On August 31, 2021, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
approved the Affirmative Action Program Verification Interface
(AAVI) proposed by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance
Programs (OFCCP) for the verification and upload of federal
contractor affirmative action plans.
The AAVI has its origins in a 2018 OFCCP Directive requiring implementation of a
verification process to ensure all federal contractors are meeting
basic compliance requirements which was, itself, a response to a study by the Government Accountability Office
critical of OFCCP's emphasis on enforcement at the expense of
broader compliance efforts.
In September 2020, OFCCP requested the OMB to approve the AAVI, through
which the agency proposed to collect affirmative action plans from
federal contractors and subcontractors. The AAVI is designed to
integrate with the case management system OFCCP uses to manage its
audit cases.
