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Affirmative Action
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Ogletree Deakins Insights
Beltway Buzz, August 21, 2026
Third Republican Officially Joins NLRB. On August 17, 2026, James R. Macy was sworn in as a member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for a term that will…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
OFCCP Issues Final Rules Upending Federal Contractors’ Affirmative Action Obligations
By By: Lauren B. Hicks, Christopher J. Near, Publisher, Zachary V. Zagger
Quick Hits OFCCP finalized three rules rescinding and revising federal contractors’ and subcontractors’ affirmative action obligations following the 2025 revocation of EO 11246. The final rules significantly modify obligations under…
Government Contractor Compliance & Regulatory Update
OFCCP New Rule Eliminates Many Disability-Related Obligations
By Guy Brenner
Quick Hit: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) has issued a final rule significantly revising the regulations implementing Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act…
Gov Con Employment Exchange
Breaking News: OFCCP Eliminates Disability Self-ID Requirement and 7% Utilization Goal for Affirmative Action Plans
By Laura A. Mitchell, Scott M. Pechaitis, Patricia Anderson Pryor
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has finalized changes to its regulations under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, eliminating several longstanding…
Government Contracts Law
Prove the Policy, Not the Story: SBA’s Final Rule Rewrites the 8(a) Social Disadvantage Test
By Franklin Turner, Alex Major
The proposed rule is now history. On August 11, 2026, the Small Business Administration (SBA) published its final rule, Reforms to 13 CFR 124.103 To Remove SBA’s 8(a) Program’s Rebuttable…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
OMB Extends Disability Self-ID Form for Covered Federal Contractors to July 2029
By By: Janet Q. Lewis, Zachary V. Zagger
Quick Hits The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), through the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), has renewed Form CC-305, which invites applicants and employees of covered contractors…
SmallGovCon
Breaking: SBA Finalizes Rule to Remove Social Disadvantage Presumption for 8(a) Program
By Shane McCall
SBA has issued a final rule to revamp the social disadvantage rule for the 8(a) Program. We wrote about SBA’s proposed rule from June 11, 2026 that would “remove the…
State AG Blog
Missouri AG Sues Kansas City Over Race- and Sex-Based Contracting Program
By Toni Michelle Jackson, Derick D. Dailey, Tiffany Aguiar
On July 22, 2026, Missouri Attorney General Catherine L. Hanaway filed a federal lawsuit in the Western District of Missouri challenging Kansas City’s Minority and Women Business Enterprise contracting program…
BuildSmart
Houston’s Minority Contracting Programs Declared Unconstitutional
By John Mark Goodman, Jon Paul Hoelscher
A federal judge in Houston has struck down the race-based aspects of two local contracting programs intended to remedy past discrimination as unconstitutional. The City of Houston’s program set goals…
Legal History Blog
"Who Owns Civil Rights History?" by Chang and Lovelace; response by Gross
By karentanilegalhistoryblog-blogspot-com
Volume 106 of the Boston University Law Review includes the article "Who Owns Civil Rights History?" by Robert S. Chang (UC Irvine School of Law) and H. Tim Lovelace, Jr.…