Trump Appoints Acting Secretary for Department of Labor

Vince Micone

President Donald Trump on Tuesday named Vince Micone acting secretary of labor, while his nominee for the position, former Representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Oregon, awaits Senate confirmation.

Micone will run the DOL while Chavez-DeRemer goes through the Senate confirmation process. Micone assumes the role from his previous position as deputy assistant secretary for operations in the Department of Labor’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management.

Trump last week also nominated former Equal Employment Opportunity Commissioner Keith Sonderling to serve as deputy labor secretary. Sonderling also awaits a confirmation hearing.

In his deputy assistant role role at DOL, Micone provided day-to-day management to more than 770 employees in the national office and six regional offices. He also had overall leadership responsibility for policy and operations encompassing business operations, procurement, human resource management, civil rights, emergency management, security, administrative services and employee safety and health at the department, according to his DOL biography.

Prior to joining OASAM, Micone was the executive director for enterprise services with the U.S. Department of Commerce. Micone also previously served on Trump’s 2016 presidential transition team, as well as in administrative roles at several other federal agencies, including the Department of Commerce, Department of the Treasury and Department of Homeland Security.

In addition, Miccone serves as co-chair of the Combined Federal Campaign of the National Capital Area, the federal government’s workplace charitable giving campaign. Under his leadership, the campaign has raised more than $770 million in charitable contributions for tens of thousands of nonprofit organizations, according to the DOL.

The previous acting secretary, Julie Su, was nominated twice by former President Joe Biden but was never confirmed by the full Senate. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions last advanced her nomination to the full Senate in February 2024. She served as acting secretary from March 2023 until Biden’s term ended on Monday.