DCI Consulting Blog

by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsDCI Consulting Group Inc. has noticed a surprising new trend in how OFCCP conducts its adverse impact analyses.David Cohen, President of DCI, says that in working with his clients recently,...

by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOn March 6, 2008, OFCCP held its second in a series of free national webinars to discuss its 2008 policy priorities and answer questions. OFCCP Deputy Director David Frank and the Policy...

On December 28, 2007, OFCCP clarified its enforcement of the self-identification requirements of its regulation implementing the Jobs for Veterans’ Act (JVA) amendments to the affirmative action provisions of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice-President Regulatory AffairsOFCCP will hold an operational update webinar on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 from 2:00pm – 3:00pm EST. OFCCP’s Deputy Assistant Secretary Charles E. James, Sr., and Director of Program...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOn August 28, 2007, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights released a briefing report entitled “Affirmative Action in American Law Schools.” Commenting on the report, Commission Chair Gerald A....

The OFCCP has posted interim guidance on its website regarding the use of race and ethnic categories in affirmative action programs.

As stated in part in this interim guidance, in light of the changes made to the EEO-1 Report, OFCCP is drafting...

This is an update to yesterday’s blog posting regarding the pending release of OFCCP’s final rule covering Veterans.

In that posting, we provided a summary of the new requirements on contractors’ mandatory job posting obligations as outlined in an...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOn Wednesday, August 8, 2007, OFCCP will publish in the Federal Register its final rule implementing the amendments to the affirmative action provisions of the Vietnam Era Veterans’...

UPDATE: The final rule was published in the Federal Register on August 8, 2007.DCI has learned that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) completed its review on August 1, 2007 of OFCCP’s proposed final rule implementing the amendments to the...

By Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory Affairs

A senior OFCCP official has confirmed the agency has begun scheduling a new round of functional affirmative action program (FAAP) compliance evaluations. OFCCP will use a random method to...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsUPDATE: OMB completed its review of the rule on August 1, 2007. The final rule was published in the Federal Register on August 8, 2007.The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is currently...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsThis is the time of year when federal agencies release their semi-annual regulatory agendas, as required by Executive Order 11286 and the Regulatory Flexibility Act. The agenda lists all...