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Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 171 / Wednesday, September 4, 2024 / Notices 11581–04–OCSPP), to announce the scheduling of two virtual public meetings to provide information regarding existing chemical preprioritization and prioritization activities under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Subsequent to the publication of that notice, EPA identified that two links that were provided in that document are incorrect: The link provided in ADDRESSES for use in registering for the webinar to be held on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, is corrected to read: https://usepa.zoom gov.com/meeting/register/vJIsf-Crrz MqHJshuXmH7qTusPv-lURNA4M. The link provided in Unit II.D.3., for use to access the webinar information website is corrected to read: https:// www.epa.gov/assessing-and-managingchemicals-under-tsca/us-epa-webinarnext-round-chemical-substances-being. Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq. Dated: August 29, 2024. Michal Freedhoff, Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. [FR Doc. 2024–19853 Filed 9–3–24; 8:45 am] Officer, EEOC, 131 M Street NE, Washington, DC 20507, (202) 921–3260. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4), the names and position of the EEOC PRB members are set forth below: Mr. Dexter Brooks, Chair, Associate Director, Office of Federal Sector Programs, EEOC Mr. Bradley Anderson, Director, Birmingham District, EEOC Ms. Pierrette McIntire, Chief Information Officer, EEOC Ms. Anna Park, Regional Attorney, Los Angeles, EEOC Ms. Nancy Sienko, Director, San Francisco District, EEOC Mr. Richard Toscano, Director, Equal Employment Opportunity Staff, U.S. Department of Justice Ms. Faye Williams, Regional Attorney, Memphis, EEOC Mr. Raymond Peeler, Associate Legal Counsel, EEOC (Alternate) Ms. Gwendolyn Reams, Associate General Counsel, EEOC (Alternate) By the direction of the Commission. Cynthia G. Pierre, Chief Operating Officer. BILLING CODE 6560–50–P [FR Doc. 2024–19737 Filed 9–3–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6570–01–P EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION Performance Review Board— Appointment of Members Agency Information Collection Activities: Existing Collection U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). ACTION: Notice of performance review board appointments. AGENCY: ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia G. Pierre, Chief Operating VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:26 Sep 03, 2024 Jkt 262001 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. ACTION: Notice of Information Collection—Proposed revision of State and Local Government Information Report (EEO–4). AGENCY: This notice announces the appointment of those individuals who have been selected to serve as members of the Performance Review Board (PRB). The PRB is comprised of a Chairperson and career senior executives that meet annually to review and evaluate performance appraisal documents. The PRB provides a written recommendation to the appointing authority for final approval of each SES and SL performance rating, performance-based pay adjustment, and performance award. The PRB is advised by the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer, Office of Legal Counsel, and Office for Civil Rights, Diversity and Inclusion to ensure compliance with laws and regulations. Designated members will serve a 12-month term. DATES: The board membership is applicable beginning on November 1, 2024. SUMMARY: EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), 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 PRA approval of revisions to the currently approved State and Local Government Information Report (EEO–4). DATES: Written comments on this notice must be submitted on or before November 4, 2024. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods— please use only one method: Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions on the website for submitting comments. Mail: Comments may be submitted by mail to Raymond Windmiller, Executive SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 71901 Officer, Executive Secretariat, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 131 M Street NE, Washington, DC 20507. Fax: Comments totaling six or fewer pages can be faxed to (202) 663–4114. 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) 921–2815 (voice) or (800) 669– 6820 (TTY). Instructions: All comments received must include the agency name and docket number. Comments will be posted without change to https:// www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. 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, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetic information; or that promote or endorse services or products. Copies of comments received in response to this notice are also available for review at the Commission’s library by appointment only at 131 M Street NE, Suite 4NW08R, Washington, DC 20507. Members of the public may schedule an appointment by emailing OEDA@eeoc.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Guerino, Director, Data Development and Information Products Division, Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics (OEDA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 131 M Street NE, Washington, DC 20507; (202) 921– 2928 (voice), (800) 669–6820 (TTY) or email at OEDA@eeoc.gov. Requests for this notice in an alternative format should be made to the EEOC’s Office of Communications and Legislative Affairs at (202) 921–3191 (voice), (800) 669– 6820 (TTY), or (844) 234–5122 (ASL Video Phone). