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by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn his recent invited address to the International Personnel Assessment Council (IPAC) (July 2010), SIOP Fellow Dr. Michael A. McDaniel gave seven specific reasons (or flaws) for...

by David Cohen, President, DCI Consulting GroupOn July 10, 2010 Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis announced that the OFCCP will publish an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPM) early next year that will seek input from stakeholders on how to...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyArt Gutman reviewed the administrative law judge ruling in favor of OFCCP/against Bank of America here in February 2010. Gutman and Dunleavy have written a more detailed review of the...

At a White House Middle Class Task Force forum today, U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis announced new initiatives aimed at addressing pay equity and wage discrimination.

Of particular interest to Federal contractors was the announcement that...

by David Cohen, President, DCI Consulting GroupThe landscape of Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity has changed in recent years due to updated EEO laws and innovative new enforcement agency strategies.One recent change that has had...

DCI President David Cohen delivered the first-ever keynote address at Radford University's Graduate College Commencement and Hooding Ceremony on May 7, 2010. Cohen was chosen as the inaugural speaker based on his success in the short period of time...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyMy thanks to Dr. Lance Seberhagen (CEO & Director of Seberhagen & Associates) for forwarding the following information.As reported in the BullsEye Newsletter in February 2010, there are...

The Associated Press has reported that Hillary Clinton’s name has surfaced as a possible replacement for Justice Stevens, who recently announced his retirement from the Supreme Court.

The report is based on an appearance by Senators Hatch and...

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of PsychologyAccording to a BNA report dated March 26, 2010, congress is likely to turn its attention to three important piece of EEO legislation. For BNA subscribers, the report is available here....

by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of PsychologyIn a press release dated February 5, 2010, the EEOC reported the following facts based on EEO-1 data extracts in 2008. Key facts include:

• Of the approximately 62 million private sector...

As noted in a prior DCI Update, it was reported in the Chicago newspapers that the Chicago Police Department is considering scrapping its police entry exam (see ...

Dr. Arthur Gutman, Professor of Psychology at Florida Institute of Technology (FIT), is the new editor of DCI’s semi-monthly client alerts. Art is author of “EEO Law and Personnel Practices” (Sage, 2000, 2nd Ed) and originator of “On The Legal Front...