Compliance Management

OFLC Implements 5-Year Record Retention Protocol

On February 14, 2025 the Department of Labor (DOL) Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) posted in the OFLC Announcements page a notice informing stakeholders that on March 20, 2025 it will begin deleting records older than five years from the record's final determination date as recorded in
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Executive Order: One Voice for America’s Foreign Relations

Executive Order 14211 of February 12, 2025: One Voice for America’s Foreign Relations. Read: Executive Order on whitehouse.gov Federal Register cite: 90 FR 9831 (February 18, 2025) Fact Sheet on the executive order This executive order declares that an "exceptional workforce of patriots" is needed
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NIH Caps Indirect Costs in NIH Grants

15% Cap on Indirect Costs in NIH Grants. In Notice Number NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates (February 7, 2025), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) imposed a 15% cap on the "indirect cost" rate for all NIH grants. This policy
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Executive Order: Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid

On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14169, Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid. Read: EO 14169 on whitehouse.gov EO 14169 published in the Federal Register at: 90 FR 8619 (January 30, 2025) DOS Press Statement: Implementing the President’s Executive Order on
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Executive Order: Securing Our Borders

Executive Order 14165 of January 20, 2025: Securing Our Borders. Federal Register cite: 90 FR 8647 (January 30, 2025). Directs a comprehensive effort to secure the U.S. southern border by increasing physical barriers, deploying additional personnel, and expanding detention and removal operations. It
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