DOL Contractor Watchdog Plans to Cut Staff by 90%, Memo Says (1)

The Department of Labor is preparing to cut the workforce of its federal contractor watchdog by 90% after the Trump administration gutted much of the office’s enforcement power, according to a memo reviewed by Bloomberg Law.

The Feb. 25 memo from the acting director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs to Acting Secretary of Labor Vincent Mincone said the OFCCP will shift from 55 offices to four, and reduce its 479 employees to 50. The changes will go along with the OFCCP’s reduced purview and create a “fiscally efficient” structure, the memo said.

The Washington Post was first ...