OFCCP announced that it will report directly to the Secretary of Labor beginning in November, instead of operating through ESA (the Employment Standards Administration) as a third-tier program since its inception in the 1970's. Elevation of OFCCP to a direct reporting department will create a more visible platform and could add political pressure to affirmative action enforcement. OFCCP will also have a new budget for the coming year, potentially adding 213 new Compliance Officers (CO's), which will provide the Agency with a lot more enforcement and compliance horsepower. Currently, there are less than 300 CO's employed by OFCCP. A new Director of OFCCP has also just been selected. Patricia Shiu from San Francisco's Legal Aid Society, has become OFCCP's newly appointed Deputy Director responsible for enforcement and compliance of equal opportunity and affirmative action programs for federal contractors. Her first task may well be to determine where affirmative action will go in the future.