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‘‘Contractor Cumulative Claim and
Reconciliation (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No.
0246.13, OMB Control No. 2030–0016)
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act. Before doing so, EPA is
soliciting public comments on specific
aspects of the proposed information
collection as described below. This is a
proposed extension of the ICR, which is
currently approved through November
30, 2018. An Agency may not conduct
or sponsor and a person is not required
to respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before June 25, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OARM–2018–0124 online using
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by email to oei.docket@
epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection
Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460.
EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes profanity, threats,
information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas Valentino, Policy Training and
Oversight Division, Office of
Acquisition Management (3802R),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460; telephone number: (202) 564–
4522; email address: valentino.thomas@
epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Supporting documents which explain in
detail the information that the EPA will
be collecting are available in the public
docket for this ICR. The docket can be
viewed online at www.regulations.gov
or in person at the EPA Docket Center,
WJC West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC.
The telephone number for the Docket
Center is 202–566–1744. For additional
information about EPA’s public docket,
visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments
and information to enable it to: (i)
Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Agency, including
whether the information will have
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practical utility; (ii) evaluate the
accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (iv) minimize the burden
of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through
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. EPA will consider the
comments received and amend the ICR
as appropriate. The final ICR package
will then be submitted to OMB for
review and approval. At that time, EPA
will issue another Federal Register
notice to announce the submission of
the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to
submit additional comments to OMB.
Abstract: All contractors who have
completed an EPA cost-reimbursement
type contract will be required to submit
EPA Form 1900–10. EPA Form 1900–10
summarizes all costs incurred in
performance of the contract and sets
forth the final indirect rates. This form
is reviewed by the contracting officer to
determine the final costs reimbursable
to the contractor. The Federal
Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.216–7
states that the Government will pay only
the costs determined to be allowable by
the contracting officer in accordance
with FAR Subpart 31.2. Furthermore,
FAR 52.216–7 states that indirect cost
rates shall be established for each fiscal
year at the close of a contractor’s fiscal
year. EPA Form 1900–10 summarizes
this information for the entire contract
period and provides a basis for cost
review by contracting, finance, and
audit personnel. In addition, FAR
4.804–5 mandates that the office
administering the contract shall ensure
that the costs and indirect cost rates are
settled.
Form Numbers: EPA Form 1900–10.
Respondents/affected entities: All
contractors who have completed an EPA
cost-reimbursement type contract.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory (FAR 52.216–7).
Estimated number of respondents: 5
(total).
Frequency of response: Once, at the
end of the contract.
Total estimated burden: 31.5 hours
(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $4,408.65 (per
year), includes $0 annualized capital or
operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is no
change in the hours in the total
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estimated respondent burden compared
with the ICR currently approved by
OMB.
Dated: April 9, 2018.
Kimberly Y. Patrick,
Director, Office of Acquisition Management.
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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Submission for OMB Review
Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission.
ACTION: Notice of Information
Collection—Extension Without Change:
State and Local Government
Information Report (EEO–4).
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission
(EEOC) announces that it is submitting
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) a request for a three-year
extension without change of the State
and Local Government Information
Report (EEO–4 Report, Form 164).
DATES: Written comments on this notice
must be submitted on or before May 25,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Comments on this notice
must be submitted to Joseph B. Nye,
Policy Analyst, Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, 725 17th
Street NW, Washington, DC 20503,
email oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Commenters are also encouraged to
send comments to the EEOC online at
https://www.regulations.gov, which is
the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow
the instructions on the website for
submitting comments. In addition, the
EEOC’s Executive Secretariat will accept
comments in hard copy. Hard copy
comments should be sent to Bernadette
Wilson, Executive Officer, EEOC, 131 M
Street NE, Washington, DC 20507.
