A federal contractor that was hiring several attorneys to support the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights took the job postings down from its website Wednesday. The removal came less than a week after social media comments sparked questions about the cost and efficiency of the positions.
The Education Department fired hundreds of OCR staffers in March 2025 but rescinded those layoffs by the end of the year. Education Secretary Linda McMahon has said recently that the agency is working to boost staffing at OCR, acknowledging a growing backlog of cases.
One of the six postings from the company, Kaiva Tech, sought an early-career attorney to work out of the department’s regional office in Denver; the position would pay $225,000 to $260,000 per year. That’s more than double what similarly experienced attorneys have been paid when hired directly by the department, public records show. The position would entail “provid[ing] direct support to the Office for Civil Rights by reviewing, analyzing, and processing civil rights complaints,” the posting explained.
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