[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 209 (Monday, October 29, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65548-65549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-26501]


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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities

AGENCY: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Information Collection--Extension Without Change: 
Elementary-Secondary Staff Information Report (EEO-5).

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the 
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) announces 
that it intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
a request for a three-year extension of the Elementary-Secondary Staff 
Information Report (EEO-5). On July 2, 2012, the EEOC published a 
notice stating it was requesting OMB approval for a revision to the 
previously approved EEO-5 under the PRA's emergency processing 
procedures. 77 FR 39238 (July 2, 2012). At that time, EEOC requested 
approval to revise the race and ethnicity categories on the EEO-5 
report to conform to OMB's Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and 
Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity. The Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) has approved the revised EEO-5 through February 2013. 
EEOC is now requesting a regular extension without change of the 
revised EEO-5.

DATES: Written comments on this notice must be submitted on or before 
December 28, 2012. Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 2000e-8(c), a public hearing 
concerning the EEO-5 will be held at a place and time to be announced. 
Persons wishing to present their views orally should notify the 
Commission of their desire to do so in writing no later than November 
28, 2012. The request to present views orally at a public hearing 
should include a written summary of the remarks to be offered.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to Bernadette Wilson, Acting 
Executive Officer, Executive Secretariat, Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission, 131 M Street NE., Washington, DC 20507. As a convenience to 
commenters, the Executive Secretariat will accept comments totaling six 
or fewer pages by facsimile (``FAX'') machine. This limitation is 
necessary to assure access to the equipment. The telephone number of 
the fax receiver is (202) 663-4114. (This is not a toll-free number). 
Receipt of FAX transmittals 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 (TTD). 
(These are not toll-free telephone numbers.) Instead of sending written 
comments to EEOC, you may submit comments and attachments 
electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal. Follow the instructions online for submitting 
comments. All comments received through this portal will be posted 
without change, including any personal information you provide. Copies 
of comments submitted by the public to EEOC directly or through the 
Federal eRulemaking Portal will be available for review, by advance 
appointment only, at the Commission's library between the hours of 9:00 
a.m. and 5 p.m. or can be reviewed at http://www.regulations.gov. To 
schedule an appointment to inspect the comments at EEOC's library, 
contact the library staff at (202) 663-4630 (voice) or (202) 663-4641 
(TTY). (These are not toll-free numbers.)

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald Edwards, Director, Program 
Research and Surveys Division, 131 M Street NE., Room 4SW30F, 
Washington, DC 20507; (202) 663-4949 (voice) or (202) 663-7063 (TTY).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 and OMB regulations 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), the Commission solicits 
public comment to enable it to:
    (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the Commission's functions, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the Commission's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
    (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    (4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.

Overview of Information Collection

    Collection Title: Elementary-Secondary Staff Information Report 
(EEO-5).
    OMB-Number: 3046-0003.
    Frequency of Report: Biennial.
    Type of Respondent: Certain public elementary and secondary school 
districts.
    Description of Affected Public: Certain public elementary and 
secondary school districts.
    Number of Responses: 6,190.
    Estimated Burden Hours: 15,475.
    Cost to the Respondents: $0.
    Federal Cost: $190,000.
    Number of Forms: 1.
    Form Number: EEOC Form 168A.
    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 
reporting requirements for elementary and secondary public school 
districts. The EEOC uses EEO-5 data to investigate charges of 
employment discrimination against elementary and secondary public 
school districts. The data also are used for research. The data are 
shared with the Department of Education (Office for Civil Rights) and 
the Department of Justice. Pursuant to Section 709(d) of Title VII of 
the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, EEO-5 data also are shared 
with state and local Fair Employment Practices Agencies (FEPAs).
    When the EEO-5 form was previously approved by OMB in April 2012, 
it utilized the following race and ethnicity categories: White, Black, 
Hispanic, Asian or Pacific Islander, and American Indian or Alaska 
Native. OMB has recently approved use of a revised EEO-5 form through 
February 2013. The revised form utilizes the following race and 
ethnicity categories: Hispanic or Latino; White; Black or African 
American; Asian; Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; American 
Indian or Alaska Native; and Two or More Races. EEOC is now requesting 
a regular extension without change of the revised EEO-5 Form.
    Burden Statement: The estimated number of respondents included in 
the biennial EEO-5 survey is 6,190 public elementary and secondary 
school districts. The form is estimated to impose 15,475 burden hours 
biennially.

    Dated: October 23, 2012.

    For the Commission.
Jacqueline A. Berrien,
Chair.
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