Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employee Benefits Security

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United States Department of Labor position United States federal government position

The Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employee Benefits Security is the U.S. Department of Labor official who leads the Employee Benefits Security Administration, overseeing and enforcing federal laws that protect workers’ retirement, health, and other employee benefit plans.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Assistant Secretary for Employee Benefits Security	1
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employee Benefits Security canonical	1
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employee Benefits Security Administration head	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2999718 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employee Benefits Security
Context triple: [Office of the Assistant Secretaries of Labor, hasMember, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employee Benefits Security]

A. Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. Department of Labor
The Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. Department of Labor is the senior executive responsible for overseeing the department’s financial management, budgeting, and fiscal accountability.
B. Chief Human Capital Officer of the U.S. Department of Labor
The Chief Human Capital Officer of the U.S. Department of Labor is the senior executive responsible for overseeing the department’s workforce strategy, talent management, and human resources policies to support its mission and operations.
C. United States Assistant Secretary of Labor for Policy, Evaluation, and Research
The United States Assistant Secretary of Labor for Policy, Evaluation, and Research is a senior Department of Labor official responsible for developing, analyzing, and assessing national labor policies and programs.
D. Chief Information Officer of the U.S. Department of Labor
The Chief Information Officer of the U.S. Department of Labor is the senior executive responsible for overseeing the department’s information technology strategy, systems, cybersecurity, and data management to support its mission and operations.
E. Chief Data Officer of the U.S. Department of Labor
The Chief Data Officer of the U.S. Department of Labor is the senior official responsible for overseeing the department’s data strategy, governance, and analytics to support evidence-based policymaking and program administration.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employee Benefits Security
Target entity description: The Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employee Benefits Security is the U.S. Department of Labor official who leads the Employee Benefits Security Administration, overseeing and enforcing federal laws that protect workers’ retirement, health, and other employee benefit plans.

A. Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. Department of Labor
The Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. Department of Labor is the senior executive responsible for overseeing the department’s financial management, budgeting, and fiscal accountability.
B. Chief Human Capital Officer of the U.S. Department of Labor
The Chief Human Capital Officer of the U.S. Department of Labor is the senior executive responsible for overseeing the department’s workforce strategy, talent management, and human resources policies to support its mission and operations.
C. United States Assistant Secretary of Labor for Policy, Evaluation, and Research
The United States Assistant Secretary of Labor for Policy, Evaluation, and Research is a senior Department of Labor official responsible for developing, analyzing, and assessing national labor policies and programs.
D. Chief Information Officer of the U.S. Department of Labor
The Chief Information Officer of the U.S. Department of Labor is the senior executive responsible for overseeing the department’s information technology strategy, systems, cybersecurity, and data management to support its mission and operations.
E. Chief Data Officer of the U.S. Department of Labor
The Chief Data Officer of the U.S. Department of Labor is the senior official responsible for overseeing the department’s data strategy, governance, and analytics to support evidence-based policymaking and program administration.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Department of Labor position ⓘ United States federal government position ⓘ
abbreviation	Assistant Secretary for EBSA ⓘ
appointedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Internal Revenue Service ⓘ Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation ⓘ U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ⓘ linked to: United States Department of Health and Human Services
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
enforces	ERISA ⓘ Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ⓘ federal laws governing fiduciary responsibilities for benefit plans ⓘ provisions of the Affordable Care Act related to employer-sponsored plans ⓘ provisions of the Internal Revenue Code related to employee benefits (in coordination with the U.S. Department of the Treasury) ⓘ
focusesOn	health benefits policy ⓘ retirement security policy ⓘ welfare benefit plan regulation ⓘ
goal	ensure integrity of private-sector employee benefit plans ⓘ protect plan participants and beneficiaries ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	Employee Benefits Security Administration enforcement staff ⓘ Employee Benefits Security Administration regional offices ⓘ
heads	Employee Benefits Security Administration ⓘ
jurisdictionOver	employer-sponsored health plans ⓘ employer-sponsored retirement plans ⓘ private-sector employee benefit plans ⓘ
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
memberOf	senior leadership of the United States Department of Labor ⓘ
oversees	civil enforcement actions related to benefit plans ⓘ compliance assistance programs for employee benefit plans ⓘ education and outreach to plan sponsors and participants ⓘ interpretive guidance on ERISA ⓘ investigations of employee benefit plans ⓘ regulation of plan fiduciaries ⓘ regulation of plan service providers ⓘ regulation of plan sponsors ⓘ regulatory guidance on employee benefit plans ⓘ
partOf	United States Department of Labor ⓘ
reportsTo	United States Secretary of Labor ⓘ
requiresConfirmationBy	United States Senate ⓘ
responsibleFor	developing regulations for health plans ⓘ developing regulations for retirement plans ⓘ enforcement of federal employee benefits laws ⓘ issuing advisory opinions on ERISA ⓘ issuing prohibited transaction exemptions under ERISA ⓘ oversight of employee benefit plans ⓘ protection of other employee benefit plans ⓘ protection of workers’ health benefits ⓘ protection of workers’ retirement benefits ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Office of the Assistant Secretaries of Labor → hasMember → Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employee Benefits Security ⓘ

Office of the Assistant Secretaries of Labor → hasMember → Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employee Benefits Security Administration head ⓘ

linked to: Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employee Benefits Security

U.S. Department of Labor leadership → hasRole → Assistant Secretary for Employee Benefits Security ⓘ