Thursday, August 13, 2009
BUSINESS GROUPS URGE CONGRESS TO ADDRESS CONCERNS REGARDING E-VERIFY IN DHS SPENDING BILL
House and Senate conference committee members are reconciling differing versions of the DHS spending bill. Among the issues being considered are provisions affecting the E-Verify program. The US Chamber and TechAmerica are urging additional changes before a final bill has passed. According to Federal Contractor Week:
The groups plan to send a letter to the chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees.
The organizations said:
- Mandatory verification should be limited only to newly hired employees.
- Contractors should be protected against having to assume excess liability for their subcontractors.
- Exceptions should be made for contracts that don’t meet a certain threshold for expense and length of performance.
- States and localities shouldn’t be allowed to put in place different requirements on federal contractors that use E-Verify.
Jennifer Kerber, TechAmerica’s vice president for federal and homeland security policy, said her organization supports an online, workable employment verification system. However, Kerber said, “We have concerns with the scalability of the system. We have concerns that right now I can bring you someone else’s document and be employed whether that’s me or not.”
# posted by Greg Siskind @ 8:19 PM
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The groups plan to send a letter to the chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees.The organizations said:
- Mandatory verification should be limited only to newly hired employees.
- Contractors should be protected against having to assume excess liability for their subcontractors.
- Exceptions should be made for contracts that don’t meet a certain threshold for expense and length of performance.
- States and localities shouldn’t be allowed to put in place different requirements on federal contractors that use E-Verify.
Jennifer Kerber, TechAmerica’s vice president for federal and homeland security policy, said her organization supports an online, workable employment verification system. However, Kerber said, “We have concerns with the scalability of the system. We have concerns that right now I can bring you someone else’s document and be employed whether that’s me or not.”
# posted by Greg Siskind @ 8:19 PM
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