Employer use of federal E-Verify program on the rise

Construction company CEO David Dominguez no longer worries about inadvertently hiring workers who are in this country illegally. That's because he uses E-Verify, the federal program that allows him to quickly check the legal status of potential employees.
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The voluntary federal program has seen a rapid growth in use this year, Department of Homeland Security records show. More than 1,000 employers are signing up each week on average, and employment checks are approaching 200,000 a week.

E-Verify federal contractor rule delayed until September 8, 2009

For the fourth time, the federal government has delayed the effective date of a rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to require that certain federal contractors and subcontractors use the federal government's E-Verify program, announced the US Chamber of Commerce, one of the litigants in the case challenging the legality of the rule. The parties have agreed to delay the effective date of the rule to September 8, 2009. The rule has been delayed in order to allow the Obama Administration more time to complete its review of the rule. The decision to delay was reached by agreement between the parties to the lawsuit. Therefore, as it stands now, on or after September 8, contracting officers must include the new E-Verify clause in affected contracts. In addition, contracting officers should modify, on a bilateral basis, existing contracts to include the clause on or after that date. the Federal Acquisitions Regulatory Councils will publish a notice of delay in the Federal Register on June 5.