The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), after giving federal contractors and subcontractors several opportunities to submit objections, recently published EEO-1 data for contractors that “either affirmatively agreed to, or did not object to, the release of their EEO-1 data.” For contractors that have submitted objections, OFCCP is in the process of considering those objections and will make determinations as to whether the information provided must be disclosed or may be withheld under FOIA Exemption 4. In the event that OFCCP determines that a contractor’s EEO-1 data must be disclosed, OFCCP will provide the objecting contractor with written notice of its determination and a specified disclosure date, which will be set to occur at a reasonable time after the determination notice is issued.
OFCCP is posting this information in response to several Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests the agency has received for the Type 2 Consolidated EEO-1 Report data (EEO-1 data) for all federal contractors for EEO-1 filing years 2016-2020. OFCCP has received three or more requests for the same information and thus is making this information available for public inspection in its FOIA Reading Room as required by FOIA. After receiving these FOIA requests, consistent federal regulations, OFCCP notified federal contractors of the requests through several different methods. OFCCP also provided the opportunity for contractors to object to the disclosure of this information and informed contractors that if no objection to disclosure was received, the requested EEO-1 data would be disclosed.
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For more information, contact Claiborne Guy at claiborne.guy@agc.org or 703-837-5382.