On July 16, 2026, the Office of Management and Budget approved a three-year extension of federal contractor disability data collection requirements under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
The approval was granted to the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, commonly known as the OFCCP, which oversees compliance obligations for federal contractors.
The extension covers the CC-305 Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability form, along with associated recordkeeping requirements that federal contractors must maintain.
The current data collection framework will continue without any modification through July 31, 2029, giving contractors a clear compliance timeline in the near term.
The approval arrives at a complicated moment, as the OFCCP’s proposed revisions to its Section 503 regulations remain pending and unresolved.
In July 2025, the OFCCP proposed scaling back several federal contractor obligations related to individuals with disabilities, including eliminating the disability utilization goal and related data analysis requirements.
The agency subsequently sought public comments on the possibility of withdrawing the voluntary self-identification form and the associated information collection requirements altogether.
Despite that proposal, the OFCCP has not issued a final rule or otherwise announced how it intends to proceed with its suggested regulatory changes.
The OMB extension does not resolve the future of those proposed regulations, nor does it prevent the OFCCP from altering requirements before July 2029.
The move may, however, signal that the agency intends to preserve the existing data collection framework for the foreseeable future, at least while regulatory deliberations continue.
Federal contractors should continue using the CC-305 form and maintaining all records required under the current Section 503 regulations until the OFCCP issues further guidance or finalises any regulatory changes.
Contractors operating across government and defence sectors should monitor OFCCP communications closely, as further developments in the proposed rule could affect their compliance obligations at short notice.