Chuck Darwin<p>Labor Dept seeks 90% staffing cut from federal contractor watchdog<br>A Labor Department employee says that it would be an “almost impossible” task for 20 investigators to audit and oversee all federal contractors.</p><p>The Labor Department is planning for major cuts to a watchdog office that ensures federal contractors aren’t discriminating against their employees.<br>The department, in a memo obtained by Federal News Network, is looking to cut staffing for its "Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs" ( <a href="https://c.im/tags/OFCCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OFCCP</span></a> ) <br>by 90%.</p><p><a href="https://federalnewsnetwork.com/agency-oversight/2025/03/labor-dept-seeks-90-staffing-cut-from-federal-contractor-watchdog/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">federalnewsnetwork.com/agency-</span><span class="invisible">oversight/2025/03/labor-dept-seeks-90-staffing-cut-from-federal-contractor-watchdog/</span></a></p>