Equal Employment Oppotunity Plans (EEOPS)-The Office of Justice Program (OJP), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is seeking OMB approval for an "EEOP Short Form" and "Certification" form to be forward 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 $500,000 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 on 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.