AAAA has learned that the Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) will emphasize veterans' and disability employment issues during the administration of Director Patricia Shiu. A civil rights lawyer from San Francisco, Ms. Shiu indicated that issues of equal pay will also receive major consideration.
In a celebration for retiring former OFCCP Deputy Director Leonard Biermann given by the National Employment Law Institute, former OFCCP officials gathered to pay homage to Biermann's contributions to the agency and to civil rights. The celebration occurred on October 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. Among the attendees were Susan Meisinger, former deputy under secretary of Labor, and former OFCCP directors Weldon Rougeau, Ellen Shong Bergman, Jaime Ramon, Charles James, Shirley Wilcher, and Carrie Dominguez. Other OFCCP and DOL officials who participated in the celebration included Harold Busch, Lorenzo Harrison, John Fox (who organized the event), Annie Blackwell, James Henry and Robert Greaux.
New OFCCP personnel include: Lorenzo Harrison, appointed OFCCP deputy director (career), former regional director for the New England and Mid-Atlantic Regions; Bruce Bohanan, Director of the Division of Program Policy and Planning and a former ETA and OFCCP official; and Patsy Blackshear, who has returned as Director of Program Operations, OFCCP National Office.
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