DCI Consulting Blog

Patricia Shiu, Director of OFCCP, went on Federal News Radio to discuss the agency's initiatives on pay discrimination. Some of the issues discussed include:

• Rescinding the compensation standards and guidelines
• A new data collection survey...

by David Morgan & Joanna Colosimo, DCI Consulting Group

William E. Doyle, Jr. at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP presented on recent developments related to OFCCP and diversity at the Washington Metro Industry Liaison Group (WMILG) meeting, on August...

OFCCP oversees Federal contractors compliance with Executive Order 11246, Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA). With the new administration and new director of OFCCP, Patricia...

The US Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) has made available two reports on affirmative action, applicable to individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans, in the federal contractor sector.

The agency states...

OFCCP has issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) inviting the public to provide input on how the agency can strengthen the affirmative action requirements of the regulations implementing Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of...

On May 20, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) will publish its final rule implementing Executive Order 13496 and prescribing the size, form, and content of the notice to be posted by a contractor describing the rights of employees under Federal...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyLorraine McCarthy, staff writer for BNA, reported on May 17, 2010 that the OFCCP has charged AstraZeneca PLC with violating Executive Order 11246 in an administrative complaint filed on...

by Keli Parody Wilson, Consultant, DCI Consulting GroupOn February 22, 2010, DCI Consulting posted a blog highlighting the agency's Functional Affirmative Action Plan (FAAP) process trends. In summary, the blog focused on the prolonged approval...

by David Cohen, President, DCI Consulting GroupAs described in an earlier DCI client update, the Department of Labor released a database summarizing recent OFCCP enforcement activity. One interesting section of that database lists individual...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), living up to a promise of more transparency and open government under Secretary Hilda L. Solis, has launched an enforcement data web site to make data collected by DOL agencies accessible and searchable by the...

by Fred Satterwhite, Senior Consultant, DCI Consulting GroupFederal contractors are currently receiving the Spring 2010 edition of OFCCP's Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letter (CSAL), which was sent to contractors' chief executive officers at...

by Joanna Colosimo, Consultant, DCI Consulting GroupFor Fiscal Year 2010, there was a 16% increase to the OFCCP’s budget, which represents the largest percentage increase the agency has received on record. This addition to the agency’s budget will...