DCI Consulting Blog

In addition to its release of FY 08 enforcement statistics, OFCCP also posted a new FAQ section on the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) on its website. OFCCP stated in one of the FAQs that conforming amendments will be made to OFCCP’s Section 503...

On January 12, 2009, OFCCP announced the five federal contractor establishments selected for the 2008 G-FIVE Program (Good Faith Initiative for Veterans Employment). All of the recipients demonstrated “best practices” for the employment and...

Washington, DC – Paul Wells, Compensation Consultant at The Boeing Company, was recently elected and named Chair of the Board of The Center for Corporate Equality, according to Patricia Schaeffer, Executive Director for the national nonprofit...

by Sul-Kee Kim, Consultant, DCI Consulting Group, Inc. On January 8, 2009, OFCCP held a webinar to discuss its online application system directive and to provide additional tools and resources to assist Federal contractors in complying with the...

by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOFCCP reports the first list of contractor establishments was available to OFCCP regional offices beginning the week of October 6, 2008 for scheduling of compliance evaluations during this...

Employers who entered into and/or modified a federal contract of $25,000 or more before December 1, 2003 are required to file a VETS-100 Report annually by the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended (VEVRAA). The...

On August 1, 2008 the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) updated their interim guidance document on federal contractors’ use of the newly revised race/ethnic categories in the new EEO-1 report. The revised document further...

by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOFCCP announced two new initiatives on July 24, 2008 regarding hiring veterans and online applicant selection systems.1. Good-Faith Initiative for Veterans Employment (G-FIVE): This initiative...

by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOFCCP posted a new administrative directive on their website entitled “Preserving Employment and Personnel Records in Electronic Format.” The new directive dated May 14, 2008 sets forth OFCCP’s...

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...