Previously, federal contract employees were not generally required to undergo background investigation, except as required by specific contracts.

The predetermination requirement set up a mechanism to collect and disseminate appropriate prevailing wage data prior to issuing proposal requests for federal contract bids.

This generic name was selected intentionally to avoid a need for future changes should the federal contract be renamed.

The company would pay a fine and could continue bidding for lucrative federal contracts.

Any organization with fifty or more employees and an aggregate revenue exceeding $50,000 from a single federal contract during a twelve-month period must have a written affirmative action plan.