OFCCP has had three heads in the first three months of 2025. Catherine Eschbach, a lawyer formerly with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, is the newly appointed Director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. In...more
Certification requirements for contractors are back in play. As we previously reported, a federal judge issued a nationwide preliminary injunction prohibiting the federal government from enforcing certain portions of...more
3/20/2025
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Did you hear that? It was the other shoe dropping. Approximately one month after President Trump rescinded Executive Order 11246, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs is preparing to reduce its staff by 90...more
And other changes are afoot.
Michael Schloss has been named Acting Director and Deputy Director of Policy of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. Mr. Schloss previously served as Director of the Office of...more
2/3/2025
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DOL’s first step in the dismantling of EO 11246.
As we previously reported, President Trump has rescinded Executive Order 11246, which required federal contractors to comply with a vast regulatory scheme relating to...more
1/27/2025
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New audit list dropped June 7th. The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs released a new Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL). The CSAL is a courtesy notification for contractors that they will be...more
6/10/2024
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BREAKING: OFCCP announces this year's reporting cycle. The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs now requires covered contractors to certify on an annual basis that they have affirmative action plans in place. The...more
Another chapter has unfolded in the ongoing saga relating to the unprecedented and massive FOIA request for all federal contractors’ EEO-1 Reports. As we previously reported, Will Evans, a reporter with The Center for...more
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs announced that the Contractor Portal will open on March 31 and that contractors will have until June 29 to certify compliance.
The procedures appear to be similar to last...more
Some relatively good news from the OFCCP.
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs revised its Directive around contractors’ evaluations of their compensation systems. Directive 2022-01, formerly titled “Pay...more
The deadline to object is September 19.
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs announced that it plans to release Type 2 (or consolidated) EEO-1 Reports of all federal contractors for the past 5 years in...more
It’s a stick, not a carrot.
As we have previously discussed, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs instituted a new requirement this year that contractors register and certify compliance in the Contractor...more
“CERT” is now in the history books.
During the Trump administration under former Director Craig Leen, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs instituted a series of initiatives and policy changes that Leen...more
So much for transparency!
Today, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would largely rescind enforcement procedures codified in 2020 during the Trump...more
Comp analyses are not privileged, OFCCP says.
In a Directive published today, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs says that it has the right to access contractors' compensation analyses, which have...more
New population stats released by U.S. Census Bureau.
Affirmative action plans developed on or after January 1, 2022, must rely on newly released census data. The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has...more
The OFCCP seeks an online certification process.
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has issued an Information Collection Request seeking comments on “an annual Affirmative Action Program online...more
Corporate Scheduling Announcement Lists are out!
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs released a new list of contractors to be scheduled for compliance evaluations. The Corporate Scheduling Announcement Lists...more
Coronavirus or not, the OFCCP is not hitting the "pause" button on compliance reviews.
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs published an announcement today regarding its response to the COVID-19 crisis....more
For the fifth time in seven months, President Obama has signed an Executive Order directed solely toward federal contractors and their employees. Yesterday, he signed the "Fair Play and Safe Workplaces" Executive Order to...more