The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is part of the U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR’s Employment Standards Administration. It has a national network of six regional offices, each with district and area offices in major metropolitan centers.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is the primary federal agency responsible for workplace SAFETY AND HEALTH. Created under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (1970) to be part of the DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, OSHA’s mission is to prevent injuries, protect workers, and save lives.

Observation is a method market researchers use to record people’s overt behavior. Researchers use a variety of observation methods, from simply looking at car license plates in parking lots to rigging special cameras to detect the order in which consumers read and time spent reading parts of an advertisement.