DE Under 3: FAR Council Seeks to Require Federal Contractors to Report First-Tier Subcontractor Information, Including Potentially Executive Compensation Data
DE Under 3: OMB Announced Finalized Overhaul to Federal Race & Ethnicity Data Collection Standards
DE Under 3: OFCCP Resurrects Proposal for Monthly CC-257 Employment Utilization Reports for Construction Contractors
DE Under 3: FAR Council Submitted for OMB Approval Proposed Rule on “Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting”
DE Under 3: Surprises Lurk Throughout OMB's 2023 Spring Regulatory Agenda
DE Under 3: OFCCP’s Controversial “Pre-Enforcement Notice & Conciliation Procedures” Final Rule Coming Soon
DE Under 3: President Biden Issued "Modernizing Regulatory Review" Executive Order
DE Under 3: OMB’s Initial Proposal to Overhaul Federal Race & Ethnicity Data Collections
DE Under 3: OMB Publishes Its Fall 2022 Regulatory Agenda
DE Under 3: Big Changes Coming to OFCCP's Supply & Service Contractor ICRs
DE Under 3: Employment Poster Requirements & the U.S. DOJ’s First-Ever Criminal Anti-Trust Prosecution
DE Under 3: Data Gathering & Data Delivery
DE Under 3: New Data Collection Burdens, NLRB’s Ruling Regarding Union Election Dismissals, and OMB’s Tech Modernization Fund
Biden’s Modernizing Regulatory Review – A New Paradigm?
DoD Cyber: A Conversation with Melissa Vice, COO for DoD’s Vulnerability Disclosure Program
Is it the End of the EB-5 World as We Know it? How to Prepare for Potential Changes
I-14: Update on EEO-1 and I-9 Forms, Employer Obligations After a Hurricane or Other Natural Disaster, and Attorney Jason Barsanti on Meal and Rest Breaks
An OFCCP compliance evaluation is a process in which a federal contractor or subcontractor’s affirmative action program is reviewed for regulatory compliance with the affirmative action and nondiscrimination provisions of...more
In the spirit of “spooky season,” the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has been “haunting” federal construction contractors with new compliance burdens. With the resurrection...more
On June 7, 2024, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published its FY 2024 Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL) for Supply and Service Contractors. The CSAL is a courtesy notification, and the...more
In thinking through what are the current, 2024, big ticket items for Affirmative Practice, the head reels. Will the Harvard/University of North Carolina cases lead to court action seeking to limit Affirmative Action practice...more
As 2023 ends, despite the visions of sugar plums dancing in your head, it is a good time to take stock of government initiatives affecting your Affirmative Action practice, the better to get ready for 2024. Many things...more
On August 24, 2023, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) posted an “Approved with Change” action for the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program’s (OFCCP)...more
On August 25, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued an Office of Management and Budget (OMB)-approved, revised Supply and Service Scheduling Letter and...more
On September 8, 2023, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) released a list of 1,000 establishments for supply and service federal contractors selected to receive advance audit notices known as Corporate...more
On August 25, 2023, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced it has updated its Supply and Service Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing (Scheduling Letter) for all compliance evaluations...more
On August 25, 2023, OFCCP announced the implementation of its revised Combined Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing, which “applies to supply and service compliance evaluations scheduled on or after August 24, 2023.” The...more
On August 24, 2023, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) posted an “Approved with Change” action for OFCCP’s proposed revisions to its scheduling letter for supply and...more
On August 25, 2023, OFCCP announced that it received approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for its new Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing, significantly expanding the information and data federal...more
As we previously reported, OFCCP is seeking reauthorization of a revised Compliance Review Scheduling Letter (“Scheduling Letter”) and Itemized Listing. The Scheduling Letter and Itemized are issued by OFCCP at the outset of...more
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has been working to revise the scheduling letter and itemized listing it uses to initiate compliance reviews of supply and service federal contractors and...more
As previously covered by the DCI Blog, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is working to revise the letter it uses to schedule compliance reviews of supply and service federal contractors and...more
On November 20, 2022, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published proposed changes to its Supply & Service scheduling letter and itemized listing. Over the next few weeks, DCI will provide a series of...more
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has proposed changes to the notice, or Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing, it issues to federal contractors and subcontractors selected for annual compliance...more
OFCCP is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) reauthorize the supply and service program “compliance review scheduling letter” that provides federal contractors with notice of audit, and the “itemized...more
As we previously reported, when OFCCP released its latest Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (“CSAL”) in September 2020, it identified contractors selected for the agency’s new reviews focused on promotions and...more
OFCCP seeks approval of additional Scheduling Letters. The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has requested the Office of Management and Budget to approve two new Scheduling Letters: one for promotion focused...more
Federal construction contractors are wise to take note of two major developments involving their compliance obligations under federal equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws enforced by the Department of Labor's Office of...more
Quick Hit: On June 28, 2019 The Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) published notice that “OFCCP seeks to revise the letters used to schedule compliance evaluations.” As we previously reported, OFCCP proposed changes to...more
This is the third of our series of blog posts on the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) July 1 request for comments on OFCCP’s updated proposed scheduling letters. For background, OFCCP first proposed changes to its...more
This is the second blog post in our series discussing the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB’s) request for further comments on OFCCP’s proposed scheduling letters and itemized listings, which were first published in...more
In April, OFCCP proposed four new scheduling letters – one each for its establishment reviews, compliance checks, and separate but related letters for its focused reviews on Section 503 (disability) and VEVRAA (veteran)...more