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EEOC seeks public input for (QQP) for Investigations and Conciliations

February 14, 2013

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe notice was released on February 2, 2013 and be viewed at the eeoc.gov website (see http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/2-12-13.cfm). The QQP is part of a strategic plan for...

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SOCIAL NETWORKING ONLINE PROTECTION ACT (SNOPA) REINTRODUCED IN HOUSE

February 14, 2013

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologySNOPA was originally filed in April 2012 and died in the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. It was reintroduced on February 6, 2013 by the same actors as last year...

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OFCCP'S 2013 REGULATORY AGENDA: SECTION 503 AND 4212 TO BE RELEASED THIS SPRING

January 08, 2013

Most federal contractors have been eagerly awaiting news on the Section 503 and 4212 regulations that have been in the works for several years now. The future of the regulations relied upon the outcome of the 2012 presidential election. There was a...

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OFCCP Names New Director for Northeast Region

December 19, 2012
The OFCCP recently hired Diana Sen to head the Northeast Regional Office.

Diana Sen is an Associate Counsel for Latino Justice PRLDEF, formerly the Puerto Rican Legal Defense & Education Fund in New York where she heads their Southeastern U.S....

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VETS100-100A FEDERAL CONTRACTOR REPORTING ALERT

September 24, 2012

by Keli Wilson, Senior Consultant, DCI Consulting GroupFederal contractors need to be aware of a significant change to the VETS100-100A electronic file upload function this year. Specifically, when a text file is uploaded to the online system it...

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DCI Staff Attend the 30th Annual ILG National Conference & Exposition

September 24, 2012
The 2012 Industry Liaison Group (ILG) National Conference was held August 27-31, 2012 in Waikoloa, HI. DCI staff attended the 30th annual conference, and presented in numerous workshop sessions on such topic areas as systemic discrimination...
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SENATE CONDUCTS HEARING ON CONTRACTORS' HIRING OF VETERANS

June 11, 2012

McCaskill Condemns DOL Statistics

By Joanna Colosimo and Kayo Sady, Consultants at DCI Consulting Group
On Tuesday June 5, Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO), chaired a hearing for the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs...
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Password Protection Act (PPA) of 2012 Introduced

June 05, 2012

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology

The PPA was introduced on May 9, 2012 by Democratic Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)....
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DCI Staff Attend SIOP’S 27th Annual Conference Held in San Diego

June 04, 2012
by Amanda Shapiro, Kayo Sady, Ph.D, & Eric Dunleavy, Ph.D., DCI Consulting Group
The 27th Annual Conference for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) was held April 26-28, 2012 in San Diego, CA. Attendees and presenters...
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DCI Staff Attend Swarm ILG Conference: What You Need To Know

May 03, 2012

The Annual Southwest and Rocky Mountain (SWARM) Region Industry Liaison Group (ILG)Conference was held April 10 – 13, 2012 in San Antonio, TX. This annual conference brings together members of the federal contracting community to discuss affirmative...

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HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE TO HOLD HEARING ON OFCCP ACTIONS

April 12, 2012

by Fred Satterwhite, Principal Consultant, DCI Consulting GroupThe U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Education and the Workforce has scheduled a hearing entitled "Reviewing the Impact of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs'...

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7TH CIRCUIT Ruling on Adverse Impact, Pattern or Practice, and Class Certification

April 10, 2012

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe case Puffer v. Allstate Ins. Co. was handed down on March 27, 2012 [2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 6213]. The headline reads that the 7th Circuit upheld a lower court ruling rejecting class...

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