Notice2023-04740
Agency Information Collection Activities
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Published
March 8, 2023
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) announces that it intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for a three-year extension of a Commission form (Demographic Information on Applicants OMB No. 3046-0046).
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14363-14368]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04740]
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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection Activities
AGENCY: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
ACTION: Notice of information collection--extension without change:
Demographic Information on Applicants for Federal employment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) announces that
it intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a
request for a three-year extension of a Commission form (Demographic
Information on Applicants OMB No. 3046-0046).
DATES: Written comments on this notice must be submitted on or before
May 8, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods--
please use only one method:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: (202) 663-4114. Only comments of six or fewer pages will be
accepted via FAX transmittal to assure access to the equipment. Receipt
of FAX transmittals will not be acknowledged, except that the sender
may request confirmation of receipt by calling the Executive
Secretariat staff at (202) 921-2815 (voice), 1-800-669-6820 (TTY), or
1-844-234-5122 (ASL video phone).
Mail: Comments may be submitted by mail to Raymond Windmiller,
Executive Officer, Executive Secretariat, Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, 131 M Street NE, Washington, DC 20507.
Hand Delivery/Courier: Raymond Windmiller, Executive Officer,
Executive Secretariat, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 131 M
Street NE, Washington, DC 20507.
Instructions: All comments received will be posted without change
to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, including any personal information
provided. However, the Commission reserves the right to refrain from
posting libelous or otherwise inappropriate comments, including those
that contain obscene, indecent, or profane language; that contain
threats or defamatory statements; that contain hate speech based upon
race, color, sex, national origin, age, religion, disability, or
genetic information; or that promote or endorse services or products.
Docket: Copies of comments received are also available for review
at the Commission's library. Copies of comments received in response to
this notice will be made available for viewing by appointment only at
131 M Street NE, Suite 4NW08R, Washington, DC 20507. Members of the
public may schedule an appointment by sending an email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1659535257567373797538717960"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="97d8d2d3d6d7f2f2f8f4b9f0f8e1">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wendy Doernberg, Federal Sector
Programs, Office of Federal Operations, at (202) 921-2948 (voice) or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4433212a203d6a202b21362a262136230421212b276a232b32"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="99eefcf7fde0b7fdf6fcebf7fbfcebfed9fcfcf6fab7fef6ef">[email protected]</span></a>. Requests for this notice in an alternative
format should be made to the Office of Communications and Legislative
Affairs at (202) 921-3191 (voice), (800) 669-6820 (TTY), or (844) 234-
5122 (ASL Video Phone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EEOC's Demographic Information on
Applicants (OMB No. 3046-0046) is intended for use by Federal agencies
in gathering data on the race, ethnicity, sex, and disability status of
job applicants. This form is used by the EEOC and other agencies to
gauge progress and trends over time with
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respect to equal employment opportunity goals.
Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. chapter
35, and OMB regulation 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), the Commission solicits
public comment to enable it to:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed data collection tool will have
practical utility by enabling a Federal agency to determine whether
recruitment activities are effectively reaching all segments of the
relevant labor pool in compliance with the laws enforced by the
Commission and whether the agency's selection procedures allow all
applicants to compete on a level playing field regardless of race,
national origin, sex, or disability status;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
applicants for Federal employment who choose to respond, including
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.
Overview of This Information Collection
Collection Title: Demographic Information on Applicants.
OMB Control No.: 3046-0046.
Description of Affected Public: Individuals submitting applications
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\1\ Each agency is responsible for its own burden estimates.
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Number of Annual Responses: 9,092.
Estimated Time per Response: 3 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours (EEOC only): 455.\2\
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\2\ This total is calculated as follows: 9,092 annual responses
from EEOC applicants x 3 minutes per response = 27,276 minutes.
27,276/60 = 455 hours each year and approximately 1,364 hours for
the three-year period.
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Annual Federal Cost: None.
Abstract: Under section 717 of title VII and 501 of the
Rehabilitation Act, the Commission is charged with reviewing and
approving Federal agencies' plans to affirmatively prevent potential
discrimination before it occurs. Pursuant to such oversight
responsibilities, the Commission has established systems to monitor
compliance with title VII and the Rehabilitation Act by requiring
federal agencies to evaluate their employment practices through the
collection and analysis of data on the race, national origin, sex, and
disability status of applicants for both permanent and temporary
employment.
While several federal agencies (or components of such agencies)
have obtained OMB approval for the use of forms collecting data on the
race, national origin, sex, and disability status of applicants, it is
not an efficient use of government resources for each Federal agency to
separately seek OMB approval. Accordingly, to avoid unnecessary
duplication of effort and a proliferation of forms, the EEOC seeks
approval of a form to be used by federal agencies.
Response by applicants is completely optional. The information
obtained will be provided in the form of aggregate data and used by
federal agencies only for evaluating whether an agency's recruitment
activities are effectively reaching all segments of the relevant labor
pool and whether the agency's selection procedures allow all applicants
to compete on a level-playing field regardless of race, national
origin, sex, or disability status. The voluntary responses provided by
applicants are treated in a highly confidential manner and play no part
in the selection of the individual for employment. The information is
not provided to any panel rating the applications, to selecting
officials, to anyone who can affect the application or to the public.
Rather, the information is used in summary form to determine trends
over many selections within a given occupational or organization area.
No information from the form is entered into an official personnel
file.
The present Notice is for a three-year extension without change to
the Commission's existing form for collecting voluntary demographic
information from federal applicants. The Commission remains engaged in
interagency discussions about equitable data collection, including (a)
the Federal Interagency Technical Working Group on Race and Ethnicity
Standards convened by OMB; and (b) the Subcommittee on Sexual
Orientation, Gender Identity, and Variations in Sex Characteristics
convened by the National Science and Technology Council's Subcommittee
on Equitable Data. As the work of those groups continues, the
Commission may seek authorization from OMB, pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act, to amend the race, ethnicity, and/or sex questions on
the Demographic Information on Applicants form.
Burden Statement: Because of the predominant use of online
application systems, which require only pointing and clicking on the
selected responses, and because the form requests only seven questions
regarding basic information, the EEOC estimates that an applicant can
complete the form in approximately 3 minutes or less. Based on past
experience, we expect that 9,092 applicants will choose to complete the
form.
Upon approval of this common form by OMB, federal agencies may
request OMB approval to use this common form without having to publish
notices and request public comments for 60 and 30 days. Each agency
must account for the burden associated with their use of the common
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\3\ ``Frequently Asked Questions about ROCIS's New Common Forms
Module'' provides further information about common forms and can be
found by searching <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov">www.whitehouse.gov</a>.
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Dated: March 2, 2023.
For the Commission.
Charlotte A. Burrows,
Chair, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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