Washington, Sept. 15 -- Accenture Federal Services (AFS), Accenture plc and Accenture LLP have agreed to pay the United States USD 25 million to resolve allegations that the company violated federal contracting requirements by falsely certifying compliance with anti-discrimination provisions and discriminating against employees and job applicants on the basis of race or sex.

According to a statement issued by the US Department of Justice, the settlement resolves allegations that AFS, a federal contractor, failed to comply with equal employment opportunity requirements between 2017 and the present while certifying to the government that it was meeting those obligations.

Federal contracts generally require contractors to provide equal emp...