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Since 1973, the EEOC has required EEO–4 filers to submit workforce demographic data. All state and local governments that are covered by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (Title VII) 1 and that have 100 or more employees are required to file the workforce demographic data. Pursuant to the PRA and OMB regulations found at 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), the Commission solicits public comment on its intent to seek a threeyear approval of revisions to the 1 42 E:\FR\FM\04SEN1.SGM U.S.C. 2000e, et seq. 04SEN1 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 71902 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 171 / Wednesday, September 4, 2024 / Notices currently approved EEO–4 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. Based on data from the most recent EEO–4 data collection reporting year (i.e., 2023), as well as ongoing updates by the EEOC to the EEO–4 frame (i.e., filer roster or master list), the EEOC anticipates the total number of filers submitting an EEO–4 report may increase to 6,607 per biennial collection. Accordingly, the burden estimates in this Notice are based on this revised estimate of the number of filers. Overview of 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 governments that have 100 or more employees and meet certain criteria. Description of Affected Public: State and local governments that have 100 or more employees and meet certain criteria. Reporting Hours: 18,094 hours per biennial collection. Respondent Burden Hour Cost: $563,868.27 per biennial collection. Federal Cost: $327,440.12 per biennial collection. Number of Filers: 6,607 per biennial collection.2 Number of Responses: 6,607 per biennial collection. Number of Forms: 1. Form Number: EEOC Form 164. Abstract: Section 709(c) of Title VII requires employers to make and keep records relevant to the 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 2 This figure is based on the expanded frame of potentially eligible respondents and the response rate for the most recently completed EEO–4 data collection (2023 EEO–4 data collection). VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:26 Sep 03, 2024 Jkt 262001 regulation or order.3 Pursuant to this statutory authority, the EEOC issued regulations prescribing the reporting and related record retention requirements for state and local governments.4 The regulations require state and local governments to make or keep all records necessary for completion of an EEO–4 submission and retain those records for three years, and also require EEO–4 filers to retain a copy of each filed EEO–4 report for three years. These recordkeeping requirements are part of standard administrative practices, and as a result, the EEOC believes that any impact on burden would be negligible and nearly impossible to quantify. Additionally, the regulations require state and local governments to file executed copies of the EEO–4 in conformity with the directions set forth in the form and accompanying instructions. Under this authority, state and local governments with 100 or more employees are required to report biennially 5 the number of individuals they employ by job category and by sex, salary band, and race or ethnicity. Please note that on March 28, 2024, OMB published revisions, the first since 1997, to its Statistical Policy Directive No. 15: Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity.’’ See https:// spd15revision.gov/. The revisions include, for example, using a single combined race and ethnicity question and adding Middle Eastern or North African (MENA) as a new minimum reporting category. Federal agencies, including the EEOC, are required to bring their data collections into compliance with these standards by March 28, 2029. Because the EEOC’s current EEO–4 PRA clearance expires January 31, 2025, the agency is not proposing updates to its collection of race and ethnicity data under this Notice in order to provide filers with sufficient notice of the revised standards and to give the EEOC sufficient time to implement the revisions across its EEO collections. The EEOC currently collects EEO–4 data electronically through a web-based data collection application (i.e., portal) referred to as the EEO–4 Online Filing 3 42 U.S.C. 2000e–8(c). regulatory sections covered by this notice are 29 CFR 1602.30 and 1602.32 through 1602.37. The EEOC is responsible for obtaining OMB’s PRA approval for the EEO–4 report. 5 Beginning in 1993, the EEO–4 report has been collected biennially in odd-numbered years. Prior to 1993, the EEO–4 report was collected annually. 4 The PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 System (OFS).6 Filers must submit their data electronically to the web-based portal by either manual entry or by uploading a data file. The individual EEO–4 reports are confidential.7 The EEOC uses EEO–4 data to investigate charges of employment discrimination against state and local governments and to publish periodic reports on workforce demographics.8 Burden Statement: The EEOC’s Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics (OEDA) administers the agency’s data collections, including the EEO–4. Since OEDA’s creation in 2018, the EEOC has undertaken several efforts to modernize the agency’s data collections and improve the quality of data collected. OEDA has also streamlined functions, such as providing additional self-service options, resource materials, and an online support message center. As part of these ongoing modernization efforts, OEDA has undertaken measures to enhance the agency’s existing EEO–4 data frame of potentially eligible filers and make the EEO–4 filing process more user-friendly and less burdensome. By comparing the EEOC’s 2023 EEO–4 frame to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Census of 6 EEO–4 filers may access the EEO–4 Online Filing System through the EEOC’s dedicated EEO– 4 website at www.eeocdata.org/eeo4. 