96-15588. Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Request

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31110-31111]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15588]



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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comments Request

AGENCY: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

ACTION: Extension Request--No Change.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announces that it 
intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a 
request for an extension of the existing collection as listed below.

DATES: Written comments on this notice must be submitted on or before 
August 19, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be submitted to Frances M. Hart, Executive 
Officer, Executive Secretariat, Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission, 10th Floor, 1801 L Street NW., Washington, DC 20507. As a 
convenience to commentators, the Executive Secretariat will accept 
comments transmitted by facsimile (``FAX'') machine. The telephone 
number of the FAX receiver is [phone]. (This is not a toll-free 
number.) Only comments of six or fewer pages will be accepted via FAX 
transmittal. This limitation is necessary to assure access to the 
equipment. Receipt of FAX transmittals will not be acknowledged, except 
that the sender may request confirmation of receipt by calling the 
Executive Secretariat staff at [phone] (voice) or [phone] 
(TDD). (These are not toll-free telephone number.) Copies of comments 
submitted by the public will be available for review at the 
Commission's library, Room 6502, 1801 L Street NW., Washington, DC 
20507 between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joachim Neckere, Director, Program Research and Surveys Division, 1801 
L Street NW., Room 9222, Washington, DC 20507, [phone] (voice) 
or [phone] (TDD).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Collection Title: Equal Employment Opportunity Employer Information 
Report EEO-1.
    Form Number: Standard Form 100.
    Frequency of Report: Annually.
    Type of Respondent: Private employers with 100 or more employees 
and certain federal government contractors and first-tier 
subcontractors with 50 or more employees.
    Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code: Multiple.
    Description of Affected Public: IND/HHID and Farms and Businesses/
INST.
    Responses: 126,700.
    Reporting Hours: 463,700.
    Federal Cost: $809,000.00.
    Number of Forms: 1.
    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 and to make reports 
therefrom as required by the EEOC. Pursuant to Title 29, Chapter XIV, 
Subpart B, Sec. 1602.7, employers in the private sector with 100 or 
more

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employees and some federal contractors with 50 or more employees are 
required to submit EEO-1 reports annually. The EEO-1 data collection 
program has existed since 1966. The individual reports are 
confidential.
    EEO-1 data are used by the EEOC to investigate charges of 
employment discrimination against employers in private industry and to 
provide information on the employment status of minorities and women. 
The data are shared with the Office of Federal Contract Compliance 
Programs (OFCCP), U.S. Department of Labor, and several other federal 
agencies. Pursuant to Section 709(d) of Title VII of the Civil Rights 
Act of 1964, as amended, EEO-1 data are also shared with 86 State and 
local Fair Employment Practices Agencies (FEPAs).
    Burden Statement: The estimated number of respondents included in 
the annual EEO-1 survey is 45,000 private employers. The estimated 
number of responses per respondent is between 2 and 3 EEO-1 reports. 
The annual number of responses is approximately 126,700, and the total 
hours of annual burden is 463,700. The estimated total annual response 
hours is substantially reduced from that reported in the most previous 
EEO-1 OMB Clearance Package. The reduction of 64,800 annual burden 
hours is directly linked to the ever increasing number of employers who 
choose to submit computer generated reports.

    Dated: June 13, 1996.

    For the Commission.
Maria Borrero,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 96-15588 Filed 6-18-96; 8:45 am]
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