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The Freedom of Information Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1966 to promote government transparency and the free exchange of public information. Under FOIA, any individual can request federal... more +
The Freedom of Information Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1966 to promote government transparency and the free exchange of public information. Under FOIA, any individual can request federal agency records and enforce that right in a court of law. However, not all agency records can be requested; there are nine exempt categories of information. In addition to the federal law, many states have passed their own freedom of information acts. These acts are often similar but not always identical to the federal version.  less -
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Employment Pulse (August 2025 Edition)

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McGlinchey’s Employment Pulse showcases thought leadership from our team of experienced labor and employment attorneys, providing timely insights that help employers stay competitive, meet regulatory requirements, and tackle...more

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Deadline to Object to Public Release of EEO-1 Report

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Federal contractors have until December 9, 2024, to file an objection to the public release of their Type 2 Consolidated EEO-1 Report for the year 2021. Failure to submit an objection by this deadline could result in the...more

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2021 EEO-1 Reports of Federal Contractors to be Released by OFCCP Absent Employer Action

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The University of Utah and a non-profit organization named "As You Sow" have issued FOIA requests to the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) for the 2021 Type 2 Consolidated EEO-1 Reports filed by federal...more

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OFFCP Opens Objection Period for Contractors Concerning FOIA Requests for EEOC Type 2 Data

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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently issued notice that it has received two new requests from the University of Utah and a nonprofit organization named “As You Sow,”...more

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Contractors face another FOIA request for EEO-1 Reports

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Objections are due by December 9. The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs announced that it has received additional requests for contractors’ EEO-1 Reports under the Freedom of Information Act. These FOIA...more

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OFCCP Publishes Notice of New FOIA Request for Certain EEO-1 Reports and Calls for Government Contractor Objections by December 9,...

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On October 29, 2024, the Office of Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) published a notice in the Federal Register about a request for Type 2 Consolidated EEO-1 Reports (the “Consolidated Reports”) for 2021. (The request is...more

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OFCCP publishes a NEW notice providing contractors an opportunity to object to the release of their 2021 EEO-1 Reports

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The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has published a notice in the Federal Register notifying federal contractors of two new Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for the disclosure of contractors’...more

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Federal Contractors: Your 2021 EEO-1s Might Be Disclosed by OFCCP if You Don’t Object!

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The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has announced through its website and the Federal Register a new Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request targeting federal contractors’ Type 2 Consolidated EEO-1...more

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To Disclose or Not to Disclose: OFCCP to Appeal Adverse EEO-1 Report Disclosure Order

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As previously reported, in late December 2023, the Northern District of California ordered OFCCP to release the EEO-1 reports of federal contractors it had previously withheld from production based on various exemptions under...more

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Federal Court Rejects Objections and Orders OFCCP to Disclose EEO-1 Reports

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Despite objections by thousands of employers and its own continuing review of records, the OFCCP has been ordered by a federal court to produce all EEO-1 Type 2 reports of federal prime contractors and first-tier...more

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Federal Court Orders OFCCP to Release Federal Contractors' EEO-1 Reports

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Executive Summary: On December 22, 2023, a federal court in California ordered the OFCCP to release the EEO-1 reports of federal contractors who had filed an objection to the agency’s release of their EEO-1 data in response...more

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Court Rules EEO-1 Reports Are Not Exempt “Commercial” Information Under FOIA; Department of Labor May Appeal

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Many federal contractors and subcontractors treat their EEO-1 reports as confidential because they contain detailed demographic data and workforce information. A lawsuit brought by the Center for...more

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Impacts of EEO-1 FOIA Disclosures on Objectors and Non-Objectors

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On April 17, 2023, aggregated company race/ethnicity and sex counts by EEO-1 category as a part of the EEO-1 consolidated reports from 2016-2020 were released for federal contractors and subcontractors that did not object to...more

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OFCCP Quietly Extends Deadline for Submitting Objections to EEO-1 Disclosures and Reveals Intention to Post EEO-1 Data on its...

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Last August OFCCP published a notice in the Federal Register advising employers that in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, the agency was planning to produce confidential information that is ordinarily...more

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OFCCP Updates FOIA ‘Non-Objector’ List: Last Chance to Respond Ends March 17

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OFCCP has published another updated “List of Non-Objectors” for which it intends to release EEO-1 Type 2 data from 2016 to 2020 in response to the FOIA request from the Center for Investigative Reporting. Any contractors who...more

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Beltway Buzz - March 2023

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POTUS Nominates Su to Lead DOL. This week, President Biden nominated Julie Su to serve as secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) (the current secretary, Marty Walsh, is scheduled to leave his position later this...more

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Disclosure List of Federal Contractor EEO-1 Reports Posted – Deadline to Object Extended to March 3, 2023, including for...

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As we previously reported, the US Department of Labor, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) announced back in August 2022, that it had received a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request from the Center...more

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OFCCP Issues New February 17 Deadline for Federal Contractors to Object to Disclosure of EEO-1 Data!

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If you are a federal contractor, keep reading.  Last summer, the Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued a notice to all federal contractors that the Center for Investigative Reporting had requested...more

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OFCCP Again Extends Deadline for Submitting Objections to EEO-1 Disclosure, But New Wrinkles Added

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On February 14, 2023, OFCCP announced that it was again extending the deadline for employers to file objections to the disclosure of their EEO-1 data in response to a FOIA request from the Center for Investigative Reporting....more

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OFCCP Provides Employers with Five Business Days to Submit Objections to the Disclosure of Confidential Data

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OFCCP issued yet another notice today regarding its handling of a FOIA request for production of all federal contractors’ EEO-1 Type 2 data from 2016 through 2020. The request keeps in place a February 17, 2023, deadline...more

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OFCCP Publishes List Of Contractors Whose EEO-1 Reports Will Be Released And Offers One Last Chance To Object

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On August 19, OFCCP published a Notice in the Federal Register alerting federal contractors that it received a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) seeking all federal...more

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It’s Not Too Late: Notify OFCCP Now to Prevent Disclosure of EEO-1 Data

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In case you have not been following this development, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance (“OFCCP”) intends to release certain EEO-1 data in response to a FOIA request. Specifically, OFCCP intends to release EEO-1 Type...more

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OFCCP alerts contractors to release of EEO-1 Reports

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Notices have gone to some contractors who objected to the release. As we previously reported, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs received a Freedom of Information Act request for the consolidated EEO-1...more

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Center for Investigative Reporting Files Lawsuit Seeking Release of Federal Contractor EEO-1 Reports

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As we previously reported, in 2019 Will Evans from The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) submitted a FOIA request to OFCCP seeking all Type 2 Consolidated EEO-1 Reports filed by federal contractors from 2016-2020. In...more

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Beltway Buzz - October 2022 #2

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DOL Proposes New Independent Contractor Test. On October 13, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division published a notice of proposed rulemaking—“Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the...more

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