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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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CONGRESSMAN MEEKS CITES ROMNEY IN PROPOSED BILL ON DISCLOSURE OF MINORITIES AND WOMEN IN VARIOUS PAY BRACKETS

January 30, 2012

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...

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Obama Signs National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)

January 11, 2012

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...

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OFCCP NAMES NEW DIRECTOR OF THE MIDWEST REGION

November 18, 2011

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...

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EEOC & OFCCP UPDATE THEIR MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

November 18, 2011

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyA new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the EEOC and OFCCP was signed on 11/7/11 by EEOC Director Jacqueline A. Berrien and Patricia A. Shui and may be viewed at ...

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PROPOSED CHANGES TO CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY (CPS) DISABILITY SUPPLEMENT

October 21, 2011

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...

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