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As I mentioned in my voice mail, Carl Jordan obtained some promising news a= bout the Busch letter from OFCCP. Below is a more detailed summary of the = information I highlighted in the voice mail. Let me know if you have any questions. I am working on scheduling a meetin= g on Wednesday. Michelle -----Original Message----- From: =09"Jordan, Carl" <cjordan@velaw.com<@ENRON [mailto:IMCEANOTES-+22Jor= dan+2C+20Carl+22+20+3Ccjordan+40velaw+2Ecom+3E+40ENRON@ENRON.com]=20 Sent:=09Thursday, August 30, 2001 2:20 PM To:=09Cash, Michelle Subject:=09OFCCP ATTORNEY / CLIENT PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION =20 Michelle, this summarizes what I have learned thus far about possible circ= umstances of the Busch letter. =20 John Tysse at EEAC indicated that the new leadership at DOL and at OFCCP i= s very business oriented. The new OFCCP director is Charles James; he was= the EEO manager at Bell Atlantic. However, he is new in the job, of cour= se, and has not had any opportunity to review enforcement policy issues. = Thus, Tysse is not aware of any policy shifts to date, nor is he aware of = any volume mailing of the kind of letter Enron received. Tysse is hearing= that DOL and OFCCP leadership will probably take a cautious (i.e., delibe= rate) approach to changes so as not to unnecessarily provoke outbursts fro= m Congress or advocacy groups. But the word is that policy reevaluations = will occur. (This includes the EEO survey, which Felicia asked about this= morning, although Tysse speculated that the survey issue might be too pol= itically charged to drop altogether; perhaps it will be reworked to be mor= e manageable.) While there has been no indication of a formal enforcement= policy shift as to Dubray cases, Tysee said he is aware of another ongoin= g case where the national office appeared to be pulling the strings, even = though the region was still handling dialogue with the contractor. =20 Len Bierman, the former career Deputy Director at OFCCP who is now a consu= ltant, said about the same thing as Tysse as to the new DOL and OFCCP lead= ership being sensitive to issues that concern business and the fact that t= hey have not been in place long enough to effect changes yet. (There is n= ot yet an Asst. SOL for Employment Standards.) He is not aware of any pus= h to clear out Dubray cases pending in the national office. However, he k= nows Busch well from their agency days and does not believe he is strongly= committed to the Dubray methodology because he understands its deficienci= es. His guess is that the letter may signal a desire by the national offi= ce to find a way to get your case off their docket. =20 I have sent an email (you are blind copied) to some folks at law firms aro= und the country to see if they know of similar letters being sent. I will= keep you advised. Best regards. =20 W. Carl Jordan Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. 1001 Fannin 2300 First City Tower Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 758-2258 (713) 615-5334-fax
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