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Top U.S. Employers Take the Lead in OFCCP Compliance

Indianapolis, IN - Monday, February 6, 2006 - DirectEmployers Association, a non-profit consortium of over 200 leading U.S. employers, is taking the lead in helping employers comply with new Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) regulations for Internet recruiting. The Association's member employers will join a teleconference, Wednesday February 22nd, to review the regulations and develop OFCCP compliance best practices. DirectEmployers' member companies previously met with representatives of The Department of Labor's Employment Standards Administration's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs via teleconference to review and discuss the new regulations. The session was led by David Frank, Deputy Director, and Jim Pierce, Director of Policy, for OFCCP.

"An important part of what we do is assisting federal contractors understand and comply with the law and I am happy for the opportunity that DirectEmployers Association provided me to do that," said Mr. Frank. "The new Internet Applicant rule provides clear guidance to allow OFCCP to better enforce the law and helps contractors by clarifying an ambiguity that, until now, left contractors guessing at what information they needed to collect from internet applicants."

"Employers must take the lead in understanding the spirit and intention of the new regulation and develop best practices for OFCCP compliance. It is essential we use this guidance and create processes to better manage our information for compliance. DirectEmployers gives us the opportunity to collaborate with other leading companies and officials from OFCCP to create these very important standards", says Jay Schedler, Director of Human Resources for ACNielsen.

DirectEmployers Association, which operates the JobCentral employment search engine, has alliances with America's Job Bank, The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment Service (VR&E), The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), DiversityWorking, IMDiversity, OCCMundial and other premier diversity Web sites on the Internet.

DirectEmployers Association is a nonprofit consortium of leading U.S. employers dedicated to developing and implementing Internet recruiting solutions which acknowledges, values, and respects diversity and reflects the rich array of cultures represented in our nation's workforce. The Association is managed by Bill Warren, widely recognized as the founder of online recruiting and a former president of Monster.com.

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