Equal Employment Opportunity Plans
(EEOPS)-The Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Civil
Rights (OCR) is seeking OMB approval for an "EEOP Short form" and
"Certification" form to be forwarded to all approved grantees with
the award letter. The EEOP Short Form has been developed to reduce
the amount of paperwork needed to prepare EEOP's for those grantees
receiving Federal financial assistance over $5000,000, pursuant to
28 CFR 42.304. The certification form has been developed for
signature by all awarded grantees that are not required to submit
EEOPs to certify that they have an EEOP of file, pursuant to 28 CFR
42.305
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.