E-Verify Enforcement Suspended Until September 2009

The FAR Council has extended until September 8, 2009, the effective date for compliance with the rule and contract clause that would require federal contractors and subcontractors to use Homeland Security’s E-Verify system to verify the employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S. and all employees working in the U.S. on federal contracts valued at $100,000 and subcontracts valued greater than $3,000.