7 All reports and any information from individual reports are subject to the confidentiality provisions of section 709(e) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000e–8(e), as amended (Title VII), and may not be made public by the EEOC prior to the institution of any proceeding under Title VII involving the EEO–4 data. Any EEOC employee who violates this prohibition may be found guilty of a criminal misdemeanor and could be fined or imprisoned. The confidentiality requirements allow the EEOC to publish only aggregated data, and only in a manner that does not identify any particular filer or reveal any individual employee’s personal information. With respect to other federal agencies with a legitimate law enforcement purpose, the EEOC gives access to information collected under Title VII only if the agencies agree in writing to comply with the confidentiality provisions of Title VII. In addition, section 709(d) (42 U.S.C. 2000e– 8(d)) provides that the EEOC shall furnish upon request and without cost to state or local civil rights agencies information about employers in their jurisdiction on the condition that they not make it public prior to starting a proceeding under state or local law involving such information. The EEOC shares EEO–4 data with Fair Employment Practices Agencies (FEPAs) pursuant to Worksharing Agreements that impose obligations on the contracted FEPA with respect to confidentiality, privacy, and data security. On a case-by-case basis, the EEOC may share EEO–4 data with a FEPA that does not have a Worksharing Agreement, but only if that FEPA agrees to comply with confidentiality, privacy, and data security obligations similar to those imposed on FEPAs with Worksharing Agreements. 8 Any reports the EEOC publishes based on EEO– 4 data include only aggregated data that protect the confidentiality of each employer’s information, as well as the privacy of each employee’s personal information. E:\FR\FM\04SEN1.SGM 04SEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 171 / Wednesday, September 4, 2024 / Notices Governments,9 OEDA identified approximately 1,220 additional state and local governments that may be eligible to file during the next biennial data collection. With the addition of these filers to the EEO–4 frame and considering response rates during the 2023 EEO–4 data collection, OEDA now estimates 6,607 potential respondents to the agency’s next EEO–4 data collection.10 Additionally, the EEOC proposes to update the salary bands in the next biennial EEO–4 data collection to keep pace with inflation and account for an increasing portion of employees falling into the highest salary bands. The EEOC reviewed several other federal data collections involving salaries and wages and determined that the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) 11 program most closely aligns with the EEO–4. 71903 Therefore, the EEOC proposes adopting the OEWS salary bands and will periodically update them as appropriate. The EEOC recognizes there may be a one-time increase in burden as filers need to update their systems to produce reports in the new categories, but this increase is expected to be negligible. The proposed pay bands for the next biennial data collection are listed in the table below. TABLE 1—UPDATED SALARY BANDS FOR EEO–4 Wages Interval Annual Range Range Range Range Range Range Range Range Range Range Range Range A ............................................................. B ............................................................. C ............................................................. D ............................................................. E ............................................................. F .............................................................. G ............................................................. H ............................................................. I ............................................................... J .............................................................. K ............................................................. L .............................................................. The EEOC has also updated its methodology for calculating the biennial burden of the EEO–4 to better reflect the types of personnel responsible for preparing and filing these reports on behalf of their employers. Based upon job titles provided during the 2023 EEO–4 data collection by individuals completing the report within the EEO– 4 OFS, the EEOC has identified six specific job categories which account for the largest amount of time spent Hourly Under $19,240 ................................................. $19,240 to $24,959 .......................................... $24,960 to $32,239 .......................................... $32,240 to $41,079 .......................................... $41,080 to $53,039 .......................................... $53,040 to $68,119 .......................................... $68,120 to $87,359 .......................................... $87,360 to $112,319 ........................................ $112,320 to $144,559 ...................................... $144,560 to $186,159 ...................................... $186,160 to $239,199 ...................................... $239,200 and over ........................................... biennially on EEO–4 reporting. These job categories include: (1) Human Resource Specialists; (2) ExecutiveLevel Staff; (3) Secretaries and Administrative Assistants; (4) Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks; (5) Administrative Services and Facilities Managers; and (6) Database Administrators and Architects.12 Additionally, the EEO–4 OFS captures detailed information on when each filer starts and certifies its report. The EEOC Under $9.25 $9.25 to $11.99 $12.00 to $15.49 $15.50 to $19.74 $19.75 to $25.49 $25.50 to $32.74 $32.75 to $41.99 $42.00 to $53.99 $54.00 to $69.49 $69.50 to $89.49 $89.5 to $114.99 $115.00 and over used this information from the most recent EEO–4 data collection to calculate more precise burden hour estimates.13 In Table 2 below, the estimated average hour burden per report is 2.7 hours. The total estimated biennial respondent burden for all filers is 18,094 hours. The estimated average burden hour cost per report is $85.34, and the estimated total burden hour cost for all filers per biennial collection is $563,868.27. TABLE 2—PROJECTED BURDEN FOR EACH EEO–4 BIENNIAL REPORTING YEAR (N = 6,607) Staff job category Percent in job category Median hourly wage rate Hours per filer 68.0 4.1 8.1 $30.88 48.12 21.19 2.8 2.6 2.4 12,575 710 1,289 $86.46 125.11 50.86 $388,309.82 34,155.58 827,309.67 8.8 22.05 2.5 1,450 55.13 31,972.50 4.5 0.1 6.3 48.98 53.91 30.86 3.4 0.5 2.5 2.7 1,003 3 1,065 166.53 26.96 77.14 85.34 49,126.94 134.78 32,858.98 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Human Resource Specialists ................... Executive-Level Staff ............................... Secretaries and Administrative Assistants Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks ................................................... Administrative Services and Facilities Managers .............................................. Database Administrators and Architects Other a ...................................................... AVERAGE ................................................ 9 The Census of Governments is a three-phased program that collects state and local government data every five years in years ending in ‘‘2’’ and ‘‘7.’’ See https://www.census.gov/newsroom/pressreleases/2023/census-of-governments.html. 10 This estimate covers state and local governments with 100 or more employees within the 50 United States and the District of Columbia. Please note that 6,607 respondents may ultimately turn out to be an overestimate. Following the initial VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:26 Sep 03, 2024 Jkt 262001 enhancement of the EEO–4 frame, collection data may yield an unknown number of ineligible filers. 11 The Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program produces employment and wage estimates annually for approximately 830 occupations. See https://www.bls.gov/oes/. 12 Hourly wage rates for these six job categories were obtained from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational Outlook Handbook. See https://www.bls.gov/ooh/. PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Total burden hours Cost per filer Total burden hour cost Please note that the actual job titles reported during the 2023 EEO–4 data collection were collapsed into these six BLS occupational categories. 13 The time estimates are based on the average time elapsed among filers who completed their reports during the same calendar day within the EEO–4 OFS. This methodology was chosen because a single-session submission would also approximate the completion time over several, multi-day sessions. E:\FR\FM\04SEN1.SGM 04SEN1 71904 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 171 / Wednesday, September 4, 2024 / Notices TABLE 2—PROJECTED BURDEN FOR EACH EEO–4 BIENNIAL REPORTING YEAR (N = 6,607)—Continued Percent in job category Staff job category Total b ................................................ Median hourly wage rate Hours per filer 100.0 Total burden hours Cost per filer 18,094 Total burden hour cost 563,868.27 a The average hourly wage rate for the ‘‘Other’’ category was derived by taking the weighted mean average of the hourly wage rates of the six BLS job categories listed in the above table. b These estimates are based upon filers’ use of the EEO–4 OFS to submit reports electronically because paper submissions are no longer accepted. Electronic filing remains the most efficient, accurate, and secure means of reporting for respondents required to submit the EEO–4 report. For the Commission. Charlotte A. Burrows, Chair. [FR Doc. 2024–19743 Filed 9–3–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6570–01–P FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION Sunshine Act Meetings FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION OF PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT: 89 FR 68439. PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED TIME AND DATE OF THE MEETING: Thursday, August 29, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. Hybrid Meeting: 1050 First Street NE, Washington, DC (12th Floor) and Virtual. CHANGES IN THE MEETING: The following items were also discussed: Draft Advisory Opinion 2024–11: Caroline Gleich. Certification for Payment of Presidential Primary Matching Funds (Mike Pence for President). Certification for Payment of Presidential Primary Matching Funds (Jill Stein for President 2024). CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Judith Ingram, Press Officer, Telephone: (202) 694–1220. (Authority: Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b) Laura