August 7, 2019
The OFCCP and VETS hosted a town hall session in Washington, D.C. This event was held to expand the Department’s outreach to the veteran community and was attended by over 70 federal contractors, veteran service organizations, employer associations, and consultants. The agencies discussed how they could work together to assist federal contractors recruit, retain, and promote veterans and military spouses and also committed to work together on the technical assistance guide to assist in these areas and for employers to better understand their responsibilities under VEVRAA and USERRA. During this event, OFCCP Director Craig Leen shared that 500 scheduling letters would be going out on Veteran’s Day for VEVRAA Focused Reviews. He also mentioned that the OFCCP will put an emphasis on the under-employment or non-employment of veterans with disabilities, as well as military spouses.At the National Industry Liaison Group conference held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on July 31, 2019, Leen had announced the agency was developing plans for VEVRAA Focused Reviews and voiced the OFCCP’s commitment to veterans.
