"In 2026 the government stopped counting." Tee

A rule the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs published September 24, 2013 required federal contractors to invite employees to self-identify as disabled and to measure their workforce against a 7 percent utilization benchmark. OFCCP's own compliance guidance describes that figure as a benchmark, not a quota; a contractor who falls short faces no hiring penalty, only a required review of its outreach and the barriers it hasn't addressed. On August 21, 2026, OFCCP published a final rule ending both the self-identification invitation and the utilization-goal measurement, most of it effective September 21, 2026. The front print says "In 2026 the government stopped counting." and, under it, the address of the Disability rights page on this site, where the claim sits with its evidence, the best case against it, and the answer.

What Disability rights means