E. Sinram, Secretary and Clerk of the Commission. [FR Doc. 2024–19893 Filed 8–30–24; 11:15 am] BILLING CODE 6715–01–P FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank Control Act (Act) (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and § 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank or bank holding company. The factors that are considered in acting on the applications are set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)). VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:26 Sep 03, 2024 Jkt 262001 The public portions of the applications listed below, as well as other related filings required by the Board, if any, are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank(s) indicated below and at the offices of the Board of Governors. This information may also be obtained on an expedited basis, upon request, by contacting the appropriate Federal Reserve Bank and from the Board’s Freedom of Information Office at https://www.federalreserve.gov/foia/ request.htm. Interested persons may express their views in writing on the standards enumerated in paragraph 7 of the Act. Comments received are subject to public disclosure. In general, comments received will be made available without change and will not be modified to remove personal or business information including confidential, contact, or other identifying information. Comments should not include any information such as confidential information that would not be appropriate for public disclosure. Comments regarding each of these applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors, Ann E. Misback, Secretary of the Board, 20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20551–0001, not later than September 19, 2024. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Colette A. Fried, Assistant Vice President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690–1414. Comments can also be sent electronically to Comments.applications@chi.frb.org: 1. Daniel R. Kumley Revocable Trust, Daniel R. Kumley, trustee, both of Mount Vernon, Iowa; and Matthew Kumley Revocable Trust, Matthew Kumley, trustee, both of Monticello, Iowa; to join the Audrey Savage Control Group, a group acting in concert, to retain voting shares of Herky Hawk Financial Corp., and thereby indirectly retain voting shares of Citizens State Bank, both of Monticello, Iowa. PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Michele Taylor Fennell, Associate Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 2024–19820 Filed 9–3–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION [Notice-Q–2024–05; Docket No. 2024–0002; Sequence No. 40] Federal Secure Cloud Advisory Committee Notification of Upcoming Meeting; Correction Federal Acquisition Service (Q), General Services Administration (GSA). ACTION: Notice of Advisory committee public meeting and request for public comment; correction. AGENCY: GSA published a document in the Federal Register of August 23, 2024, concerning the public meetings on September 12, 2024, and October 10, 2024, and request for public comments. The October 10th meeting is now being held on October 3rd. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle White, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), FSCAC, GSA, 703–489– 4160, fscac@gsa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: Corrections In the Federal Register of August 23, 2024 in FR Doc. 2024–0002, on pages 68160 and 68161: Correct the DATES section to read: The open public meetings will be held virtually on Thursday, September 12, 2024, from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time (ET), and Thursday, October 3, 2024, from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Eastern Time (ET). Correct the ADDRESSES section to read: The meetings will be accessible via webcast. Separate registration is required for each meeting and will be made available prior to the meetings online at https://gsa.gov/fscac, by selecting the ‘‘Federal Secure Cloud Advisory Committee meetings’’ tab on E:\FR\FM\04SEN1.SGM 04SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 4, 2024)]
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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Existing Collection

AGENCY: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Information Collection--Proposed revision of State 
and Local Government Information Report (EEO-4).

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), 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 PRA approval of revisions to the currently 
approved State and Local Government Information Report (EEO-4).

DATES: Written comments on this notice must be submitted on or before 
November 4, 2024.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods--
please use only one method:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions on the website for submitting comments.
    Mail: Comments may be submitted by mail to Raymond Windmiller, 
Executive Officer, Executive Secretariat, Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission, 131 M Street NE, Washington, DC 20507.
    Fax: Comments totaling six or fewer pages can be faxed to (202) 
663-4114. 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) 921-2815 (voice) or (800) 669-6820 
(TTY).
    Instructions: All comments received must include the agency name 
and docket number. Comments will be posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. 
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, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetic 
information; or that promote or endorse services or products.
