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...
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'...
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...
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyOn 1/18/12, Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) introduced H.R. 3791 requiring public companies to disclose their pay brackets and how many women and minorities fall within them. This bill would...
The NDAA was signed into law on December 31, 2011. Critically, Section 715 of the NDAA exempts TRICARE providers from coverage as federal contractors (see link below).
TRICARE is the healthcare program that covers active duty soldiers, retired...
DCI has learned that Bradley A. Anderson will become the Director of OFCCP’s Midwest Regional Office. Director Anderson has been with the agency for 16 years and was most recently the director of the Charlotte District Office in North Carolina. The...
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn a release dated 10/19/11, the DOL announced proposed changes to the CPS Disability Supplement survey. The proposed changes are in accord with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995...
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn a news release dated September 19,2011, DOL Secretary Hilda Solis announced an agreement between the DOL and IRS to improve efforts to identify employer practices of misclassification...
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of Technology On August 16, 2011 OPM Director John Berry and EEOC Chair Jacqueline A. Berrien issued a memorandum to all civilian federal employees during EEOC's Examining Conflicts in Employment Law...
