[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 189 (Tuesday, September 30, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56292-56293]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-24626]


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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION


Notice of Hearing on Proposed Revised Employer Information Report 
(EEO-1)

AGENCY: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

ACTION: Notice of public hearing.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission has scheduled a public hearing to gather information and 
hear public comment on its proposed revision of the Employer 
Information Report (EEO-1) published for public comment at 68 FR 34965 
(June 11, 2003).

Time and Date: October 29, 2003; 9:30 a.m.

Place: 1801 L Street, NW, Washington, DC; Ninth Floor Commission 
Meeting Room.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol Miaskoff, Assistant Legal 
Counsel, Coordination Division, 1801 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 
20507; (202) 663-4689 (voice) or (202) 663-7026 or Joachim Neckere, 
Director, Program Research and Surveys Division, 1801 L Street, NW, 
Room 9222, Washington, DC 20507; (202) 663-4958 (voice) or (202) 663-
7063 (TDD).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under section 709(c) of Title VII of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2000e-8(c)), the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on June 11, 2003 published 
proposed modifications to the EEO-1 Report form used by respondents 
annually to classify the race and ethnicity and job categories of 
employees. 68 FR 34965-34969. The proposed EEO-1 Report form can be 
found at http://www.eeoc.gov/eeo1. The June 11, 2003 notice requested 
comments on the proposed changes to the EEO-1 Report and indicated that 
a hearing would be held. This notice sets the hearing for October 29, 
2003.
    Persons wishing to present their views orally at the hearing should 
notify the Commission of their desire to do so, in writing, postmarked 
or received no later than October 8, 2003. The notice should be 
addressed to Frances M. Hart, Executive Officer, Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission, 1801 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20507. The 
Executive Secretariat will accept notices transmitted by facsimile 
(``fax'') machine. The telephone number of the fax receiver is (202) 
663-4114. (This is not a toll-free number.) Only documents of six or 
fewer pages will be accepted via fax transmittal. This limitation is 
necessary to assure access to the equipment. Receipt of a fax 
transmittal 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 (TDD). (These are not 
toll-free numbers.)

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    The notice must include a list of all the issues you wish to 
address and a summary of the remarks to be offered on each issue. In 
addition, such persons must provide Ms. Hart with a detailed statement 
of their remarks suitable for inclusion in the record of the hearing, 
postmarked or received no later than October 15, 2003. Persons who fail 
to timely submit the list/summary due October 8, 2003, or the detailed 
statement due October 15, 2003, may not be permitted to testify. Any 
person who wishes to submit a written statement in lieu of testimony 
should submit that statement to Ms. Hart at the above address by 
October 25, 2003. All comments submitted in response to the prior June 
11, 2003 notice will be available for review at the Commission's 
library, Room 6502, 1801 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20507, between 
the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Please call the library staff at 
(202) 663-4630 to make an appointment. The comments submitted in 
response to the June 11, 2003 notice will automatically become part of 
the hearing record unless the submitter directs otherwise. A person who 
has already submitted comments in response to the June 11, 2003 notice 
should not make any other submission unless he or she wants to present 
views orally at the hearing. In order to present views orally at the 
hearing, you must make new submissions complying with the October 8 and 
15, 2003 due dates described above.
    Because of time limitations, not all interested persons may be able 
to testify. EEOC will organize panels of speakers for the hearing, 
notifying speakers of the identity of their co-panelists and requesting 
that the panelists organize their testimony to fit the time period 
allotted. All statements received by EEOC in connection with this 
hearing will be available for review after November 3, 2003, at the 
Commission's library, Room 6502, 1801 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 
20507, between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.

    Signed this 24th day of September, 2003.

For the Commission.
Cari M. Dominguez,
Chair.
[FR Doc. 03-24626 Filed 9-29-03; 8:45 am]
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