Karen Czarnecki

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Karen M. Czarnecki serves as deputy assistant secretary at the Labor Department. Czarnecki is a senior advisor to U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao.She is also paid to be a commentator on the PBS show “To the Contrary” as well as appearances on Fox News.

Quote from the Labor Department site: Ms. Czarnecki carries out the vision put forward by President Bush and Secretary Chao of a prepared workforce to meet the needs of both workers and their employers.

Contents 1 Career 2 Controversy 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Career

• June, 2001, joins Labor Department
• June, 2003, appointed Director of the Office of the 21st Century Workforce
• additionally serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Intergovernmental Affairs, responsibe for outreach to state and locally-elected officials

[edit] Controversy

Summer of 2006, was widely reported about her television appearances: instead of being identified as a Bush administration official, she is described as a “conservative analyst.” On Fox News, Czarnecki has been described as a “conservative strategist.” The Washington Post reports her television role has been cleared by career ethics staff at the Labor Department. ^[1][2][3]

[edit] External links

• Appearances on PBS
• Labor Department
• http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Karen_Czarnecki
• http://www.prwatch.org/node/5090/print
• http://www.dol.gov/wb/media/newsletter/e-news9artl-02.htm

[edit] References

1. ^ http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/14/czarnecki-media
2. ^ http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Bush_appointee_splits_time_between_Labor_0814.html
3. ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/13/AR2006081300647.html