Please send this message to contacts listed.
if you do not help yourself, no one will.
to: secretaryelainechao@dol.gov
subject: bring your attention to some interesting numbers
Hi, Dear Ms. Chao:
I think that you will be very interested in what I am revealing to you in this letter.
For Labor Certifcation, there are currently two Backlog Elimination Centers: Dallas & Philadelphia. An online tracker showed some interesting data. The online tracker can be considerred as a survey. Among this sample, 770 cases in Philadelphia and 756 in Dallas (as of March 24, 2006).
The survey showed that Dallas has processed 49.7% (376) of its cases , whereas Philadelphia has only processed 19.5% (150) of its cases. That means that
1) Philadephia works only 39.2% efficient as Dalas (19.5/49.7 = 39.2%).
2) If Dalas can finish its work in 2 years, Philadelphia will finish its work in 5.1 years.
That is why on the tracker, you see latest approvals from Philadelphia are 2002 cases, while latest approvals from Dalas are 2004 cases.
If Philadelphia is telling you that they are doing things differently and they will pick up speed later, it is a lie. The reason is sample: both centers have sent out same amount of 45-day letters (Philadelphia sent out 74.3% of its cases and Dallas 71.3%).
I sincerely think that you want to do something about it.
DOL Contacts for letters and fax
Ms. Elaine L. Chao
Secretary of Labor
(202) 693-6000
Mr. Paul T. Conway
Chief of Staff
(202) 693-6007
Mr. Steven J. Law
Deputy Secretary
(202) 693-6000
Ms. Ruth D. Knouse
Executive Secretariat Director
(202) 693-6100
Ms. Amy Barrera
Director of Advance & Scheduling
(202) 693-6003
Ms. Laura Genero
Associate Deputy Secretary
(202) 693-6000
Address for all the above people
U.S. Department of Labor
Frances Perkins Building
200 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20210