
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Department of Labor released their 2026 Congressional Budget Justifications (CBJ) on May 30, 2025, providing valuable information related to the EEOC’s enforcement intentions and the future of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). A CBJ is the annual budget justification materials of a federal agency or a component of a federal agency that are submitted in conjunction with the President’s annual budget submission. The CBJ provides a detailed description of each program and information about how the agency will use funds, including increases and decreases in spending. The EEOC CBJ identifies four enforcement priorities and anticipated investigations into systemic intentional discrimination using the pattern or practice method of proof. Additionally, the EEOC CBJ and the Department of Labor’s Budget in Brief confirm that the OFCCP will be extinguished with its remaining two programs distributed to the EEOC and the Veterans Employment Training Service.