US authorities crack down on IT outsourcing

The U.S. Department of Labor has suspended Microsoft, Cognizant, Adobe, and other IT services firms from the permanent labor certification program, signaling heightened scrutiny of how large technology and services companies source talent. For CIOs and technology leaders, this raises the strategic risk of disruption to hiring pipelines, offshore/outsourced labor models, and long-term workforce planning, while increasing the importance of compliance, documentation, and labor-sourcing diversification.