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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Today, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced it is updating its Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Supply and Service Scheduling List (Scheduling List) by removing establishments previously selected for a focused review or compliance check. Notably, the amendment to the Scheduling List will have no impact on contractors with open or unscheduled audits. The FY 2020 Construction Scheduling list, however, has not been revised, and the OFCCP stated that it plans to proceed with the scheduling of these construction comp...

  X The OFCCP will have the authority to use these Scheduling Letters after receiving approval from OMB, and the agency's Proposed Construction Scheduling Letter The OFCCP has also submitted to the OMB a proposed Scheduling Letter for construction contractors. If implemented, the OFCCP would no longer automatically conduct on-site reviews of construction contractors; rather, the process would proceed as it does for supply and service contractors, commencing with a desk audit and resulting in an on-site only if the agency uncovers indicators of potential discrimination or other areas of nonc...

Foot forward. that's what differentiated him from his competitors and that's what drew these parents to him. >> 50 people, parents, coaches among them have been implicated in this whole thing. do you think singer had help outside of that, perhaps with his businesses, do you think more charges are forthcoming? >> i think this is the beginning of a pretty broad net that's going to pull in a lot more folks at schools. the number of folks who were part of getting these kids tested and then cheating on the tests is -- seems extensive. this seems likely to continue to grow. >> the whole thing -- oka...

What does that tell you about the way we are living right now? >> it is really outrageous what was going on. you read this lengthy indictment it is crazy. it comes at a time when there's to go on affirmative action programs under this misleading that they are only getting sba college on the basis of race. those programs while designed to boost minority groups only factor as one of many categories when looking at someone's college admission application. it gets to the point that there are a privileged few they can buy their children access to the most elite institutions and mean while underserv...

Being with me. i know where you two stand, but i want everyone else to hear it. so tara, starting with you first, how do you see it? >> i feel like the issue of reparations, however you're defining them, that makes a difference because direct reparation payments i think is impractical. i don't think that's necessarily the way to go about it. that doesn't say that we're not acknowledging the inequalities. all of those things are true. but as a country we've tried in many different ways to try to rectify those things economically, whether it's affirmative action programs or income tax credits, o...