A federal court has temporarily stayed its order from December 2023 forcing the Department of Labor (DOL) to release EEO-1 reports from federal contractors that objected to the data’s release. The case arose from a news organization’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on February 16, 2024, put on hold the February 20 EEO-1 release deadline after DOL appealed the court’s order on February 15. The district court is expected to rule soon on whether it will extend the stay until the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit resolves DOL’s appeal. The case is The Center for Investigative Reporting v. U.S. Department of Labor.
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