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by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsVETS:On October 3, 2007, the Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment Training Service (VETS) published a notice in the Federal Register (71 FR 56103-56104) soliciting comments on the...

The OFCCP has just announced that beginning October 1, 2007, regional offices may schedule compliance evaluations of non-construction Federal contractors from the first FY 2008 scheduling list.

The new scheduling list includes about 2,500...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOFCCP has just posted a notice on their website announcing a new webinar that it will hold on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 1:30pm – 2:30pm EDT on an “Overview of Part 60-300 Veterans...

The OFCCP has posted interim guidance on its website regarding the use of race and ethnic categories in affirmative action programs.

As stated in part in this interim guidance, in light of the changes made to the EEO-1 Report, OFCCP is drafting...

by David Cohen, President and Patricia Schaeffer-Vice President Regulatory AffairsSmall single establishment companies, which may not have received much scrutiny from OFCCP in the past, may now find themselves receiving scheduling letters from the...

This is an update to yesterday’s blog posting regarding the pending release of OFCCP’s final rule covering Veterans.

In that posting, we provided a summary of the new requirements on contractors’ mandatory job posting obligations as outlined in an...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOn Wednesday, August 8, 2007, OFCCP will publish in the Federal Register its final rule implementing the amendments to the affirmative action provisions of the Vietnam Era Veterans’...

UPDATE: The final rule was published in the Federal Register on August 8, 2007.DCI has learned that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) completed its review on August 1, 2007 of OFCCP’s proposed final rule implementing the amendments to the...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOn July 20, 2007, the Department of Labor’s Employment Standards Administration published a notice in the Federal Register soliciting comments on the proposed extension of OFCCP’s Complaint...

By Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory Affairs

A senior OFCCP official has confirmed the agency has begun scheduling a new round of functional affirmative action program (FAAP) compliance evaluations. OFCCP will use a random method to...

OFCCP has been working with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the past several weeks to finalize regulatory changes to the mandatory job listing requirement that is required by the Jobs for Veterans Act. OFCCP had previously indicated it...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsUPDATE: OMB completed its review of the rule on August 1, 2007. The final rule was published in the Federal Register on August 8, 2007.The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is currently...