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GAO-14-166R 1 (2013-11-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpwk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: c :A O U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 B-325261 November 12, 2013 The Honorable Tom Harkin Chairman The Honorable Lamar Alexander Ranking Member Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions United States Senate The Honorable Darrell E. Issa Chairman The Honorable Elijah Cummings Ranking Member Committee on Oversight and Government Reform House of Representatives Subject: Department of Labor, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs: Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination Obligations of Contractors and Subcontractors Regarding Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, Disabled Veterans, Recently Separated Veterans, Active Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge Veterans, and Armed Forces Service Medal Veterans Pursuant to section 801 (a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of Labor (DOL), Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) entitled Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination Obligations of Contractors and Subcontractors Regarding Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, Disabled Veterans, Recently Separated Veterans, Active Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge Veterans, and Armed Forces Service Medal Veterans (RIN: 1250-AA00). We received the rule on October 28, 2013. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on September 24, 2013, with an effective date of March 24, 2014. 78 Fed. Reg. 58,614. The final rule revises the current implementing regulations of the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended by the Jobs for Veterans Act of 2002, (VEVRAA). OFCCP is responsible for enforcement of VEVRAA, which prohibits employment discrimination against protected veterans by covered federal contractors and subcontractors. VEVRAA also requires each covered federal contractor and subcontractor to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment these veterans. The final rule strengthens several provisions that are intended to aid in recruitment and hiring efforts, such as clarifying the mandatory job listing requirements, requiring data collection pertaining to protected veteran applicants and hires, and establishing hiring benchmarks to assist in measuring the effectiveness of their affirmative action efforts. GAO-14-166R

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