SysTech is a California state-approved labor compliance program third-party administrator under Title 8, California Code of Regulations § 16426 et seq. (California Labor Code § 1771.5) with over forty years of directly related experience.
SysTech maintains general liability insurance and Errors & Omissions insurance with United States Liability Insurance Company, through Boggs & Whitener Insurance Agency. Coverage is maintained at $2 million per occurrence/$2 million general aggregate.
SysTech staff complete a minimum of 30 hours of DIR- and DOL-specific training annually and participate also in labor compliance-related round tables, workshops and conferences convened by other entities.
Mr. Kato Cooks is a regular contributor to the Small Business Exchange newspaper with a regular column on public contracting. The columns covered public works contracting from a risk management and compliance perspective.
Mr. Cooks is a sought after speaker on public works topics. Based on the breadth and depth of his experience, he can see issues from varied perspectives and lend an objective eye to often complex discussions.
SysTech serves transportation agencies, school districts, utility districts, law firms, contractors (both union and non-union), labor-management trusts, and union locals. As a managing investigator, Mr. Cooks has been assigned liaison to the LACMTA Office of Inspector General as a forensics specialist and has supported waste, fraud and abuse investigations brought by the federal DOT OIG.
SysTech holds organizational memberships in the National Contract Management Association, American Contract Compliance Association, Construction Contractors Alliance, Inc., and the Bay Area Compliance Officers Association. (now called ECHO)
