DCI Consulting Blog

by David Cohen, President, DCI ConsultingThe OFCCP is requesting OMB approval to make changes to its current scheduling letter and itemized listing. As most of you are aware, the scheduling letter lists the 11 items needed to submit to OFCCP within...

Yesterday OFCCP formally announced a proposed rule to strengthen affirmative action requirements for protected veterans. The announcement can be found below:

News Release

OFCCP News Release: [04/25/2011]Contact Name: Michael Volpe or Gloria Della...

VIA: https://www.regulations.gov/ &U.S. Mail, First ClassMs. Debra A. CarrDirectorDivision of Policy, Planning, and Program DevelopmentOffice of Federal Contract Compliance ProgramsU.S. Department of LaborRoom N3422200 Constitution Ave., NW...

Shortly after the publication of OFCCP’s Notice of Proposed Rescission, the Center for Corporate Equality (CCE) conducted two surveys to determine the reactions of the contractor community to OFCCP’s proposal. The first survey was sent to...

by David Cohen, President, DCI Consulting GroupA recent ruling by an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) regarding Item 11 requests has some important implications for both contractors and the OFCCP. The case, OFCCP v. United Space Alliance LLC, DOL,...

OFCCP announced on February 3 that the agency had reached a settlement agreement with Green Bay Dressed Beef LLC that will pay $1.65 million in back wages, interest, and benefits to 970 women who were rejected for general laborer positions at the...

As you probably are aware, OFCCP has released a notice to rescind its Interpretive Standards for Systemic Compensation Discrimination and Voluntary Guidelines. In support of this notice, OFCCP has stated that most contractors are not using the...

Thomas M. Dowd joins OFCCP as Director of the Division of Program Operations where he will oversee the Functional Affirmative Action Program Unit and DPO’s three branches: Enforcement and Appeals, Field Liaison Operations and Technical Assistance,...

On December 21, 2010, the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) concluded its review of OFCCP's "Notice of Proposed Rescission, Interpreting Nondiscrimination Requirements of Executive Order...

OFCCP Director Patricia Shiu officially discontinued the agency's Active Case Management (ACM) process on December 2, 2010 by rescinding Directive Number 285 as recommended by the National Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force in July, 2010. The Task...

DCI has learned that this week, federal contractors are beginning to receive Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letters (CSALs) addressed to the chief executive officers at their corporate headquarters locations, including lists of their...

DCI Consulting Group has learned that OFCCP will no longer conduct I-9 inspections during the course of an on-site investigation. OFCCP has reviewed I-9 compliance under a long-standing Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the DOL and...