[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 175 (Thursday, September 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 48467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24208]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce (DOC) has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for 
collection of information under provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C Chapter 35).
    Agency: Office of the Secretary/Office of Civil Rights.
    Title: United States Department of Commerce Complaint of Employment 
Discrimination and United States Department of Commerce Complaint of 
Employment Discrimination for the Decennial Census.
    Agency Form Number(s): CD-498 and CD-498A.
    OMB Approval Number: 0690-0015.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 350 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 700 (300 per year for the Standard Complaint 
Form and 400 per year for the Decennial Complaint Form).
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: This collection covers two standard forms used by 
the Department of Commerce in collecting information regarding 
complaints of employment discrimination. Both forms are used to gather 
data to aid in determining whether the complaint meets all procedural 
and jurisdictional requirements for acceptance. One form is used for 
the filing of a formal written complaint of employment discrimination 
against the Bureau of the Census Decennial Program and the other for 
general positions at the Department of Commerce. Commerce uses the 
information to determine whether the complaint was timely filed, 
whether there is a factual basis for investigation of the complaint, 
and whether the allegations of the complaint are within the scope of 
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Regulations at 29 CFR Part 
1614.
    Affected Public: Individuals.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required for benefit.
    OMB Desk Officer: Victoria Baecher-Wassmer, (202) 395-5871.
    Copies of the above information can be obtained by calling or 
writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202) 482-3272, 
Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Victoria Baecher-Wassmer, OMB Desk 
Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, 725 17th Street, 
NW, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: September 2, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-24208 Filed 9-9-98; 8:45 am]
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