    Copies of comments received in response to this notice are also 
available for review at the Commission's library by appointment only at 
131 M Street NE, Suite 4NW08R, Washington, DC 20507. Members of the 
public may schedule an appointment by emailing [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Guerino, Director, Data 
Development and Information Products Division, Office of Enterprise 
Data and Analytics (OEDA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 131 
M Street NE, Washington, DC 20507; (202) 921-2928 (voice), (800) 669-
6820 (TTY) or email at [email protected]. Requests for this notice in an 
alternative format should be made to the EEOC's Office of 
Communications and Legislative Affairs at (202) 921-3191 (voice), (800) 
669-6820 (TTY), or (844) 234-5122 (ASL Video Phone).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Since 1973, the EEOC has required EEO-4 
filers to submit workforce demographic data. All state and local 
governments that are covered by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 
1964, as amended (Title VII) \1\ and that have 100 or more employees 
are required to file the workforce demographic data.
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    Pursuant to the PRA and OMB regulations found at 5 CFR 
1320.8(d)(1), the Commission solicits public comment on its intent to 
seek a three-year approval of revisions to the

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currently approved EEO-4 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.
    Based on data from the most recent EEO-4 data collection reporting 
year (i.e., 2023), as well as ongoing updates by the EEOC to the EEO-4 
frame (i.e., filer roster or master list), the EEOC anticipates the 
total number of filers submitting an EEO-4 report may increase to 6,607 
per biennial collection. Accordingly, the burden estimates in this 
Notice are based on this revised estimate of the number of filers.
    Overview of 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 governments that have 100 or 
more employees and meet certain criteria.
    Description of Affected Public: State and local governments that 
have 100 or more employees and meet certain criteria.
    Reporting Hours: 18,094 hours per biennial collection.
    Respondent Burden Hour Cost: $563,868.27 per biennial collection.
    Federal Cost: $327,440.12 per biennial collection.
    Number of Filers: 6,607 per biennial collection.\2\
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    \2\ This figure is based on the expanded frame of potentially 
eligible respondents and the response rate for the most recently 
completed EEO-4 data collection (2023 EEO-4 data collection).
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    Number of Responses: 6,607 per biennial collection.
    Number of Forms: 1.
    Form Number: EEOC Form 164.
    Abstract: Section 709(c) of Title VII requires employers to make 
and keep records relevant to the 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.\3\ Pursuant to this statutory authority, the EEOC 
issued regulations prescribing the reporting and related record 
retention requirements for state and local governments.\4\ The 
regulations require state and local governments to make or keep all 
records necessary for completion of an EEO-4 submission and retain 
those records for three years, and also require EEO-4 filers to retain 
a copy of each filed EEO-4 report for three years. These recordkeeping 
requirements are part of standard administrative practices, and as a 
result, the EEOC believes that any impact on burden would be negligible 
and nearly impossible to quantify. Additionally, the regulations 
require state and local governments to file executed copies of the EEO-
4 in conformity with the directions set forth in the form and 
accompanying instructions. Under this authority, state and local 
governments with 100 or more employees are required to report 
biennially \5\ the number of individuals they employ by job category 
and by sex, salary band, and race or ethnicity.
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    \3\ 42 U.S.C. 2000e-8(c).
    \4\ The regulatory sections covered by this notice are 29 CFR 
1602.30 and 1602.32 through 1602.37. The EEOC is responsible for 
obtaining OMB's PRA approval for the EEO-4 report.
    \5\ Beginning in 1993, the EEO-4 report has been collected 
biennially in odd-numbered years. Prior to 1993, the EEO-4 report 
was collected annually.
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    Please note that on March 28, 2024, OMB published revisions, the 
first since 1997, to its Statistical Policy Directive No. 15: Standards 
for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and 
Ethnicity.'' See https://spd15revision.gov/. The revisions include, for 
example, using a single combined race and ethnicity question and adding 
Middle Eastern or North African (MENA) as a new minimum reporting 
category. Federal agencies, including the EEOC, are required to bring 
their data collections into compliance with these standards by March 
28, 2029. Because the EEOC's current EEO-4 PRA clearance expires 
January 31, 2025, the agency is not proposing updates to its collection 
of race and ethnicity data under this Notice in order to provide filers 
with sufficient notice of the revised standards and to give the EEOC 
sufficient time to implement the revisions across its EEO collections.
    The EEOC currently collects EEO-4 data electronically through a 
web-based data collection application (i.e., portal) referred to as the 
EEO-4 Online Filing System (OFS).\6\ Filers must submit their data 
electronically to the web-based portal by either manual entry or by 
uploading a data file. The individual EEO-4 reports are 
confidential.\7\ The EEOC uses EEO-4 data to investigate charges of 
employment discrimination against state and local governments and to 
publish periodic reports on workforce demographics.\8\
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    \6\ EEO-4 filers may access the EEO-4 Online Filing System 
through the EEOC's dedicated EEO-4 website at www.eeocdata.org/eeo4.
