Agency Information Collection Activities: Existing Collection, 36802 [2014-15215]

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• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 125 (Monday, June 30, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 36802]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-15215]


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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Existing Collection

AGENCY: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Information Collection--Extension Without Change: 
Employer Information Report (EEO-1).

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) announces that 
it intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a 
request for a three-year extension without change of the Employer 
Information Report (EEO-1).

DATES: Written comments on this notice must be submitted on or before 
August 29, 2014.

ADDRESSES: 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 https://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. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time or can be reviewed at https://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, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 
131 M Street NE., Room 4SW30F, Washington, DC 20507; (202) 663-4958 
(voice) or (202) 663-7063 (TTY).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 and OMB regulation 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), the Commission solicits 
public comment to enable it to:
    (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the Commission's functions, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the Commission's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
    (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    (4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.

Overview of Information Collection

    Collection Title: Employer Information Report (EEO-1).
    OMB Number: 3046-0007.
    Frequency of Report: Annual.
    Type of Respondent: Private employers with 100 or more employees 
and certain federal government contractors and first-tier 
subcontractors with 50 or more employees.
    Description of Affected Public: Private employers with 100 or more 
employees and certain federal government contractors and first-tier 
subcontractors with 50 or more employees.
    Reporting Hours: 987,394.
    Respondent Cost: $11.4 million.
    Federal Cost: $2.1 million.
    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, to preserve such records, 
and to produce reports as the Commission prescribes by regulation or 
order. Accordingly, the EEOC issued regulations prescribing the EEO-1 
reporting requirement. Employers in the private sector with 100 or more 
employees and some federal contractors with 50 or more employees have 
been required to submit EEO-1 reports annually since 1966. The 
individual reports are confidential. EEO-1 data is used by EEOC to 
investigate charges of employment discrimination against employers in 
private industry and to provide information about the employment status 
of minorities and women. The data is shared with the Office of Federal 
Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), U.S. Department of Labor, and 
several other federal agencies. Pursuant to Sec.  709(d) of Title VII 
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, EEO-1 data is also shared 
with state and local Fair Employment Practices Agencies (FEPAs).
    Burden Statement: The estimated number of respondents included in 
the annual EEO-1 survey is 70,000 private employers. The estimated 
number of establishment-based responses per reporting company is around 
four EEO-1 reports annually. The annual number of responses is 
approximately 290,410. The form is estimated to impose 987,394 burden 
hours annually. In order to help reduce survey burden, respondents are 
encouraged to report data electronically whenever possible.

    Dated: June 24, 2014.
    For the Commission.
Jacqueline A. Berrien,
Chair.
[FR Doc. 2014-15215 Filed 6-27-14; 8:45 am]
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