Responding to unnamed and unknown “Congressional Requesters,” the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) issued a 45-page written report titled “Equal Employment Opportunity: Better Assistance and Data Use Could Improve Oversight of Veterans’ Federal Contractor Employment” (“GAO Protected Veterans Report”). The GAO is a 101-year-old federal agency often called the “congressional watchdog.” […]
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Equal Employment Opportunity: Better Assistance and Data Use Could Improve Oversight of Veterans’ Federal Contractor Employment
What GAO Found The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) helps contractors comply with affirmative action provisions for veterans protected under the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (VEVRAA). OFCCP provides web-based resources and coordinates with contractors and stakeholders, among other activities. For example, OFCCP provides some […]
The OFCCP’s New Contractor Portal: Here is What Federal Contractors and Subcontractors Ought to Know | Alston & Bird
The Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs (OFCCP) both administers and enforces the following three equal employment opportunity laws: (1) Executive Order 11246; (2) Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; and (3) Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (VEVRAA), as amended.[1] […]
Judge acquits federal defense contractor on Jan. 6 charges
WASHINGTON — A federal defense contractor with a top-secret security clearance who admitted he entered the Capitol during the attack on Jan. 6, 2021, was found not guilty Wednesday. Matthew Martin was acquitted by U.S. District Judge Trevor N. McFadden after a two-day bench trial. Martin chose to go to […]
New Federal Directive Places Contractor Pay Equity Audits Under Scrutiny | McDermott Will & Emery
Government contractors are required to perform pay equity audits as part of their affirmation action obligations. Now, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has released a new Directive clarifying its authority to access those pay equity audits and confirming that those audits cannot be sheltered as privileged. A […]