Federal Sector Information
The EEOC is responsible for enforcing the anti-discrimination laws in
the federal sector. The EEOC conducts thousands of hearings
every year for federal employees who have filed discrimination
complaints. In addition, when a federal agency issues a final
decision on a complaint of discrimination, the complainant can
appeal that decision to the EEOC.
The Commission also ensures that the federal departments and
agencies maintain programs of equal employment opportunity required
under Title VII and the Rehabilitation Act. Moreover, under
Executive Order 12067, the Commission provides leadership and
coordination to all federal departments' and agencies' programs
enforcing statutes, executive orders, regulations, and policies
which require equal employment opportunity or which have equal
employment opportunity implications.