    \7\ All reports and any information from individual reports are 
subject to the confidentiality provisions of section 709(e) of Title 
VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000e-8(e), as 
amended (Title VII), and may not be made public by the EEOC prior to 
the institution of any proceeding under Title VII involving the EEO-
4 data. Any EEOC employee who violates this prohibition may be found 
guilty of a criminal misdemeanor and could be fined or imprisoned. 
The confidentiality requirements allow the EEOC to publish only 
aggregated data, and only in a manner that does not identify any 
particular filer or reveal any individual employee's personal 
information. With respect to other federal agencies with a 
legitimate law enforcement purpose, the EEOC gives access to 
information collected under Title VII only if the agencies agree in 
writing to comply with the confidentiality provisions of Title VII. 
In addition, section 709(d) (42 U.S.C. 2000e-8(d)) provides that the 
EEOC shall furnish upon request and without cost to state or local 
civil rights agencies information about employers in their 
jurisdiction on the condition that they not make it public prior to 
starting a proceeding under state or local law involving such 
information. The EEOC shares EEO-4 data with Fair Employment 
Practices Agencies (FEPAs) pursuant to Worksharing Agreements that 
impose obligations on the contracted FEPA with respect to 
confidentiality, privacy, and data security. On a case-by-case 
basis, the EEOC may share EEO-4 data with a FEPA that does not have 
a Worksharing Agreement, but only if that FEPA agrees to comply with 
confidentiality, privacy, and data security obligations similar to 
those imposed on FEPAs with Worksharing Agreements.
    \8\ Any reports the EEOC publishes based on EEO-4 data include 
only aggregated data that protect the confidentiality of each 
employer's information, as well as the privacy of each employee's 
personal information.
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    Burden Statement: The EEOC's Office of Enterprise Data and 
Analytics (OEDA) administers the agency's data collections, including 
the EEO-4. Since OEDA's creation in 2018, the EEOC has undertaken 
several efforts to modernize the agency's data collections and improve 
the quality of data collected. OEDA has also streamlined functions, 
such as providing additional self-service options, resource materials, 
and an online support message center.
    As part of these ongoing modernization efforts, OEDA has undertaken 
measures to enhance the agency's existing EEO-4 data frame of 
potentially eligible filers and make the EEO-4 filing process more 
user-friendly and less burdensome. By comparing the EEOC's 2023 EEO-4 
frame to the U.S. Census Bureau's Census of

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Governments,\9\ OEDA identified approximately 1,220 additional state 
and local governments that may be eligible to file during the next 
biennial data collection. With the addition of these filers to the EEO-
4 frame and considering response rates during the 2023 EEO-4 data 
collection, OEDA now estimates 6,607 potential respondents to the 
agency's next EEO-4 data collection.\10\
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    \9\ The Census of Governments is a three-phased program that 
collects state and local government data every five years in years 
ending in ``2'' and ``7.'' See https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2023/census-of-governments.html.
    \10\ This estimate covers state and local governments with 100 
or more employees within the 50 United States and the District of 
Columbia. Please note that 6,607 respondents may ultimately turn out 
to be an overestimate. Following the initial enhancement of the EEO-
4 frame, collection data may yield an unknown number of ineligible 
filers.
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    Additionally, the EEOC proposes to update the salary bands in the 
next biennial EEO-4 data collection to keep pace with inflation and 
account for an increasing portion of employees falling into the highest 
salary bands. The EEOC reviewed several other federal data collections 
involving salaries and wages and determined that the Bureau of Labor 
Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) \11\ 
program most closely aligns with the EEO-4. Therefore, the EEOC 
proposes adopting the OEWS salary bands and will periodically update 
them as appropriate. The EEOC recognizes there may be a one-time 
increase in burden as filers need to update their systems to produce 
reports in the new categories, but this increase is expected to be 
negligible. The proposed pay bands for the next biennial data 
collection are listed in the table below.
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    \11\ The Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) 
program produces employment and wage estimates annually for 
approximately 830 occupations. See https://www.bls.gov/oes/.

