June 25, 2025
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

OFCCP Seeks OMB Permission To Rescind E.O. 11246 Regulations

The White House Office of Management and Budget is reviewing a proposed rule that would rescind the OFCCP regulations implementing Executive Order 11246. Issued in 1965, E.O. 11246, as amended, prohibited federal contractors from discriminating in employment on the basis of race and sex, among other characteristics, and required contractors to take affirmative action to prevent such discrimination. President Trump revoked E.O....
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April 07, 2025
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

EEOC Seeks To Remove Non-Binary Response Option for EEO-1 Reporting

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has asked the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval to change the EEO-1 Report’s instructions relating to employees that self-identify as non-binary. Employers likely will be required to report all employees as either male or female in the next reporting cycle. For the past several years, the EEOC has instructed employers that they...
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December 09, 2024
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Category: DOL

DOL Appears To Abandon Its Attempt To Overhaul the Registered Apprenticeship Program

The Biden Administration appears to be giving up on its attempt to overhaul the regulations governing registered apprenticeship programs. The Labor Department published its proposed rule on January 17, 2024, and in June sent a draft of the final regulations to the White House Office of Management and Budget for approval. On November 27, 2024, OMB posted on its website that the...
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August 15, 2024
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

CWC Comments to OMB Argue Against Reinstatement of OFCCP’s Burdensome Form CC-257

CWC has submitted written comments to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) contending that the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’ (OFCCP) request to reinstate the Monthly Employment Utilization Report (Form CC-257) is unnecessary and burdensome. The form would require covered construction contractors and subcontractors to collect and report headcount and hours-worked data by race, ethnicity, sex,...
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August 06, 2024
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

FAR Council Proposes Reinstating Lapsed Contractor Reporting Requirement

The Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council wants to reinstate a requirement obligating covered federal contractors to report executive compensation and first-tier subcontract awards. The FAR Council is an interagency entity that coordinates federal government procurement policy and regulatory activities. In a notice published May 24, 2024, the FAR Council indicated that it will seek approval from the White House Office of...
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August 05, 2024
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Category: Agency Enforcement

OMB Approves OFCCP’s Burdensome New Construction Contractor Scheduling Letter

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’ (OFCCP) expanded version of the Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing for notifying construction contractors of a compliance evaluation. OMB also has approved a revised version of OFCCP’s new Construction Contract Award Notification Requirement Form (Form CC-314). Both approvals begin July 31, 2024,...
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July 24, 2024
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

CWC Urges OMB To Ameliorate Burden Imposed by OFCCP’s Construction Contractor Letter

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC) has submitted comments to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in response to a request from the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) for authorization to use an expanded version of the construction contractor scheduling letter and itemized listing that the agency uses to notify construction contractors of a compliance...
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July 01, 2024
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Category: Agency Enforcement

OFCCP Asks OMB To Expand Construction Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing

The Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has submitted a formal request to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to use a more detailed scheduling letter and itemized listing to notify federal construction contractors of a compliance audit. OFCCP unveiled its proposal for a new scheduling letter back in March. The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our...
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June 18, 2024
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

CWC Urges OMB To Recognize the Compliance Burden Imposed by OFCCP’s Contractor Portal

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has commented on a request by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) to continue using its contractor portal. Federal contractors and subcontractors must use the contractor portal, an online tool, to certify annually that they have developed and maintained affirmative action programs (AAPs) in accordance with OFCCP’s...
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June 12, 2024
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

OMB Approves Use of Current Version of VETS-4212 for Another Three Years

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the Labor Department’s request to continue using the current version of the Federal Contractor Veterans’ Employment Report (VETS-4212) through the 2026 filing season. The VETS-4212 is a mandatory annual report that covered federal contractors must file with DOL’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS). The VETS-4212 is designed to collect...
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