Federal Contractor Watchdog Opens Files on Who’s Being Audited (1)

Hundreds of prominent federal contractors are named on a list of employers selected to be audited for compliance with anti-discrimination laws, under a new policy of publicly identifying targeted companies.

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has never provided the names of contractors it intends to audit, several management attorneys told Bloomberg Law. The documents, made public Sept. 19, were released as part of an agency initiative toward more transparency.

The lists are frequently requested under the Freedom of Information Act, but the agency has declined to make them publicly available until now, OFCCP spokesman Edwin Nieves told ...