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An amendment to Executive Order 12989 added by President George W. Bush on June 9, 2008,  will require all federal contractors to use the E-Verify system. The proposed regulations were published in the Federal Register on June 12, 2008. The presidential directive requires that federal contractors and their subcontractors use an electronic system to verify employment eligibility for all new hires.

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff designated E-Verify as the verification system of choice.

Under the new regulations, federal contractors and sub-contractors must (more…)