[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 73 (Tuesday, April 15, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 20244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-8008]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit 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: Complaint of Employment Discrimination Used by Permanent 
Employees and Applicants for Employment at DOC and Complaint of 
Employment Discrimination for the Decennial Census.
    OMB Control Number: 0690-0015.
    Form Number(s): CD-498 and CD-498A.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 350.
    Number of Respondents: 700.
    Average Time Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) 
regulations at 29 CFR 1614.106 requires that a person alleging 
discrimination treatment, based on race, color, religion, sex, national 
origin, age, disability, and/or reprisal for participation in equal 
employment opportunity activity, by a federal agency must submit a 
signed statement that is sufficiently precise to identify the general 
actions or practices that form the basis of the complaint. The proposed 
forms are used to collect the required information. The complaint form 
used by permanent employees and applicants for employment will be part 
of a regular complaint process. The Decennial Census complaint form, 
used only during a decennial census, is expected to be used until the 
end of 2011.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    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 e-mail at 
[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, fax 
number (202) 395-7258 or via e-mail at [email protected].

    Dated: April 10, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-8008 Filed 4-14-08; 8:45 am]
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