[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 207 (Friday, October 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49784-49785]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-23435]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Office of the Secretary


 Office of Civil Rights; Submission for OMB Review; Comment 
Request; Complaint of Employment Discrimination Against the Department 
of Commerce

    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, Commerce.
    Title: Complaint of Employment Discrimination against the 
Department of Commerce.
    OMB Control Number: 0690-0015.
    Form Number(s): CD-498, 498-A.
    Type of Request: Regular (extension of a currently approved 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 700.
    Average Hours per Response: 350.
    Burden Hours: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for an extension of a currently 
approved

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information collection. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) 
regulations at 29 CFR 1614.106 require that a person alleging 
discriminatory treatment by a federal agency must submit a signed 
statement that is sufficiently precise to identify the general actions 
or practices that form the bases of the complaint. Although 
complainants are not required to use the proposed form to file their 
complaints, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) strongly encourages its 
use to ensure complete and accurate case processing and data 
collection.
    The DOC received no comments in response to the 60-day notice 
published in the Federal Register on April 14, 2017 (82 FR 17968).
    Affected Public: Individuals and households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov. 
Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections 
currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.

Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Lead, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-23435 Filed 10-26-17; 8:45 am]
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