Finally, the Executive Secretariat will
accept comments totaling six or fewer
pages by facsimile (‘‘fax’’) machine
before the same deadline at (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 (TTY). (These are not toll-free
telephone numbers.) The EEOC will
post online at https://
www.regulations.gov all comments
SUMMARY:
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submitted via this website, in hard
copy, or by fax to the Executive
Secretariat. These comments will be
posted without change, including any
personal information you provide.
However, the EEOC reserves the right to
refrain from posting libelous or
otherwise inappropriate comments
including those that contain obscene,
indecent, or profane language; that
contain threats or defamatory
statements; that contain hate speech
directed at race, color, sex, national
origin, age, religion, disability, or
genetic information; or that promote or
endorse services or products. All
comments received, including any
personal information provided, also will
be available for public inspection during
normal business hours by appointment
only at the EEOC Headquarters Library,
131 M Street NE, Washington, DC
20507. Upon request, individuals who
require assistance viewing comments
will be provided appropriate aids such
as readers or print magnifiers. To
schedule an appointment, contact EEOC
Library staff at (202) 663–4630 (voice) or
(202) 663–4641 (TTY). (These are not
toll-free numbers.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Benita Marsh, Director of Surveys,
Office of Research, Information and
Planning, Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission, 131 M Street
NE, Room 4SW32H, Washington, DC
20507; (202) 663–7197 (voice) or by
email at Benita.Marsh@eeoc.gov.
Requests for this notice in an alternative
format should be made to the Office of
Communications and Legislative Affairs
at (202) 663–4191 (voice) or (202) 663–
4494 (TTY).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: State and
local governments with 100 or more
employees have been required to submit
EEO–4 reports since 1974 (biennially in
odd-numbered years since 1993). A
notice that EEOC would be submitting
this request was published in the
Federal Register on February 2, 2018,
allowing for a 60-day public comment
period. Seven comments were received
from the public; however, none of these
comments addressed the EEO–4 report.
Accordingly, no changes have been
made to the report based upon the
unresponsive comments.
Overview of Current Information
Collection
Collection Title: State and Local
Government Information Report (EEO–
4).
OMB Number: 3046–0008.
Frequency of Report: Biennial.
Type of Respondent: State and local
government jurisdictions with 100 or
more employees.
Description of Affected Public: State
and local governments excluding public
elementary and secondary public school
districts.
Number of Respondents: 5,128.1
Number of Responses: 12,197.2
Biennial Reporting Hours: 85,379.
Biennial Cost to Respondents:
$1,646,107.12.
Federal Cost: $251,920.
Number of Forms: 1.
Form Number: EEOC FORM 164.
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 at 29 CFR
1602.32–1602.37 prescribing the
reporting requirements for State and
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local governments. The individual
reports are confidential.
EEO–4 data are used by the EEOC to
investigate charges of discrimination
against state and local governments and
to provide information on the
employment status of minorities and
women. The data are shared with
several other Federal agencies. Pursuant
to section 709(d) of Title VII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964, U.S.C. 2000e–8(d),
as amended, EEO–4 data are shared
with State and Local Fair Employment
Practices Agencies (FEPAs). Aggregated
data are also used by researchers and
the general public.
Burden Statement: The EEOC has
updated its methodology for calculating
biennial burden to reflect the time spent
by staff that are responsible for
preparing and filing the EEO–4 report.
Based upon its years of experience and
interactions with EEO–4 filers, the
EEOC now accounts for time to be spent
biennially on EEO–4 reporting by
human resources assistants. The
estimated number of respondents
included in the biennial estimate is
5,128 state and local government
respondents, as this is the number of
EEO–4 filers from the 2015 reporting
cycle. These 5,128 filers submit an
estimated 12,197 reports biennially. The
estimated hour burden per report will
be 7 hours; this estimate is supported by
information on hour burden collected
from a sample of both small and large
EEO–4 filers. The estimated total
biennial respondent burden hours will
be 85,379 hours. Burden hour cost was
calculated using median hourly wage
rates for human resources assistants.3
The burden hour cost per report will be
$134.96, and the estimated total
biennial burden hour cost will be
$1,646,107.12. (See Table 1 below.)
