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Executive Order Requires Federal Contractors To Use E-Verify System

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As of January 15, 2009, certain federal contractors and federal subcontractors will be required to confirm their employees’ eligibility to work in the United States electronically, pursuant to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ E-Verify system.

United StatesEmployment and HR
Leslie Selig Byrd
Leslie Selig Byrd
Victoria Garcia
Victoria Garcia
Nelli Nikova
Nelli Nikova

As of January 15, 2009, certain federal contractors and federal subcontractors will be required to confirm their employees' eligibility to work in the United States electronically, pursuant to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' (USCIS) E-Verify system. This new obligation was established through Executive Order 12989 and signed by President Bush on June 6, 2008. Its effective date was delayed pending issuance of a final rule. That rule, amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation, was published in the Federal Register on November 14, 2008 by the Department of Defense, the General Services Administration and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

The Executive Order reinforces the policy, first announced in 1996, that the federal government does business with companies that have a legal workforce. The new rule states that federal contracts of over $100,000 awarded, and solicitations issued, after January 15 will require government contractors to

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