[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 8 (Monday, January 13, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1858-1863]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00283]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No. DOT-OST-2020-0003]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments; 
Renewal of a Previously Approved Information Collection: U.S. 
Department of Transportation, Individual Complaint of Employment 
Discrimination Form

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will 
forward the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for renewal of a previously 
approved collection. The ICR describes the nature of the information 
collection and its expected cost and burden hours. The OMB approved the 
form in 2017 with its renewal required by January 31, 2020. The Federal 
Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the 
form renewal was published on November 1, 2019 [FR Vol. 84, No. 212, 
page 58830]. No comments were received.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by February 12, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beverly Onwubere, Associate Director, 
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Complaints and Investigations 
Division (S-34), U.S. Department of Transportation, Departmental Office 
of Civil Rights, W78-316, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 
20590, 202-366-5988 (office), [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Individual Compliant of Employment Discrimination Form.
    Form Number: DOT-F 1050-8.
    OMB Control Number: 2105-0556.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a previously approved collection.
    Abstract: The DOT will utilize the form to collect information 
necessary to process EEO discrimination complaints filed by individuals 
who are Federal employees, former employees or applicants for 
employment with the Department. These complaints are processed in 
accordance with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's 
regulations, Title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 1614, as 
amended. The DOT will use the form to: (a) Request requisite 
information from the applicant for processing his/her EEO 
discrimination complaint; and (b) obtain information to identify an 
individual or his or her attorney or other representative, if 
appropriate. An applicant's filing of an EEO discrimination complaint 
is solely voluntary. The DOT estimates that it takes an applicant 
approximately one hour to complete the form.
    Affected Public: Federal employees, former employees, or applicants 
for employment with the Department.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 100 per year.
    Estimated Total Annual Estimated Burden: 100 hours.
    Frequency of Collection: An individual's filing of an EEO complaint 
is solely voluntary.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including 
suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of the Secretary of 
Transportation, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503. Comments are 
invited on: Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary 
for the proper performance of the functions of the Department, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; the 
accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the 
burden of the collection of information on respondents, including the 
use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology. All responses to this notice will be summarized and 
included in the request for Office of Management and Budget approval. 
All comments will also become a matter of public record.

    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1:48.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 7, 2020.
Charles E. James, Sr.,
Director, Departmental Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of 
Transportation.
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