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The Department of Labor just gave the green light for federal contractor audits and investigations involving disability and veteran bias to resume immediately. While affirmative action obligations based on race, sex, and other EO 11246 categories remain nullified under a January executive order from President Trump, the agency’s J uly 2 announcement means it is back in business for enforcing Section 503 ( disability ) and VEVRAA ( protected veterans ) . Here’s what your business needs to know – and do. What Just Happened? On July 2, Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer issued a new directive ( Secretary’s Order 08-2025 ) that lifts the pause on OFCCP’s enforcement of Section 503 and VEVRAA obligations. This action reverses the temporary hold put in place in January by the Acting Secretary of Labor, Vincent Micone, on January 24 in  Order 03-2025 . Key actions from Order 08-2025: OFCCP may now resume complaint investigations involving veterans and individuals with disabilities. An...

Recently, many federal government websites, including several Department of Labor (DOL) pages, have undergone significant changes. In February, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) website featured only a landing page referencing Executive Order 14173 from January 21, 2025, titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.” Early this week, DCI observed a number of webpages on OFCCP’s site coming back online. Though not accessible from the existing OFCCP home page, many direct links that once only resulted in “Page Not Found” errors have come back online. For example: Corporate Scheduling Announcement Lists  (CSAL), their FAQs, and methodologies are available as of Friday, March 14, 2025. Conciliation Agreements  resurfaced as well, though no additional conciliation agreements have been posted since President Trump’s inauguration on January 20, 2025. Scheduled Review Lists , the fairly new resource provided by OFCCP listing cont...

  Today, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs published the latest  Corporate Scheduling Announcement List   (CSAL) for supply & service contractors, which is composed of 2,000 federal contractors and subcontractors. The CSAL is a courtesy notification to an establishment selected for a Compliance Evaluation, Corporate Management Compliance Evaluation, Functional Affirmative Action Program Evaluation, or University Evaluation. We encourage contractors to take advantage of our suite of  compliance assistance  offerings and to contact their local field and regional offices for technical assistance as they prepare for the evaluation. Additionally, federal contractors and subcontractors can visit our website to find a list of  OFCCP’s virtual compliance assistance events . OFCCP has published the  methodology  for developing this list as well as frequently asked questions ( FAQs ) where answers to other matters related to this topic ...

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) just released its 2024 Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL), which identified 500 establishments of supply and service contractors that have been selected for an upcoming audit. Federal contractors and subcontractors should immediately examine the list, which was just released last Friday, to determine if one or more of your establishments have been identified for such an audit. This Insight explains how to find out if you’ve been selected, summarizes the scheduling methodology in more detail so you can learn why you were chosen, and provides a seven-step plan for responding. How Can We Find Out If We’ve Been Selected for Audit? You should immediately review the 2024 Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL)  by clicking on this link and choosing “FY 2024 CSAL Supply & Service Scheduling List.” Doing so will generate an Excel document as a downloadable file, which contains the actual list. What Should Contr...