TABLE 1—ESTIMATE OF BIENNIAL BURDEN FOR EEO–4 REPORT
Hourly wage
rate
State and local governments
Hours per
local
government
report
Burden hour
cost per
report 4
Number of State and Local Government Respondents = 5,128
Total burden
hours 5
Total burden
hour cost 6
Number of Reports Submitted = 12,197
$19.28
7
$134.96
85379
$1,646,107.12
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19.28
7
134.96
85379
1,646,107.12
1 This number represents the total number of state
and local government respondents from the most
recent reporting cycle in 2015.
2 This number represents the total number of
reports filed during the 2015 reporting cycle; it is
larger than the number of respondents due to the
requirement for some state and local governments
to file separate reports by function.
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3 The rate of $19.28 per hour is based on the mean
hourly pay rate of human resources assistants
(Occupational Employment Statistics, Occupational
Employment and Wages, May 2016, 43–4161
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and
Timekeeping, https://www.bls.gov/oes/2016/may/
oes434161.htm, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Division of Occupational Employment Statistics).
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4 The figures in this column were calculated by
multiplying the hourly wage rate by the hours per
report (7).
5 The figures in this column were calculated by
multiplying the hours per report by 12,197, the total
number of responses.
6 The figures in this column were calculated by
multiplying the burden hour cost per report by
12,197, the total number of responses.
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The cost estimates are based on the
assumption that filers use online
reporting. For the 2015 EEO–4 report,
85% of EEO–4 filers submitted their
report via online reporting and 5% of
EEO–4 reports were submitted using the
data upload method. The remaining
10% of filers submitted reports via the
paper method. The EEOC has made
electronic filing much easier for
employers required to file the EEO–4
Report. As a result, more jurisdictions
are using this filing method. This
development, along with the greater
availability of human resource
information software, is expected to
have significantly reduced the actual
burden of reporting.
Dated: April 18, 2018.
For the Commission.
Victoria A. Lipnic,
Acting Chair.
[FR Doc. 2018–08668 Filed 4–24–18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 1610–02–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–XXXX]
Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
Commission
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or
the Commission) invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on the
following information collection.
Comments are requested concerning:
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology; and ways to
further reduce the information
collection burden on small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid control
number. No person shall be subject to
any penalty for failing to comply with
a collection of information subject to the
PRA that does not display a valid Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before June 25, 2018.
If you anticipate that you will be
submitting comments, but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, you should
advise the contact listed below as soon
as possible.
SUMMARY:
FEDERAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
ADVISORY BOARD
Notice of Public Meeting To Discuss
the Proposed Draft Staff
Implementation Guidance 6.1:
Guidance for Implementation of SFFAS
6, Accounting for Property, Plant, and
Equipment, as amended
Federal Accounting Standards
Advisory Board.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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Dated: April 19, 2018.
Wendy M. Payne,
Executive Director.
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
BILLING CODE 6570–01–P
Pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3511(d), the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.
L. 92–463), as amended, and the FASAB
Rules Of Procedure, as amended in
October 2010, notice is hereby given
that the staff of the Federal Accounting
Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) will
convene a public meeting on May 9,
2018, from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. to
discuss proposed draft Staff
Implementation Guidance 6.1: Guidance
for Implementation of SFFAS 6,
Accounting for Property, Plant, and
Equipment, as amended. The meeting
will be held in room 5N30 at the
Government Accountability Office,
located at 441 G Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20548.
Those interested in attending should
contact Ms. Melissa Batchelor, Assistant
Director, by contacting (202) 512–5976
or batchelorm@fasab.gov no later than
May 2, 2018. Any interested person may
attend the public meeting as an
observer.
Ms.
Wendy M. Payne, Executive Director,
441 G Street NW, Suite 1155,
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Authority: Federal Advisory Committee
Act, Pub. L. 92–463.
