Blowing the Whistle: What Employers Should Know About DEI & the False Claims Act
When DEI Meets the FCA: What Employers Need to Know About the DOJ’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative
Podcast - Navigating the Updated SF-328 Form
CHPS Podcast Episode 5: The Future of Federal Procurement
DOL Restructures: OFCCP on the Chopping Block as Opinion Letters Expand - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
Abortion Protections Struck Down, LGBTQ Harassment Guidance Vacated, EEO-1 Reporting Opens - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
Podcast - A Comparative Guide to Obtaining an FCL: DCSA vs. the Intelligence Community
2024-2025 Bid Protest Decisions with Far-Reaching Impacts for Government Contractors
Non-Competes Eased, Anti-DEI Rule Blocked, Contractor Rule in Limbo - Employment Law This Week® - #WorkforceWednesday®
Diversifying Your Contract Pipeline by Maximizing Opportunities through the DOD’s Mentor Protégé Program
Clocking in with PilieroMazza: Latest Developments on DEI Executive Order and Action Items before April 21 Deadline
Podcast - The "I" in FOCI and AI: Innovation, Intelligence, Influence
#WorkforceWednesday®: EEOC/DOJ Joint DEI Guidance, EEOC Letters to Law Firms, OFCCP Retroactive DEI Enforcement - Employment Law This Week®
#WorkforceWednesday®: Federal Contractors Alert - DEI Restrictions Reinstated by Appeals Court - Employment Law This Week®
Podcast - What Are Joint Ventures and When Should They Get Cleared?
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 40: Federal Contractors Under the 2nd Trump Administration with Joan Moore & Mim Munzel of The Arbor Consulting Group
Staying Ahead with Federal Government's Impact on Business
ESG Essentials: What You Need To Know Now - Episode 18 - The Reshaping of ESG & DEI
AGG Talks: Solving Employers’ Problems Podcast - Episode 5: What Employers Need to Know About DEI Policy Changes Under the Trump Administration
False Claims Act Insights - Can DE&I Initiatives Lead to Potential False Claims Act Liability?
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On April 16, 2025, the Trump Administration issued an Executive Order titled “Ensuring Commercial, Cost-Effective Solutions in Federal Contracts,” which establishes the Administration’s policy of procuring “commercially ...more
Last month, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) submitted a proposed 2024 EEO-1 instruction booklet to the Office of Management and Budget. If the proposal is approved, the EEO-1 reporting period will begin...more
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Each year companies across the United States await the EEOC portal opening date so that they can manage and plan their resources to meet the deadline to file their EEO-1 form—a report required by the Equal Employment...more
The order requires a review of acquisitions for non-commercial products and services....more
The EEO-1 Report is an annual filing required by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that provides a summary of an employer’s workforce demographics. The Report includes information on a company’s workforce...more
On April 15th, 2025, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) submitted its proposed 2024 EEO-1 instruction booklet via an Information Collection Review submitted to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs...more
The 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection appears to be moving forward, according to documents recently submitted for approval by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). According to the proposed 2024 EEO-1...more
On April 16, 2025, President Trump issued another in a series of Executive Orders (EO) aimed at improving government procurement, this one entitled “Ensuring Commercial, Cost-Effective Solutions in Federal Contracts.”...more
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On January 27, 2025, the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a pause, set to go into effect at 5 p.m. on January 28, to all “federal financial assistance programs and supporting activities.” The order...more
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On March 28, 2024, the White House Office of Management and Budget issued new guidance on the collection of race and ethnicity data by federal agencies. OMB revised Statistical Policy Directive (SPD) 15, which is labelled...more
The EEOC recently announced that the 2023 EEO-1 data collection period will open on April 30, 2024. Employers with 100 or more employees must report data about their workforce, including job category and sex and race or...more
The Biden Administration recently issued its clearest articulation yet of how federal agencies can use AI—and no surprise: There are big implications for companies delivering AI solutions to federal government customers....more
As 2023 ends, despite the visions of sugar plums dancing in your head, it is a good time to take stock of government initiatives affecting your Affirmative Action practice, the better to get ready for 2024. Many things...more
The third quarter had government contractors staring down the possibility of a government shutdown while also contending with some significant regulatory developments. We review some of those developments below....more
Finally! After considerable delay, and approval from the Office of Management and Budget, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced that the portal for 2022 EEO-1 Reports would open on October 31, 2023....more
Federal contractors will need to use a recently updated OFCCP form when collecting voluntary applicant data concerning disabilities beginning in July 2023. On April 26, 2023, OFCCP published the revised Voluntary...more
On April 7, 2023, a proposed rule seeking to broaden "persuader" activity reporting requirements on the LM-10 Disclosure Form (the Disclosure Form) was sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, signaling...more
On September 1, 2021, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced that it would “evaluate” using compensation data reported by federal contractors in annual EEO-1 filings to guide its enforcement...more
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As we previously reported, on May 8, 2020 the OFCCP announced that the Office of Management and Budget approved its updated Disability Self-Identification Form (the “Form”). The Form is available in multiple languages. OFCCP...more
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