DCI Consulting Blog

By: Sheryl Harmening

On January 26, 2023, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)announcedits proposal for updating the standardsused for collecting race and ethnicity data.OMBmost recently updated these standards in 1997 through Standard ...

By: Sheryl Harmening 

Update as of February 14, 2023:

On February 14, 2023, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) extended the deadline to confirm objections to the release of EEO-1 reports to March 3, 2023, from February 17,...

By: Bill Osterndorf 

On Friday, January 20, 2023, the State of California published updated Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding the pay data reporting that employers must do. These FAQs were meant to respond to questions surrounding changes...

By: Bill Osterndorf 

There are manyproposed revisionsin the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’ (OFCCP) scheduling letter and itemized listing that was released on November 20, 2022. One of the proposed revisions to the scheduling...

By: Evan Szarenski and Cassie Alfheim 

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...

By: Bill Osterndorf and Evan Szarenski 

On January 6, 2023, the State of Illinois published final administrative rules regarding the Equal Pay Registration Certificate that employers must secure. The administrative rules had been published in ...

By: Evan Szarenski and Joanna Colosimo

OFCCP began notifying contractors, that did not object to release of EEO-1 Type 2 reports,of a data release after January 2, 2023. However, there is aproblem: contractors who did object have also received...

By: Kayin Banfield 

On November 15, 2022, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued a revised version of its Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability form. The agency is currently soliciting comments regarding these...

By: Bill Osterndorf, Kate Hayek, and Alaya Collins

On November 9, 2022, theEqual Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) gave notice that it is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a three-year extension of the EEO-1

By: Deborah Fashole-Luke and Rosemary Cox 

This year is the inaugural year of the Office of Federal Contractor Program’s (OFCCP) Contractor Portal. Throughout a months-long registration and certification period, federal contractors and...

By: Haley Fisk

Republican commissioner of the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Janet Dhillon announced her resignation from EEOC, with her last day in service being November 18, 2022. Before moving to her post as a commissioner,...

By: Haley Fisk

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published a new 'Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal' poster(revised version dated 10/20/2022)meant to replace and supersedethe previous ‘EEO is the Law’ post