OMB extends continued approval to the existing EEO-1 report, without change, through December 1993. The changes proposed to the EEO-1 are not approved. The changes would result in expansion of the existing job categories used in reporting by employers. The proposed changes fail to satisfy the requirement at 5 CFR 1620.4(b)(1) that information collections undertaken by agencies be the least burdensome necessary for proper performance of agency functions. Employers would incur substantial costs in providing the information in the changed format. Large costs would result from necessary changes to data systems and reclassification of employees into the new categories in order to satisfy the new EEOC requirements. These proposed changes represent a major shift from a long-standing and widely-understood reporting format. Further, EEOC has failed to demonstrate how the expansion of the job categories would result in substantially more meaningful data given the fact that the new categories would still represent broad aggregations. (With the exception of the Description of Job Categories material, those minor changes contained in REVISION II, submitted to OMB on 1/28/92, are encompassed by this action approving continued use of the previous version of the EEO-1.)
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
12/31/1993
12/31/1993
12/31/1992
150,000
0
126,700
610,000
0
558,500
0
0
0
EEO-1 DATA ARE USED BY EEOC TO INVESTIGATE CHARGES OF DISCRIMINATION I EMPLOYMENT AGAINST PRIVATE EMPLOYERS. DATA ARE SHARED WITH SEVERAL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, PARTICULARY THE OFCCP, USDOL. UNDER SECTION 709(D), TITLE VII, DATA ARE ALSO SHARED WITH APPROXIMATELY 127 STATE AND LOCAL FEPC AGENCIES.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.