OMB approves OFCCP annual affirmative action program verification
Federal contractors will be required to file annual verifications on compliance with the federal contractor affirmative action program obligations that are enforced by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). The verifications will be submitted through a Web-based portal on the OFCCP's website. The submission portal also is expected to be used for contractors to submit their affirmative action programs to the agency during audits.
On August 31, 2021, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), through its Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), approved the OFCCP's Affirmative Action Program Verification Interface (AAP-VI). The verification program requires federal contractors to certify as true one of the following questions for each of its establishments: