The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA)

Permanent Workforce: 4,009 Temporary Workforce: 41 Total Workforce: 4,050

Workforce Composition

Employee Pool Total # Men Women Hispanics Whites Blacks Asian Americans / Pacific Islanders American Indians / Alaskan Natives
Permanent Workforce 4,009 51.33% 48.67% 5.95% 75.26% 10.94% 7.53% 0.32%
Major Occupation:                
Auditing 3,487 56.61% 43.39% 5.82% 76.17% 9.69% 8.03% 0.29%
GS-14 and GS-15* 214 69.16% 30.84% 3.27% 88.32% 4.21% 4.21% 0%
Senior Pay Level* 16 81% 19% 6.25% 88% 6.25% 0% 0%
First-Level Officials/Managers 66 6.06% 93.94% 1.52% 72.73% 21.21% 4.55% 0%
Mid-Level Officials/Managers 602 68.11% 31.89% 2.47% 92.24% 6.17% 5.11% 0.18%
Senior Level Officials/Managers 59 77.97% 22.03% 3.39% 91.53% 3.39% 1.69% 0%

*Does not include pay-banded employees

Targeted Disabilities

Employees with targeted disabilities represented 0.99% of the total government workforce in FY 2004, and of agencies with a permanent workforce of 500 or more, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, at 2.23%, had the highest percentage of employees with targeted disabilities. At DCAA, employees with targeted disabilities represented 1.28% of the total workforce.

EEO Complaint Processing

  1. Counseling

    There were 62 instances of pre-complaint counseling (performed by EEO counselors and/or ADR intake officers). DCAA timely processed 72.6% of the total number of counselings. Following counseling, 36 formal complaints of discrimination were filed.

  2. Alternative Dispute Resolution

    Of DCAA's 62 instances of counseling, ADR was offered 19.4% of the time; the parties elected to participate in 17.7% of the completed counselings; and 38.5% of the ADR closures were resolved through settlements or withdrawals.

    At the formal complaint phase, DCAA offered ADR 11.7% of the time; the parties elected to participate in 10.4% of the complaint workload; and 42.9% of the ADR closures were resolved through settlements or withdrawals.

  3. Processing Times

    DCAA completed 13% of its investigations within the regulatory time frames, with an average processing time

    of 265 days for all investigations. In most instances, the regulations require completion of investigations within 180 days. Of the agencies completing 25 or more investigations, the Tennessee Valley Authority was the only agency to complete 100% of their investigations within the regulatory time frames, with an average processing time of 117 days.

    DCAA's average processing time for all complaint closures decreased from 665 days in FY 2003 to 603 days in FY 2004. The government-wide average was 469 days.

  4. Pending Inventory

    DCAA had a total of 38 complaints pending at the end of FY 2004, with 21 pending investigation for an average of 138 days; and 2 pending the issuance of final decisions for an average of 812 days.

  5. Costs

    DCAA provided no monetary award for the 3 counseling settlements with benefits that were achieved.

    DCAA agreed to pay a total of $16,350 for 10 complaint closures through settlement agreement, final agency decision, and final agency orders fully implementing AJ decisions. For complaint closures with benefits, the average award (including back/front pay, compensatory damages, attorney's fees, and lump sum payments) was $1,635.

    DCAA expended a total of $3,375 for 15 complaint investigations, for an average expenditure of $225.

Outcome of Counselings Completed in FY 2004

Counseling Outcomes Completed by EEO Counselor Completed Using ADR All Completed Counselings
# % # % # %
Total Instances of Counseling: 49   13   62  
Settlements 0 0.00% 3 23.07% 3 4.83%
Withdrawal/no Complaint Filed 20 40.8% 2 15.3% 22 35.48%
Complaints Filed*         35 56.45%
Decision to File Complaint Pending at End of Fiscal Year         2 3.22%

*Includes only complaints filed in FY 2004 where counseling was also completed during FY 2004.

Agency Use of ADR for EEO Dispute Resolution

Counselings / Complaints ADR Offers ADR Participation
# # % # %
FY 2003 Pre-Complaint Counselings 37 7 19.00% 6 16.00%
FY 2004 Pre-Complaint Counselings 62 12 19.35% 11 17.74%
Percentage Change FY 2003 to FY 2004 67.56% 71.42%   83.33%  
FY 2003 Complaints* 72 6 8.00% 5 7.00%
FY 2004 Complaints* 77 9 11.69% 8 10.39%
Percentage Change FY 2003 to FY 2004 6.94% 50.00%   60.00%  

*Includes all complaints filed in the fiscal year, including those where the counseling was completed in the prior fiscal year.

Timeliness

Total # # Timely % Timely FY 2003 APD* FY 2004 APD % Change
All Counselings (minus remands) 62 45 72.58%      
All Investigations 15 2 13.33% 211 265 25.59%
Merit Decisions (no AJ) 5 5 100.00% 392 362 -7.65%
Dismissal Decisions 5     72 99 37.50%

*APD = Average Processing Days

Outcomes of Complaints Closed in FY 2004

Complaint Outcomes Complaint Closures Final Agency Decision (no AJ decision) Final Order (AJ Decision Fully Implemented) Final Order (AJ Decision Not Fully Implemented)
Total Closures (39) # % # % # % # %
Settlements 10 25.64%            
Withdrawals 5 12.82%            
Dismissals 5 12.82%            
Merit Decisions 19 48.71%            
Finding Discrimination 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Finding No Discrimination 19 100.00% 5 26.31% 14 73.68% 0 0.00%


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