Christa Richer Cook

For several decades, private employers with 100 or more employees and certain federal contractors have been required to annually file the EEO-1 report. The EEO-1 report collected information about the race/ ethnicity and sex...more On March 26, 2026, President Trump signed Executive Order 14398 (the Order), which is titled “Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors”. The Order is the latest move in the Trump Administration’s attempts to...more The U.S. Department of Education, on Jan. 21, 2026, withdrew its appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit aimed at defending its anti-DEI Dear Colleague Letter issued last year. The Trump Administration’s...more July 2, 2025 By: Christa Richer Cook On June 27, 2025, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced in a letter to federal contractors that they were invited to share information regarding their...more