OMB extends
continued approval to the existing EEO-1 report, without change,
through December 1993. The changes proposed to the EEO-1 are not
approved. The changes would result in expansion of the existing job
categories used in reporting by employers. The proposed changes
fail to satisfy the requirement at 5 CFR 1620.4(b)(1) that
information collections undertaken by agencies be the least
burdensome necessary for proper performance of agency functions.
Employers would incur substantial costs in providing the
information in the changed format. Large costs would result from
necessary changes to data systems and reclassification of employees
into the new categories in order to satisfy the new EEOC
requirements. These proposed changes represent a major shift from a
long-standing and widely-understood reporting format. Further, EEOC
has failed to demonstrate how the expansion of the job categories
would result in substantially more meaningful data given the fact
that the new categories would still represent broad aggregations.
(With the exception of the Description of Job Categories material,
those minor changes contained in REVISION II, submitted to OMB on
1/28/92, are encompassed by this action approving continued use of
the previous version of the EEO-1.)
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
12/31/1993
12/31/1993
12/31/1992
150,000
0
126,700
610,000
0
558,500
0
0
0
EEO-1 DATA ARE USED BY EEOC TO
INVESTIGATE CHARGES OF DISCRIMINATION I EMPLOYMENT AGAINST PRIVATE
EMPLOYERS. DATA ARE SHARED WITH SEVERAL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES, PARTICULARY THE OFCCP, USDOL. UNDER SECTION 709(D), TITLE
VII, DATA ARE ALSO SHARED WITH APPROXIMATELY 127 STATE AND LOCAL
FEPC AGENCIES.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.