The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

EEO Program Compliance Assessment (EPCA)
Agency for International Development (AID) - FY 2006

EEO Program Activities Indicators

MD-715 Elements INDICATORS ASSESSMENT SCORE
Demonstrated Commitment From Agency Leadership An EEO policy statement is issued annually by agency head. AID did not issue an EEO policy statement in FY 2006. 0
Agency issued a comprehensive anti-harassment policy. AID did not issue a comprehensive anti-harassment policy. 0
Integration of EEO Into the Agency's Strategic Mission EEO is incorporated into agency's human capital strategic plan. EEO is incorporated in AID's human capital strategic plan. 100
EEO director reports to agency head. AID's EEO director reports directly to agency head. 100
EEO director has regular access to agency head. AID's EEO director has regular access to agency head and senior level executives. 100
Management and Program Accountability EEO director briefs agency head and senior level officials on state of EEO. AID's EEO director did not provide state of the agency briefing to agency head and senior level officials. 0
Managers and supervisors have measures in their performance plans to evaluate their efforts to ensure equal employment opportunity for all staff. Performance plans of all managers and supervisors do not contain element(s) designed to evaluate the efforts made to ensure EEO within the workplace and hold managers accountable for achieving the same. 0
Reasonable accommodation procedures are posted on the agency's external website. AID has not posted its reasonable accommodation procedures on its external website. 0
Proactive Prevention of Unlawful Discrimination Applicant flow data is collected to evaluate the agency's recruitment and promotion activities. AID did not submit applicant flow data on Tables A/B 7, 9, 11, and 12. 0
Agency set numerical goal for hiring people with targeted disabilities. AID did not establish a numerical goal for hiring people with targeted disabilities. 0
Agency met the government high for participation rate of employees with targeted disabilities. AID's participation rate of employees with targeted disabilities (0.58%) was 24.47% of the federal high (2.37%). 24
Efficiency Timeliness of EEO counselings. AID's rate of timely completing EEO counseling was 35.71%. 36
Timeliness of EEO investigations. AID's rate of timely completing EEO investigations was 15.38%. 15
Timeliness of merit decisions on EEO complaints without an administrative judge's decision. AID's rate of timely issuing final agency decisions on the merits was 0.00%. 0
Use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) program. AID's ADR offer rate during the pre-complaint stage of the EEO process was 0.00%. 0
Resolution of EEO counselings. AID resolved 64.29% of EEO counselings at the pre-complaint stage. 64
Responsiveness and Legal Compliance Timeliness of submitting complaint files for the hearing. At the hearing stage, AID submitted its complaint files to EEOC in an average of 68 days. 4
Timeliness of submitting complaint files on appeal. At the appellate stage, AID submitted its complaint files to EEOC in an average of 123 days. 0
Timeliness of 462 report submission. AID submitted its 462 report to EEOC by October 31st, or within the extended time frames granted. 100
Timeliness of MD-715 report submission. AID did not submit its MD-715 report to EEOC. 0
All Total Weighted Score: 314 out of 1200. (See Glossary for Weighted Score Formula)

EEO Program Outcome Indicators

Chart: Participation Rate of People with Targeted Disabilities

Office of Personnel Management FY 2006 Federal Human Capital Survey
AID's Responses to Selected Questions

Q. 34 - Policies and programs promote diversity in the workplace (for example, recruiting minorities and women, training in awareness of diversity issues, mentoring)

Q. 35 - Managers/supervisors/team leaders work well with employees of different backgrounds

Q. 43 - Complaints, disputes or grievances are resolved fairly in my work unit

Q. 45 - Prohibited personnel practices (for example, illegally discriminating for or against any employee/applicant, obstructing a person's right to compete for employment, knowingly violating veterans' preference requirements) are not tolerated

Q. 46 - I can disclose a suspected violation of any law, rule or regulation without fear of reprisal

In comparing AID to the government-wide average, the chart below identifies the percentage of employees who answered "strongly agree" or "agree" to the above questions.

Chart: Responses to Selected Questions

EEO Program Outcome Indicators

Analysis of Total Workforce, Major Occupations, and Odds Ratio for the Senior Grade Levels

EEO Groups 2000 Civilian Labor Force (CLF) FY 2006 Agency Partic. Rate in TWF Major Occupations Odds Ratio Analysis of Senior Grade Levels
Did Not File Report Did Not File Report Did Not File Report Promotion Grade Current Grade Odds Ratio Odds
Occ. CLF Partic. Rate Occ. CLF Partic. Rate Occ. CLF Partic. Rate
Male 53.23% - - - - - - - SES GS-15 - DNF
SES GS-14/15 - DNF
GS-15 GS-14 - DNF
Female 46.77% - - - - - - - SES GS-15 - DNF
SES GS-14/15 - DNF
GS-15 GS-14 - DNF
Hispanic/Latino Male 6.17% - - - - - - - SES GS-15 - DNF
SES GS-14/15 - DNF
GS-15 GS-14 - DNF
Hispanic/Latino Female 4.52% - - - - - - - SES GS-15 - DNF
SES GS-14/15 - DNF
GS-15 GS-14 - DNF
White Male 39.03% - - - - - - - SES GS-15 - DNF
SES GS-14/15 - DNF
GS-15 GS-14 - DNF
White Female 33.74% - - - - - - - SES GS-15 - DNF
SES GS-14/15 - DNF
GS-15 GS-14 - DNF
Black/African-American Male 4.84% - - - - - - - SES GS-15 - DNF
SES GS-14/15 - DNF
GS-15 GS-14 - DNF
Black/African-American Female 5.66% - - - - - - - SES GS-15 - DNF
SES GS-14/15 - DNF
GS-15 GS-14 - DNF
Asian Male 1.92% - - - - - - - SES GS-15 - DNF
SES GS-14/15 - DNF
GS-15 GS-14 - DNF
Asian Female 1.71% - - - - - - - SES GS-15 - DNF
SES GS-14/15 - DNF
GS-15 GS-14 - DNF
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander Male 0.06% - - - - - - - SES GS-15 - DNF
SES GS-14/15 - DNF
GS-15 GS-14 - DNF
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander Female 0.05% - - - - - - - SES GS-15 - DNF
SES GS-14/15 - DNF
GS-15 GS-14 - DNF
American Indian/Alaska Native Male 0.34% - - - - - - - SES GS-15 - DNF
SES GS-14/15 - DNF
GS-15 GS-14 - DNF
American Indian/Alaska Native Female 0.32% - - - - - - - SES GS-15 - DNF
SES GS-14/15 - DNF
GS-15 GS-14 - DNF
2 or More Races Male 0.88% - - - - - - - SES GS-15 - DNF
SES GS-14/15 - DNF
GS-15 GS-14 - DNF
2 or More Races Female 0.76% - - - - - - - SES GS-15 - DNF
SES GS-14/15 - DNF
GS-15 GS-14 - DNF
People with Targeted Disabilities NA - - - - - - -

*Odds ratio analysis is shown only for race, gender, and ethnicity. Promotion analysis for people with targeted disabilities (PWTD) was deemed inappropriate given the dearth of such persons in the federal workforce.


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