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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Monday, November 2, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
Lorenzo Harrison new Acting Director of the OFCCP
As detailed below, Lorenzo Harrison is the new Acting head of the OFCCP.
(Thanks to Pat Parrish, Peoplesoft, Inc., for this information...)
Dear Private Sector Colleagues,
While it may be old news to some, I have been thinking for weeks to reach out to you and others to communicate about some of the changes that have transpired at OFCCP.I am currently serving as the national Policy Director at OFCCP and, officially as of today, as the senior designated official for OFCCP during the ongoing transition to our new Obama Administration which of course assumed control of the Federal government and all of its agencies today. My long-time Deputy and colleague Michele Hodge continues to anchor senior leadership in both the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Regions, and in fact has become the (Acting) Regional Director for the Mid-Atlantic States. While I continue to have broad oversight of the Northeast as the now (Acting) RD there, Michele is providing the day-to-day executive oversight there as well.My goal now, and up until the time our new President and Secretary of Labor appoint a new permanent Director of OFCCP, is to provide the best leadership I can. Where we find clear opportunities to advance equal employment opportunity amongst Federal contractors we will take advantage of them. You should be encouraged to know that I will always confront the national challenges that come my way by drawing from experiences I gained from working with many of you “out in the field”. Because I was determined to not let another day go by without getting some kind of communication out to you, I was unable to assemble everyone’s e-mail address. So please assist me by passing this message along to those you know I would want to receive it and to those you know who should get it as well.Thank you for your collegiality over the years and I look forward to working with you over these upcoming months and throughout the new administration.
Lorenzo
(Thanks to Pat Parrish, Peoplesoft, Inc., for this information...)
Dear Private Sector Colleagues,
While it may be old news to some, I have been thinking for weeks to reach out to you and others to communicate about some of the changes that have transpired at OFCCP.I am currently serving as the national Policy Director at OFCCP and, officially as of today, as the senior designated official for OFCCP during the ongoing transition to our new Obama Administration which of course assumed control of the Federal government and all of its agencies today. My long-time Deputy and colleague Michele Hodge continues to anchor senior leadership in both the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Regions, and in fact has become the (Acting) Regional Director for the Mid-Atlantic States. While I continue to have broad oversight of the Northeast as the now (Acting) RD there, Michele is providing the day-to-day executive oversight there as well.My goal now, and up until the time our new President and Secretary of Labor appoint a new permanent Director of OFCCP, is to provide the best leadership I can. Where we find clear opportunities to advance equal employment opportunity amongst Federal contractors we will take advantage of them. You should be encouraged to know that I will always confront the national challenges that come my way by drawing from experiences I gained from working with many of you “out in the field”. Because I was determined to not let another day go by without getting some kind of communication out to you, I was unable to assemble everyone’s e-mail address. So please assist me by passing this message along to those you know I would want to receive it and to those you know who should get it as well.Thank you for your collegiality over the years and I look forward to working with you over these upcoming months and throughout the new administration.
Lorenzo
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