In category: Recruiting
OFCCP Job Posting Requirements: What a Federal Contractor Must Actually List, and Where
Nearly every federal contract worth $150,000 or more carries a clause numbered 52.222-35. It runs a few sentences, and most hiring managers never read it. That clause binds the contractor to one regulation, 41 CFR 60-300.5(a), and the regulation issues an order with real teeth: l… more
What Sponsoring a Clearance Actually Costs a Company
A Top Secret clearance starts with a Tier 5 background investigation, and the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency bills that investigation at $5,355 for a non-DoD agency in fiscal 2025. The number is public and precise. It is also close to useless as a hiring budget, … more
VEVRAA and the Mandatory Job Listing: Why Your Cleared Reqs Must Go to a Veteran-Facing Service
On January 21, 2025, Executive Order 14173 revoked Executive Order 11246, the decades-old rule that had required federal contractors to run race- and sex-based affirmative action programs. Compliance teams read the headline and drew a wide conclusion: the Office of Federal Contra… more
NISPOM in 2026: What 32 CFR Part 117 Requires of a Cleared Employer
February 24, 2021 is the day the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual stopped being a manual. On that date it became a federal regulation at 32 CFR Part 117, with the force of law behind every paragraph, and contractors had six months to implement it. If you run … more
How to Read a DD-254: The Form That Defines Every Cleared Job You Post
Item 1a of a DD Form 254 holds exactly one of three words: Confidential, Secret, or Top Secret. That single box sets the clearance level of every requisition you write against the contract. Name a higher level than the work needs and you commit your company to an investigation th… more