The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)

Permanent Workforce: 10,930 Temporary Workforce: 192 Total Workforce: 11,122

Workforce Composition

Employee Pool Total # Men Women Hispanics Whites Blacks Asian Americans / Pacific Islanders American Indians / Alaskan Natives
Permanent Workforce 10,930 61.45% 38.55% 5.26% 77.55% 12.44% 3.96% 0.79%
Major Occupations                
General Business & Industry 1,131 76.48% 23.52% 4.24% 82.14% 8.93% 3.8% 0.88%
Contracting 2,118 46.65% 53.35% 5% 77.62% 13.5% 3.26% 0.61%
Quality Assurance 2,937 84.34% 15.66% 6.54% 80.29% 9.81% 2.25% 1.12%
GS-14 and GS-15* 514 67.32% 32.68% 3.31% 82.88% 10.31% 2.33% 1.17%
Senior Pay Level* 9 67% 33% 0% 89% 11% 0% 0%
First-Level Officials/Managers 19 42.11% 57.89% 0% 84.21% 15.79% 0% 0%
Mid-Level Officials/Managers 733 75.44% 24.56% 3% 84.99% 8.59% 3.14% 0.27%
Senior Level Officials/Managers 111 70.27% 29.73% 0.9% 81.08% 11.71% 4.5% 1.8%

*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 DCMA, employees with targeted disabilities represented 1.34% of the total workforce.

EEO Complaint Processing

  1. Counseling

    There were 77 instances of pre-complaint counseling (performed by EEO counselors and/or ADR intake officers). DCMA timely processed 80.5% of the total number of counselings. Following counseling, 47 formal complaints of discrimination were filed.

  2. Alternative Dispute Resolution

    Of DCMA's 77 instances of counseling, ADR was offered 79.2% of the time; the parties elected to participate in 28.6% of the completed counselings; and 68.2% of the ADR closures were resolved through settlements or withdrawals.

    At the formal complaint phase, DCMA offered ADR 10.2% of the time; the parties elected to participate in 5.1% of the complaint workload; and 60% of the ADR closures were resolved through settlement/ withdrawals.

  3. Processing Times

    DCMA completed 10% of its investigations within the regulatory time frames, with an average processing time of 330 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.

    DCMA's average processing time for all complaint closures increased from 721 days in FY 2003 to 973 days in FY 2004. The government-wide average was 469 days.

  4. Pending Inventory

    DCMA had a total of 78 complaints pending at the end of FY 2004, with 37 pending investigation for an average of 235 days; and 5 pending the issuance of final decisions for an average of 1,313 days.

  5. Costs

    DCMA agreed to pay $9,286 for 10 counseling settlements with benefits, an average $928.63 per counseling settled.

    DCMA agreed to pay a total of $189,718 for 21 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 $9,034.

    DCMA expended a total of $5,000 for 20 complaint investigations, for an average expenditure of $250.

Outcome of Counselings Completed in FY 2004

Counseling Outcomes Completed by EEO Counselor Completed Using ADR All Completed Counselings
# % # % # %
Total Instances of Counseling: 55   22   77  
Settlements 2 3.63% 8 36.36% 10 12.98%
Withdrawal/no Complaint Filed 9 16.3% 7 31.8% 16 20.77%
Complaints Filed*         33 42.85%
Decision to File Complaint Pending at End of Fiscal Year         18 23.37%

*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 85 59 69.00% 15 18.00%
FY 2004 Pre-Complaint Counselings 77 61 79.22% 22 28.57%
Percentage Change FY 2003 to FY 2004 -9.41% 3.38%   46.66%  
FY 2003 Complaints* 219 16 7.00% 13 6.00%
FY 2004 Complaints* 177 18 10.17% 9 5.08%
Percentage Change FY 2003 to FY 2004 -19.17% 12.50%   -30.76%  

*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) 87 70 80.45%      
All Investigations 20 2 10.00% 338 330 -2.36%
Merit Decisions (no AJ) 29 1 3.45% 1,048 1,482 41.41%
Dismissal Decisions 7     81 58 -28.39%

*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 (99) # % # % # % # %
Settlements 21 21.21%            
Withdrawals 6 6.06%            
Dismissals 7 7.07%            
Merit Decisions 65 65.65%            
Finding Discrimination 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Finding No Discrimination 65 100.00% 29 44.61% 36 55.38% 0 0.00%


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