AGENCY:
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Direct all PRA comments to
Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@
fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Nicole
Ongele at (202) 418–2991.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of
its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork burdens, and as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or
Commission) invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collections.
Comments are requested concerning:
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology; and ways to
further reduce the information
collection burden on small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
OMB Control Number: 3060–XXXX.
Title: New Procedure for Non-Federal
Public Safety Entities to License Federal
Government Interoperability Channels.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: New information
collection.
Respondents: Not-for-profit
institutions; State, Local, or Tribal
government.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 45,947 respondents; 45,947
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.25
hours.
Frequency of Response: One-time
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: New Section
90.25 adopted in Order DA 18–282,
requires any non-federal public safety
entity seeking to license mobile and
portable units on the Federal
Interoperability Channels to obtain
written concurrence from its Statewide
Interoperability Coordinator (SWIC) or a
state appointed official and include
such written concurrence with its
application for license. A non-federal
public safety entity may communicate
on designated Federal Interoperability
Channels for joint federal/non-federal
operations, provided it first obtains a
license from the Commission
ADDRESSES:
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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Submission for OMB Review
AGENCY: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
ACTION: Notice of Information Collection--Extension Without Change:
State and Local Government Information Report (EEO-4).
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announces that it is
submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for a
three-year extension without change of the State and Local Government
Information Report (EEO-4 Report, Form 164).
DATES: Written comments on this notice must be submitted on or before
May 25, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Comments on this notice must be submitted to Joseph B. Nye,
Policy Analyst, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503, email
[email protected]. Commenters are also encouraged to send
comments to the EEOC online at https://www.regulations.gov, which is the
Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the instructions on the website for
submitting comments. In addition, the EEOC's Executive Secretariat will
accept comments in hard copy. Hard copy comments should be sent to
Bernadette Wilson, Executive Officer, EEOC, 131 M Street NE,
Washington, DC 20507. Finally, the Executive Secretariat will accept
comments totaling six or fewer pages by facsimile (``fax'') machine
before the same deadline at (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
(TTY). (These are not toll-free telephone numbers.) The EEOC will post
online at https://www.regulations.gov all comments
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submitted via this website, in hard copy, or by fax to the Executive
Secretariat. These comments will be posted without change, including
any personal information you provide. However, the EEOC reserves the
right to refrain from posting libelous or otherwise inappropriate
comments including those that contain obscene, indecent, or profane
language; that contain threats or defamatory statements; that contain
hate speech directed at race, color, sex, national origin, age,
religion, disability, or genetic information; or that promote or
endorse services or products. All comments received, including any
personal information provided, also will be available for public
inspection during normal business hours by appointment only at the EEOC
Headquarters Library, 131 M Street NE, Washington, DC 20507. Upon
request, individuals who require assistance viewing comments will be
provided appropriate aids such as readers or print magnifiers. To
schedule an appointment, contact EEOC Library staff at (202) 663-4630
(voice) or (202) 663-4641 (TTY). (These are not toll-free numbers.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Benita Marsh, Director of Surveys,
Office of Research, Information and Planning, Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission, 131 M Street NE, Room 4SW32H, Washington, DC
20507; (202) 663-7197 (voice) or by email at [email protected].
Requests for this notice in an alternative format should be made to the
Office of Communications and Legislative Affairs at (202) 663-4191
(voice) or (202) 663-4494 (TTY).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: State and local governments with 100 or more
employees have been required to submit EEO-4 reports since 1974
(biennially in odd-numbered years since 1993). A notice that EEOC would
be submitting this request was published in the Federal Register on
February 2, 2018, allowing for a 60-day public comment period. Seven
comments were received from the public; however, none of these comments
addressed the EEO-4 report. Accordingly, no changes have been made to
the report based upon the unresponsive comments.
Overview of Current Information Collection
Collection Title: State and Local Government Information Report
(EEO-4).
OMB Number: 3046-0008.
Frequency of Report: Biennial.
