News & Analysis as of

Reporting Requirements Freedom of Information Act

Cozen O'Connor

Ninth Circuit Orders Release of Federal Contractor EEO-1 Reports: What Federal Contractors Need to Know Now

Cozen O'Connor on

On July 30, 2025, the Ninth Circuit ruled that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) must disclose federal contractor EEO-1 reports to the Center for Investigative...more

McGlinchey Stafford

9th Circuit: Federal Contractor Workforce Reports Not Exempt Under FOIA

McGlinchey Stafford on

On July 30, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals settled a long-standing debate between federal contractors and journalists when it ruled on Center for Investigative Reporting v. United States Department of Labor. Their decision...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Ninth Circuit Affirms Disclosure of EEO-1 Reports Under FOIA

Jackson Lewis P.C. on

On July 30, 2025, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court order requiring the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to release EEO-1 reports previously withheld in response to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Appellate court orders disclosure of contractors’ EEO-1 Reports

The Ninth Circuit rules that FOIA does not protect data from disclosure.  As we previously reported, the Center for Investigative Reporting and its reporter Will Evans are battling the U.S. Department of Labor over its...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

Ninth Circuit Orders Disclosure of Federal Contractors’ 2016–2020 Consolidated EEO-1 Data

In a ruling significant to federal contractors and government transparency advocates alike, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has affirmed a district court order requiring the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to...more

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,...

U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory/Environmental Defense Fund Freedom of Information Act Request: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...

The Environmental Defense Fund (“EDF”) announced in a May 8th news release that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released the latest U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory (“GGI”)....more

Bracewell LLP

The Trump Administration’s Day-One Executive Actions: Impacts on Energy and Environmental Policy and More

Bracewell LLP on

On January 20, 2025, President Trump re-assumed the presidency with a flurry of executive orders and memoranda, many of which directly impacted energy and environmental issues. These orders included a production-minded...more

The Wagner Law Group

Texas District Court Issues Nationwide Preliminary Injunction Against Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)

The Wagner Law Group on

When page 1 of a District Court decision on a challenge on constitutional grounds to an action by a governmental entity cites Marbury v. Madison, that is not a good sign for the government agency. When page 2 of a District...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

Deadline to Object to Public Release of EEO-1 Report

Amundsen Davis LLC on

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

Troutman Pepper Locke

Summary Overview: 3 Steps to CTA Compliance

Troutman Pepper Locke on

The January 1, 2025, compliance deadline for Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) filings for certain entities that were formed or registered to do business in the U.S. before 2024 is approaching quickly for many business owners....more

Verrill

Deadline Approaching for Federal Contractors to Object to Disclosure of EEO-1 Reports

Verrill on

Federal contractors have until December 10, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. to file written objections to the disclosure of their EEO-1 Type 2 Consolidated Reports in response to a recent Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. This...more

Allen Matkins

How to Prepare for the Upcoming Filing Deadline Under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)

Allen Matkins on

The January 1, 2025 filing deadline under the CTA for filing beneficial ownership information reports (BOI reports) for reporting companies formed prior to January 1, 2024 is rapidly approaching....more

Clark Hill PLC

New FOIA Request Targets Contractor Type 2 EEO-1 Reports

Clark Hill PLC on

On Oct. 29, the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) notified federal contractors of an opportunity to object to two new Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) requests for 2021 Type 2...more

Perkins Coie

OFCCP Set To Release Contractors' EEO-1 Reports to FOIA Requestors

Perkins Coie on

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contracting Compliance Programs (OFCCP) may release federal contractors’ Type 2 Consolidated Employer Information Report (aka Standard Form 100) data (EEO-1 Report) in response...more

BakerHostetler

Federal Contractors Must File Objections to Prevent the Release of EEO-1 Reports Under FOIA

BakerHostetler on

On October 29, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published a public notice that it received two requests for contractors’ 2021 Type 2 Consolidated EEO-1 Reports under the...more

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Deadline Approaching to File Objections to Federal Disclosure of Contractor Demographic Data

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on

In October of 2024, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) announced it had received two Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) requests to disclose EEO-1 Type 2 Consolidated Report data, which is filed...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

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

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

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

Fox Rothschild LLP

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

Fox Rothschild LLP on

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

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Contractors face another FOIA request for EEO-1 Reports

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

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

BOI FAQs 10/3/24

Foodman CPAs & Advisors on

On 10/3/24, FinCEN published twenty five (25) new updates to the BOI FAQ webpage. The BOI FAQs 10/3/24 address: access to BOI reports, third party service providers, entity conversion, identifications, community property and...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

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

Jackson Lewis P.C. on

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

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

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

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

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

FinCEN's October 2024 Beneficial Ownership Information FAQ Update

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

On October 3, 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued new guidance concerning the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) by updating and expanding on the Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) Reporting...more

Polsinelli

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

Polsinelli on

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

Womble Bond Dickinson

Federal Court Rules That Contractors’ EEO-1 Type 2 Report Data Must Be Produced In Response to Freedom of Information Act Request

Womble Bond Dickinson on

In early 2023, we issued a client alert reminding clients that they had until March 3, 2023 to file objections to the Center for Investigative Reporting’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request that was submitted to the...more

77 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 4

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide