[Federal Register: June 20, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 119)]
[Notices]
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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection Activities
AGENCY: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
ACTION: Notice of Information Collection--no change: State and Local
Government Information (EEO-4).
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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 3506(c)(2)(a) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
(EEOC) announces that it intends to submit to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) a request for a one-year extension of the existing
collection as described below.
DATES: Written comments on this notice must be submitted on or before
August 19, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to Frances M. Hart, Executive
Officer, Executive Secretariat, Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, 10th Floor, 1801 L Street, NW., Washington, DC 20507. As a
convenience to commentators, the Executive Secretariat will accept
comments transmitted by facsimile (``FAX'') machine. The telephone
number of the fax receiver is (202) 663-4114. (This is not a toll-free
number). Only comments of six or fewer pages will be accepted via FAX
transmittal. This limitation is necessary to assure access to the
equipment. Receipt of a FAX transmittal will not be acknowledged,
except that the sender may request confirmation of receipt by calling
the Executive Secretariat staff at (202) 663-4070 (voice) or (202) 663-
4074 (TDD). (These are not toll-free telephone numbers.) Copies of
comments submitted by the public will be available for review at the
Commission's library, Room 6502, 1801 L Street, NW., Washington, DC
20507 between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joachim Neckere, Director, Program
Research and Surveys Division, 1801 L Street, NW., Room 9220,
Washington, DC 20507; (202) 663-4958 (voice) or (202) 663-7063 (TDD).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission solicits public comment to
enable it to:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the Commission's functions,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the Commission'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 those
who are to respond, including the use
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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: State and Local Government Information (EEO-4).
OMB Number: 3046-0008.
Frequency of Report: Biennial.
Type of Respondent: State and local government jurisdictions with
100 or more full-time employees.
Description of Affected Public: State and local governments
excluding elementary and secondary public school districts.
Number of Responses: 10,000.
Reporting Hours: 40,000.
Cost to Respondents: $600,000.
Number of Forms: 1.
Federal Cost: $47,000 (annualized).
Abstract: Section 709(c) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of
1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2000e-8(c), requires employers to make and
keep records relevant to a determination of whether unlawful employment
practices have been or are being committed and to make reports
therefrom as required by the EEOC. Accordingly, the EEOC has issued
regulations which set forth the reporting requirements for various
kinds of employers. State and local governments with 100 or more full-
time employees have been required to submit EEO-4 reports since 1973
(biennially in odd-numbered years since 1993). The individual reports
are confidential.
EEO-4 data are used by the EEOC to investigate charges of
discrimination against state and local governments and to provide
information on the employment status of minorities and women. The data
are shared with several other Federal government agencies. Pursuant to
section 709(d) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as
amended, EEO-4 data are also shared with eighty-six State and Local
Fair Employment Practices Agencies (FEPAs). Aggregated data are also
used by researchers and the general public.
Burden Statement: The estimated number of respondents included in
the EEO-4 survey is 5,000 state and local governments. The estimated
number of responses per respondent is approximately two (2) EEO-4
reports and the reporting burden averages between 1 and 5 hours per
response, including the time needed to review instructions, search
existing data sources, gather and maintain the data, and complete and
review the collection of information. The total number of responses is
thus 10,000 reports while the total burden is estimated to be 40,000
hours, including record keeping burden. In order to help reduce burden,
respondents are encouraged to report data on electronic media such as
diskettes.
Dated: June 13, 2003.
For the Commission.
Cari M. Dominguez,
Chair.
[FR Doc. 03-15634 Filed 6-19-03; 8:45 am]
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