Newsletter Photos August 26 2010

Nancy Moss is a new OFCCP compliance officer in San Jose, Calif. district office.

Sixty-six regional personnel from the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs convened in Washington D.C. August 9 - 20 for compliance officer training sessions. The event was born out of OFCCP Director Patricia Shiu's commitment to hire 200 new compliance officers for expanded enforcement activities and ensure all compliance officers received uniform, nationally certified training for the first time in more than a decade. Training courses ranged from discrimination theories and interviewing skills, to how to conduct a desk audit. Shiu told the attendees, "You will make sure everyone gets a fair shot at a job and that no one has to endure unlawful harassment of any kind.

Jennifer Yeh of OFCCP’s Honolulu, Hawaii area office and Nancy Moss of the agency’s San Jose, California district office were two of the long distance travelers attending the sessions. Nancy, an OFCCP employee for six months, who was previously a retired equal opportunity advisor for the Army said she wanted to continue her work addressing the important issue of workplace discrimination. Jennifer, who started her public service in DOL’s Employee Benefits Security Administration and has also been with OFCCP for six months, said she knew right from law school that she wanted a job where she would be “fighting for what’s right” and helping workers be treated equally and fairly.

Jennifer Yeh is a new OFCCP compliance officer from the Honolulu, Hawaii area office.