DCI Consulting Blog

A reminder that the America’s Job Bank Service Center will close on June 30, 2008. OFCCP encourages federal contractors who used AJB for their OFCCP recruitment activities to request a comprehensive compliance report well before the service center...

by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsThe Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published a notice in yesterday’s Federal Register seeking a three-year extension on the approval of the Supply and Service Scheduling...

by Eric Dunleavy, Ph.D., Senior ConsultantOn March 17, 2008, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) held a public meeting to vote on the current status of the recordkeeping provisions of the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection...

by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsDCI Consulting Group Inc. has noticed a surprising new trend in how OFCCP conducts its adverse impact analyses.David Cohen, President of DCI, says that in working with his clients recently,...

by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOn March 6, 2008, OFCCP held its second in a series of free national webinars to discuss its 2008 policy priorities and answer questions. OFCCP Deputy Director David Frank and the Policy...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOn February 21, 2008, the OFCCP posted an announcement on its website regarding the second FY 2008 scheduling list. Please review OFCCP’s website for full details.

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by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOFCCP has hired Dr. Javaid Kaiser as its new Director of Statistical Analyses. Dr. Kaiser started in his new position with OFCCP on February 19, 2008. He replaces Dr. Michael Sinclair, who...

On December 28, 2007, OFCCP clarified its enforcement of the self-identification requirements of its regulation implementing the Jobs for Veterans’ Act (JVA) amendments to the affirmative action provisions of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment...

by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOn December 28, 2007, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced that in FY 2007 it had obtained $51,680,950 in back pay and annualized...

by David Cohen, President, DCI Consulting Group Inc.Fred Azua, Jr., the Regional Director of the OFCCP Southwest and Rocky Mountain Region, has officially retired effective January 2, 2008. His last day in the office is today. Fred built a...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice-President Regulatory AffairsOFCCP will hold an operational update webinar on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 from 2:00pm – 3:00pm EST. OFCCP’s Deputy Assistant Secretary Charles E. James, Sr., and Director of Program...

by Patricia A. Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsSince October 1, 2007, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has been reviewing OFCCP’s proposed rule entitled “Government Contractors, Affirmative Action Requirements, Maintaining and...