                 Table 1--Updated Salary Bands for EEO-4
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                                                 Wages
          Interval           -------------------------------------------
                                     Annual                Hourly
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Range A.....................  Under $19,240.......  Under $9.25
Range B.....................  $19,240 to $24,959..  $9.25 to $11.99
Range C.....................  $24,960 to $32,239..  $12.00 to $15.49
Range D.....................  $32,240 to $41,079..  $15.50 to $19.74
Range E.....................  $41,080 to $53,039..  $19.75 to $25.49
Range F.....................  $53,040 to $68,119..  $25.50 to $32.74
Range G.....................  $68,120 to $87,359..  $32.75 to $41.99
Range H.....................  $87,360 to $112,319.  $42.00 to $53.99
Range I.....................  $112,320 to $144,559  $54.00 to $69.49
Range J.....................  $144,560 to $186,159  $69.50 to $89.49
Range K.....................  $186,160 to $239,199  $89.5 to $114.99
Range L.....................  $239,200 and over...  $115.00 and over
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    The EEOC has also updated its methodology for calculating the 
biennial burden of the EEO-4 to better reflect the types of personnel 
responsible for preparing and filing these reports on behalf of their 
employers. Based upon job titles provided during the 2023 EEO-4 data 
collection by individuals completing the report within the EEO-4 OFS, 
the EEOC has identified six specific job categories which account for 
the largest amount of time spent biennially on EEO-4 reporting. These 
job categories include: (1) Human Resource Specialists; (2) Executive-
Level Staff; (3) Secretaries and Administrative Assistants; (4) 
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks; (5) Administrative 
Services and Facilities Managers; and (6) Database Administrators and 
Architects.\12\
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    \12\ Hourly wage rates for these six job categories were 
obtained from the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor 
Statistics (BLS) Occupational Outlook Handbook. See https://www.bls.gov/ooh/. Please note that the actual job titles reported 
during the 2023 EEO-4 data collection were collapsed into these six 
BLS occupational categories.
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    Additionally, the EEO-4 OFS captures detailed information on when 
each filer starts and certifies its report. The EEOC used this 
information from the most recent EEO-4 data collection to calculate 
more precise burden hour estimates.\13\ In Table 2 below, the estimated 
average hour burden per report is 2.7 hours. The total estimated 
biennial respondent burden for all filers is 18,094 hours. The 
estimated average burden hour cost per report is $85.34, and the 
estimated total burden hour cost for all filers per biennial collection 
is $563,868.27.
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    \13\ The time estimates are based on the average time elapsed 
among filers who completed their reports during the same calendar 
day within the EEO-4 OFS. This methodology was chosen because a 
single-session submission would also approximate the completion time 
over several, multi-day sessions.

                                      TAble 2--Projected Burden for Each EEO-4 Biennial Reporting Year (N = 6,607)
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                                                          Percent in job   Median hourly     Hours per     Total burden                    Total burden
                   Staff job category                        category        wage rate         filer           hours      Cost per filer     hour cost
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Human Resource Specialists..............................            68.0          $30.88             2.8          12,575          $86.46     $388,309.82
Executive-Level Staff...................................             4.1           48.12             2.6             710          125.11       34,155.58
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants...............             8.1           21.19             2.4           1,289           50.86      827,309.67
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks............             8.8           22.05             2.5           1,450           55.13       31,972.50
Administrative Services and Facilities Managers.........             4.5           48.98             3.4           1,003          166.53       49,126.94
Database Administrators and Architects..................             0.1           53.91             0.5               3           26.96          134.78
Other \a\...............................................             6.3           30.86             2.5           1,065           77.14       32,858.98
AVERAGE.................................................                                             2.7                           85.34
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    Total \b\...........................................           100.0                                          18,094                      563,868.27
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\a\ The average hourly wage rate for the ``Other'' category was derived by taking the weighted mean average of the hourly wage rates of the six BLS job
  categories listed in the above table.
\b\ These estimates are based upon filers' use of the EEO-4 OFS to submit reports electronically because paper submissions are no longer accepted.
  Electronic filing remains the most efficient, accurate, and secure means of reporting for respondents required to submit the EEO-4 report.


    For the Commission.
Charlotte A. Burrows,
Chair.
[FR Doc. 2024-19743 Filed 9-3-24; 8:45 am]
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