The Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has revised its most recent Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL) for federal supply and service contractors, which was published last September, to eliminate some 1,750 establishments targeted for so-called “focused reviews” or “compliance checks.” The move clearly suggests that the Biden Administration OFCCP intends to concentrate its enforcement activity going forward on full compliance evaluations.
According to an announcement released this week by OFCCP, removing these establishments will allow the agency “to more thoroughly evaluate [supply and service] contractors through the strategic allocation of limited agency resources.” As a result, the only compliance evaluations remaining on the current scheduling list are 402 comprehensive establishment reviews, 67 Corporate Management Compliance Evaluation (CMCE) reviews, and 31 Functional Affirmative Action Program (FAAP) reviews. OFCCP made no changes to the separate construction CSAL that identifies 200 construction contractors for a compliance check.
In an accompanying series of FAQs published in conjunction with OFCCP’s announcement, the agency clarifies that while focused reviews and compliance checks have been removed from the CSAL, “unscheduled cases and open cases from prior lists will proceed as usual.”
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