A Note from DCI: Compliance obligations for federal contractors, grant recipients, and employers have been rewritten faster than most organizations can absorb. FedAssure™ exists because our clients needed a defensible way to assess and document where they stand as it relates to anti-discrimination law. This week it was named "HR Compliance Solution of the Year" in the HR Tech Breakthrough Awards. Our full announcement is below.
WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug 12, 2026 – DCI Consulting Group (DCI) announced today that its FedAssure™ platform has been selected as winner of the “HR Compliance Solution of the Year” award in the inaugural HR Tech Breakthrough Awards program conducted by Tech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence and recognition platform for global technology innovation and leadership.
FedAssure, which was built in partnership with SHRM, is the only platform that assesses and documents federal contractors', federal grant recipients', and employers' compliance with Executive Order 14398 and its implementing FAR clause 52.222-90, Executive Order 14173, and Title VII of the Civils Rights Act of 1964.
The platform starts with a structured assessment across HR, talent acquisition, compliance, compensation, and C-Suite functions. Responses are analyzed and rated automatically, and results are provided both division- and organization-wide. FedAssure then conducts analyses on the outcomes of hires, promotions, terminations, and pay decisions by job category, sex, and race/ethnicity, and benchmarks results against predicted rates in order to find potential areas of risk. Finally, the platform uses a propriety AI model trained by DCI's experts to analyze employee handbooks, written policies, procedures, and public-facing websites for compliance with relevant laws and executive orders. Potentially problematic language is surfaced for review, giving employers a chance to address any issues.
Additionally, FedAssure is capable of providing remediation recommendations based on assessment responses, policy and documentation reviews, and workforce analytics.
“Employers do not need another generic analytics tool. They need clarity in an uncertain regulatory moment, workflows that match the obligations they actually carry, and a partner in DCI Consulting who understands that the rules have changed in real ways. FedAssure delivers all three,” said David Cohen, Founder and CEO of DCI. “Thank you to HR Tech Breakthrough for this recognition. Federal contractors, attorney partners, trade associations, and Fortune 500 employers have relied on us for decades. That same expertise is embedded in FedAssure to ensure that customers get the rigor of a top-tier consulting engagement at the scale and accessibility of software.”
The HR Tech Breakthrough Awards program is produced by Tech Breakthrough, the organization behind more than a decade of recognition programs spanning AI, cybersecurity, fintech, digital health, cleantech, edtech, and other technology sectors. The HR Tech Breakthrough program evaluates solutions across the full spectrum of human resources and workforce technology, from talent acquisition and onboarding to performance management, employee experience, workforce analytics, and beyond. The 2026 program drew nominations from companies from more than 15 countries, reflecting the global scope and pace of innovation in HR technology.
“FedAssure was built for the world that exists now. Federal contractors, federal grant recipients, and employers are facing a fundamentally rewritten compliance landscape. Enforcement methods have shifted, attestation obligations have expanded, and the playbooks contractors relied on no longer map cleanly to today's requirements. Legacy HR tech was built for a world that has changed,” said Steve Johansson, Managing Director at HR Tech Breakthrough. “FedAssure is built specifically for the moment employers are living through now, offering a defensible, practitioner-friendly platform grounded in real federal compliance experience and backed by the deepest federal compliance bench in the industry.”
About DCI Consulting Group, Inc.
DCI is a human resource risk management consulting firm strategically headquartered in Washington, D.C. Members of DCI's staff are recognized experts in a variety of spaces, including federal and state non-discrimination requirements, affirmative action plan development and implementation, OFCCP audit support, pay equity analyses, compensation structure design, employee selection and test validation, and litigation support. DCI also offers proprietary software and related support to clients, such as its mandatory job listing service offering.
About HR Tech Breakthrough
Part of Tech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence and recognition platform for global technology innovation and leadership, the HR Tech Breakthrough Awards program is dedicated to recognizing the top companies, technologies, and products in today’s global human resources and workforce technology market. The annual program provides a comprehensive analysis and evaluation of the most innovative solutions transforming how organizations attract, engage, develop, and retain talent in an increasingly digital and data-driven workplace.
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