Biden Taps Larry Turner for Labor Department Inspector General

President Joe Biden plans to nominate Larry Turner to head the U.S. Labor Department’s independent watchdog office, the White House said Friday.

A career official, Turner has led the department’s Office of Inspector General on an acting basis since Scott Dahl retired from the Senate-confirmed role in June 2020.

The DOL watchdog has been the primary official reviewing the agency’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, using funding from Congress to boost its capacity to conduct oversight.

The watchdog’s plan for fiscal 2021 zeroed in on workplace safety enforcement during the pandemic, which led to a report in November that ...