Beginning November 27, 2006, OFCCP regional offices may schedule compliance evaluations of non-construction Federal contractors from a new scheduling list. OFCCP generated this list through its Federal Contractor Selection System (FCSS). This system uses multiple information sources and analytical procedures to select contractors for review, including a mathematical model that ranks Federal contractor establishments based on an indicator of potential workplace discrimination.

This new scheduling list is comprised of approximately 2000 facilities that have either self-identified as being an establishment of a Federal contractor, or have been identified as such by OFCCP. As part of the selection process, OFCCP attempted to better identify whether a potential contractor actually holds a current Federal contract by matching the EEO-1 list to external Federal contract databases. The list also includes a number of establishments identified through external Federal contract databases as part of OFCCP's Contracts First Initiative.

This initial list excludes establishments based on a variety of factors, including, for example, establishments that are currently undergoing a compliance evaluation, were evaluated within the last 24 months, or have received the Secretary of Labor's Opportunity Award or an Exemplary Voluntary Efforts Award within the last three years. Additionally, Federal contractors that have entered into Functional Affirmative Action Program (FAAP) agreements with OFCCP were excluded and will be selected for evaluation through a separate process.

OFCCP has mailed a Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letter (CSAL) to the Chief Executive Officer or designated point of contact of each parent company with more than one establishment on this initial scheduling list. As in the past, depending on the workload of individual OFCCP offices, all establishments identified in the attachment to the CSAL may not be scheduled for an evaluation. Additionally, it is possible that establishments other than those specifically identified in the CSAL may be evaluated by OFCCP for a variety of reasons, such as subsequent scheduling releases, contract award notices, directed reviews, individual complaints, or the conciliation agreement monitoring process. However, OFCCP will not schedule more than 25 new evaluations of a single contractor during a scheduling cycle (approximately 12 months).