The 28th Annual Conference for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) was held April 11-13, 2013 in Houston, TX. Attendees and presenters from a variety of industries and backgrounds took part in the event, including but not...
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April 09, 2013
In an announcement released on March 14th, the U.S. Census Bureau discussed the unemployment rate of workers with disabilities based on the new Disability Employment Tabulation. The statistics show that individuals with disabilities only account for...
March 18, 2013
The report was released on March 14, 2012 and may be viewed at https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/american_community_survey_acs/cb12-51.html. The report is based on statistics between 2008 and 2010, which may be viewed at ...
March 08, 2013
by Dave Sharrer, DCI Consulting GroupThis week, OFCCP Director Pat Shiu announced several changes to the OFCCP’s leadership staff.Tom Dowd has been named Deputy Director. With the retirement of Dr. Richard Fischer as the Director of Testing...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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)....
