DOL Acting Training Chief Departs Agency Amid Leak Crackdown (2)

Amy Simon, the acting leader of the US Labor Department’s job training office, has left the agency, according to a memo sent Wednesday to DOL staff.

Simon, who worked at the DOL’s employment and training administration during the first Trump administration, had been named principal deputy assistant secretary of the office in March.

She also made a bid to become a career staffer at the agency in 2021, before returning to private practice as a consultant.

Lori Frazier Bearden will fill the role of acting assistant secretary, according to the memo.

A DOL spokesperson declined to comment on the ...