EEOC 2018 survey is open and due by May 31

      The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has initiated its 2018 EEO-1 Survey, which must be submitted and certified by May 31.

      Federal prime contractors and first-tier subcontractors with 50 or more employees are required to fill out the survey regarding their employees’ race, ethnicity, gender and job titles.

      According to PilieroMazza PLLC, data on employee pay is not due at this time.

      However, a court recently ruled in favor of pay data collection, and the commission has said it is working to resolve the issue and will provide further information as soon as possible.

More information:
EEO-1 Survey page: https://bit.ly/2TR5qhE
EEO-1 Who Must File: https://bit.ly/2fNsZTC
EEOC statement: https://bit.ly/2JFBN25

OMB issues new Category Management procedures

      The Trump Administration now has 44% of federal agency spending on “common goods and services” aligned with category management, while the remaining 56% of the $325 billion in such common spending is not aligned, according to Margaret Weichert, deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget.

      Weichert wrote a memo to federal acquisition officials on March 20 directing them to carry out a number of steps to strengthen category management, including requiring justifications for some unaligned acquisitions.

Read more at:
OMB Memorandum: https://bit.ly/2CxmqCJ

DOD memo asks for reports on OTA usage

      The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense issued a memo providing a standardized format for reports from military units on the usage of Other Transactions Authority for prototype projects during fiscal 2018.

      The reports are due April 18.

      The reports will offer details including award value, appropriation, budget line item, total expenditures, product service code, quantities, vendor and status of project.

Read more at:
OUSD/A&S Memorandum: https://bit.ly/2CDGnIh

Trump seeks authority for up to $4M in gifts for SBA in 2020

Recertification controversy

CRS looks at set-asides, goals

ATF small biz awards faulted

FBI HQ hearing

OASIS delay

Is DUNS done?

SBA late on ethics training, says GAO

Column: Does SBA’s New Recertification Rule Apply to My Contract?

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