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DOL Halts OFCCP Layoffs, Focuses on Reassignments

August 18, 2025

By Rosemary Cox, M.S.

Blog OverviewOver 150 former employees of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) have had their reductions-in-force cancelled and are being reassigned to OFCCP or other Department of Labor agencies. 

On...

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Department of Education Directs Universities to Submit Race, Sex Data

August 14, 2025

By Rosemary Cox, M.S.

On August 7, 2025, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon directed the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) to collect data on admissions for institutions of higher education to ensure that race-based preferences...

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VETS-4212 Reporting Coming up Fast!

July 13, 2022

By Rosemary Cox

Time is moving quickly so we wanted to take a moment to remind you that VETS-4212 Reports must be filed between August 1 and September 30. 

The U.S. Department of Labor's Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) and Office...

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Government Accountability Office (GAO) Recommends Enhancements for OFCCP Oversight

May 27, 2022

By Rosemary Cox

On Thursday, May 26, 2022, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report, GAO-22-104599, which outlined seven recommendations where the Office of Federal Contract and Compliance Programs (OFCCP) could substantially...

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Contractor Portal Considerations

February 03, 2022

On February 1, 2022, registration for the Contractor Portal for the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) opened. The Contractor Portal will be used for covered supply and service federal contractors and subcontractors to certify...

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OFCCP Publishes RFI Race and Sex Stereotyping and Scapegoating

October 21, 2020

This morning OFCCP released RIN 1250-ZA01 “Request for Information; Race and Sex Stereotyping and Scapegoating” (RFI) as was required by the new Executive Order 13950 and hosted a brief stakeholder call; both are described below. Additionally, a new

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OFCCP Releases 2020 CSAL

September 11, 2020

Today, Friday, September 11th, the OFCCP released two new Corporate Scheduling Lists (CSAL), posted to the FOIA Library. 

There are 2,250 contractor establishments on the Supply & Service CSAL list and, as promised, it does include higher education...

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The Higher Education Technical Assistance Guide (TAG)

October 31, 2019

In October, the Office of Federal Contract and Compliance Programs (OFCCP) released, for the first time, a Technical Assistance Guide (TAG) to help educational institutions better understand their obligations under the equal employment opportunity...

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2019 Looks to be A Busy Year for OFCCP (and Contractors)

November 20, 2018

In 2018, under the leadership of Acting Director Craig Leen, OFCCP began its journey of transparency.We saw it reflected in the release of a Contractor Bill of Rights, nine (9) new Directives by the agency and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)...

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New Round of CSALs Sent Out – Be on the Lookout

September 07, 2018

The following information was published on the OFCCP website today, September 7, 2018: https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/faqs/csalfaqs.htm

750 CSAL letters were mailed to contractor establishments on September 7, 2018, as a supplement to...

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Video Blog: Tips for the End of Your Plan Year

October 17, 2017

Join Rosemary Cox, M.S., Senior Consultant at DCI for part 2 of her series as she discusses tips for the end of your plan year.

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Video Blog: Tips on Website Accessibility

October 02, 2017

Join Senior Consultant Rosemary Cox, M.S., as she discusses important tips to make your website accessible.

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