[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 26 (Thursday, February 7, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9048-9049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-02748]
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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Submission for OMB Review: Elementary-Secondary Staff Information
Report
AGENCY: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
ACTION: Final Notice of Submission for OMB Review--Extension Without
Change.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) hereby
gives notice that it has submitted to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) a request for a three-year extension of an existing
collection (Elementary-Secondary Staff Information Report (EEO-5). On
July 2, 2012, the EEOC published a notice stating it was requesting
approval from OMB for a revision to the previously approved EEO-5 under
the PRA's emergency processing procedures. 77 FR 39238 (July 2, 2012).
At that time, EEOC requested approval to revise the race and ethnicity
categories on the EEO-5 report to conform to OMB's Standards for
Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and
Ethnicity. OMB has approved the revised EEO-5 through February 2013.
EEOC is now requesting a regular extension without change of the
revised EEO-5. The Commission has requested an extension of an existing
collection as listed below.
DATES: Written comments on this notice must be submitted on or before
March 11, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Comments on this final notice must be submitted to Chad A.
Lallemand, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, 725 17th Street NW., Room 10235, New Executive
Office Building, Washington, DC 20503 or electronically mailed to
[email protected]. A copy of this ICR and applicable
supporting documentation submitted to OMB for this review may be
obtained from: Ronald Edwards, Director, Program Research and Surveys
Division, 131 M Street NE., Room 4SW30F, Washington, DC 20507.
Copies of comments should be sent to Bernadette Wilson, Acting
Executive Officer, Executive Secretariat, Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, 131 M Street NE., Washington, DC 20507. As a convenience to
commenters, the Executive Secretariat will accept comments totaling six
or fewer pages by facsimile (``FAX'') machine. This limitation is
necessary to assure access to the equipment. The telephone number of
the fax receiver is (202) 663-4114. (This is not a toll-free number).
Receipt of FAX transmittals 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 (TTD).
(These are not toll-free telephone numbers.)
Instead of sending written comments to EEOC, you may submit
comments and attachments electronically at http://www.regulations.gov,
which is the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the instructions online
for submitting comments. All comments received through this portal will
be posted without change, including any personal information you
provide.
Copies of comments submitted by the public to EEOC directly or
through the Federal eRulemaking Portal will be available for review, by
advance appointment only, at the Commission's library between the hours
of 9:00 a.m.
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and 5:00 p.m. EST or can be reviewed at http://www.regulations.gov. To
schedule an appointment to inspect the comments at EEOC's library,
contact the library staff at (202) 663-4630 (voice) or (202) 663-4641
(TTY). (These are not toll-free numbers.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald Edwards, Director, Program
Research and Surveys Division, 131 M Street NE., Room 4SW30F,
Washington, DC 20507; (202) 663-4958 (voice) or (202) 663-7063 (TTY).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice that EEOC would be submitting this
request was published in the Federal Register on October 29, 2012
allowing for a 60-day public comment period. There were no comments
received from the public.
Overview of Information Collection
Type of Review: Extension--No change.
OMB Control No.: 3046-0003.
Collection Title: Elementary-Secondary Staff Information Report
(EEO-5).
Frequency of Report: Biennial.
Type of Respondent: Certain public elementary and secondary school
districts.
Description of Affected Public: Certain public elementary and
secondary school districts.
Number of Responses: 6,190.
Estimated Burden Hours: 15,475.
Cost to the Respondents: 0.
Federal Cost: $190,000.
Number of Forms: 1.
Form Number: EEOC Form 168A.
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, to preserve such records,
and to produce reports as the Commission prescribes by regulation or
order. Accordingly, the EEOC issued regulations, Title 29, Chapter XIV,
Subpart F, Sec. 1602.39-45, prescribing the reporting requirements for
elementary and secondary public school districts. The EEOC uses EEO-5
data to investigate charges of employment discrimination against
elementary and secondary public school districts. The data also are
used for research. The data are shared with the Department of Education
(Office for Civil Rights) and the Department of Justice. Pursuant to
Section 709(d) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as
amended, EEO-5 data also are shared with state and local Fair
Employment Practices Agencies (FEPAs).
When the EEO-5 form was previously approved by OMB in April 2012,
it utilized the following race and ethnicity categories: White, Black,
Hispanic, Asian or Pacific Islander, and American Indian or Alaska
Native. OMB has recently approved use of a revised EEO-5 form through
February 2013. The revised form utilizes the following race and
ethnicity categories: Hispanic or Latino; White; Black or African
American; Asian; Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; American
Indian or Alaska Native; and Two or More Races. EEOC is now requesting
a regular extension without change of the revised EEO-5 Form.
Burden Statement: The estimated number of respondents included in
the biennial EEO-5 survey is 6,190 public elementary and secondary
school districts. The form is estimated to impose 15,475 burden hours
biennially.
Dated: January 31, 2013.
For the Commission.
Jacqueline A. Berrien,
Chair.
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