On Friday, April 16, 2021, the White House announced that President Biden intends to nominate Taryn Williams to serve as Assistant Secretary of Labor and head of DOL's Office of Disability Employment Programs (ODEP). Williams has worked at ODEP previously, serving in a variety of roles during the Obama and Trump Administrations. Recently, she has served as a managing director of the Poverty to Prosperity Program at the Center for American Progress.