Type of Respondent: State and local government jurisdictions with
100 or more employees.
Description of Affected Public: State and local governments
excluding public elementary and secondary public school districts.
Number of Respondents: 5,128.\1\
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\1\ This number represents the total number of state and local
government respondents from the most recent reporting cycle in 2015.
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Number of Responses: 12,197.\2\
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\2\ This number represents the total number of reports filed
during the 2015 reporting cycle; it is larger than the number of
respondents due to the requirement for some state and local
governments to file separate reports by function.
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Biennial Reporting Hours: 85,379.
Biennial Cost to Respondents: $1,646,107.12.
Federal Cost: $251,920.
Number of Forms: 1.
Form Number: EEOC FORM 164.
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 at 29 CFR 1602.32-
1602.37 prescribing the reporting requirements for State and local
governments. The individual reports are confidential.
EEO-4 data are used by the EEOC to investigate charges of
discrimination against state and local governments and to provide
information on the employment status of minorities and women. The data
are shared with several other Federal agencies. Pursuant to section
709(d) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, U.S.C. 2000e-8(d),
as amended, EEO-4 data are shared with State and Local Fair Employment
Practices Agencies (FEPAs). Aggregated data are also used by
researchers and the general public.
Burden Statement: The EEOC has updated its methodology for
calculating biennial burden to reflect the time spent by staff that are
responsible for preparing and filing the EEO-4 report. Based upon its
years of experience and interactions with EEO-4 filers, the EEOC now
accounts for time to be spent biennially on EEO-4 reporting by human
resources assistants. The estimated number of respondents included in
the biennial estimate is 5,128 state and local government respondents,
as this is the number of EEO-4 filers from the 2015 reporting cycle.
These 5,128 filers submit an estimated 12,197 reports biennially. The
estimated hour burden per report will be 7 hours; this estimate is
supported by information on hour burden collected from a sample of both
small and large EEO-4 filers. The estimated total biennial respondent
burden hours will be 85,379 hours. Burden hour cost was calculated
using median hourly wage rates for human resources assistants.\3\ The
burden hour cost per report will be $134.96, and the estimated total
biennial burden hour cost will be $1,646,107.12. (See Table 1 below.)
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\3\ The rate of $19.28 per hour is based on the mean hourly pay
rate of human resources assistants (Occupational Employment
Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2016, 43-4161
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping, https://www.bls.gov/oes/2016/may/oes434161.htm, U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Division of Occupational Employment Statistics).
\4\ The figures in this column were calculated by multiplying
the hourly wage rate by the hours per report (7).
\5\ The figures in this column were calculated by multiplying
the hours per report by 12,197, the total number of responses.
\6\ The figures in this column were calculated by multiplying
the burden hour cost per report by 12,197, the total number of
responses.
TABLE 1--Estimate of Biennial Burden for EEO-4 Report
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Hours per
Hourly wage local Burden hour Total burden Total burden hour
State and local governments rate government cost per hours \5\ cost \6\
report report \4\
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Number of State and Local Government ResNumber of Reports Submitted =
12,197
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HUMAN RESOURCES ASSISTANTS........................................ $19.28 7 $134.96 85379 $1,646,107.12
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TOTAL......................................................... 19.28 7 134.96 85379 1,646,107.12
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The cost estimates are based on the assumption that filers use
online reporting. For the 2015 EEO-4 report, 85% of EEO-4 filers
submitted their report via online reporting and 5% of EEO-4 reports
were submitted using the data upload method. The remaining 10% of
filers submitted reports via the paper method. The EEOC has made
electronic filing much easier for employers required to file the EEO-4
Report. As a result, more jurisdictions are using this filing method.
This development, along with the greater availability of human resource
information software, is expected to have significantly reduced the
actual burden of reporting.
Dated: April 18, 2018.
For the Commission.
Victoria A. Lipnic,
Acting Chair.
[FR Doc. 2018-08685 Filed 4-24-18; 8:45 am]
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