[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4347-4348]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-1456]


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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Existing Collection; 
Emergency Extension

AGENCY: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Information Collection--Emergency Extension Without 
Change: State and Local Government Information Report (EEO-4).

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) announces that 
it submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for 
a three-year extension of the State and Local Government Information 
Report (EEO-4), to be effective after the current January 31, 2011 
expiration date.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald Edwards, Director, Program 
Research and Surveys Division, 131 M Street, NE., Room 4SW30F, 
Washington, DC 20507; (202) 663-4958 (voice) or (202) 663-7063 (TTY).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EEOC has collected information from 
state and local governments with 100 or more full-time employees since 
1974 (biennially in odd-numbered years since 1993).

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 government jurisdictions with 
100 or more Employees.
    Description of Affected Public: State and local governments 
excluding elementary and secondary public school districts.
    Number of Responses: 13,456.
    Reporting Hours: 44,719.
    Cost to Respondents: $1,045,000.
    Number of Forms: 1.
    Form Number: EEOC Form 164.
    Federal Cost: $187,500.
    Abstract: Section 709(c) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 
1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2000e-8(c), requires employers to make and 
keep records relevant to a 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. Accordingly, the EEOC issued regulations prescribing the

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reporting requirements for state and local governments. State and local 
governments with 100 or more employees have been required to submit 
EEO-4 reports since 1974 (biennially in odd-numbered years since 1993). 
The individual reports are confidential.
    EEO-4 data are used by the EEOC to investigate charges of 
discrimination against state and local governments and to provide 
information on the employment status of minorities and women. The data 
are shared with several other federal agencies. Pursuant to section 
709(d) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, U.S.C. 2000e-8(d), 
as amended, EEO-4 data is shared with state and local Fair Employment 
Practices Agencies (FEPAs). Aggregated data are also used by 
researchers and the general public.
    Burden Statement: The estimated number of respondents included in 
the EEO-4 survey is 9,000 state and local governments. These 9,000 
jurisdictions file about 13,456 reports due to the requirement for some 
to file separate reports by function. The form is estimated to impose 
44,719 burden hours biennially.

    Dated: December 22, 2010.

    For the Commission.
Jacqueline A. Berrien,
Chair.
[FR Doc. 2011-1456 Filed 1-24-11; 8:45 am]
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