[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 141 (Wednesday, July 23, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 43490]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18656]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for 
collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: Office of the Secretary, Office of Civil Rights.
    Title: Request for Reasonable Accommodation.
    Form Number(s): CD-575.
    OMB Approval Number: None.
    Type of Review: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 2.
    Number of Respondents: 20.
    Average Hours Per Response: 7 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: Under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Federal 
agencies must provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees 
or applicants with disabilities, unless to do so would cause the undue 
hardship. The Department will provide reasonable accommodation to a 
qualified individual with a disability who is an: Applicant who needs 
an accommodation in order to be considered for a job (any change to a 
job application process that enables a qualified applicant with a 
disability to be considered for the position such qualified applicant 
desires); employee who needs an accommodation to enable him or her to 
perform the essential functions of the job or to gain access to the 
workplace (any change to the work environment, or to the manner or 
circumstances under which the position held or desired is customarily 
performed, that enables a qualified individual with a disability to 
perform the essential functions of that position); or employee who 
needs an accommodation to enjoy equal benefits and privileges of 
employment (that which enables an employee with a disability to enjoy 
equal benefits and privileges of employment as are enjoyed by other 
similarly situated employees without disabilities). Executive Order 
13164 requires Federal agencies to provide written procedures for 
reasonable accommodation for applicants and employees. Records must be 
maintained in order to evaluate the fair application of the procedures 
for the Department.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: July 17, 2003.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-18656 Filed 7-22-03; 8:45 am]
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