptional Achievement Awards: “For exceptional

effort and exemplary performance as a member of the Senior Foreign Service
Board;” “For exceptional achievement in research, writing, editing and
production of the International Child Labor Report;” and “For outstanding

leadership in implementing technical cooperation initiatives to strengthen
social safety nets and improve labor standards in developing countries.”

I am Robert Kammer and I served in the Department of Labor for 34 years.
One of my most memorable assignments was when we took over operation of

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