Federal contractors are attempting to balance compliance with President
Trump’s Executive Order No. 14173 eliminated the US Department of Labor federal contracting watchdog’s ability to monitor these companies for bias based on race, sex, and other characteristics, and to ensure they have adequate affirmative action plans.
With the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’ power gutted, tens of thousands of companies with contracts worth a total of $769.5 billion in 2024 can pull back from anti-bias audits of ...