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TABLE 1—PROJECTED BURDEN FOR EACH EEO–3 BIENNIAL REPORTING YEAR (N = 5,999)
Staff job category

Percent in job
category
(%)

Median hourly
wage rate

21.4

$21.19

0.33

$6.99

1,958

$41,490

Hours per
report

Cost per
report

Total burden
hours

Total burden
hour cost

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
Administrative Services and Facilities
Managers ..............................................
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing
Clerks ...................................................
Executive-Level Staff ...............................
Other a ......................................................

56.5

48.98

0.84

41.14

5,046

247,153

5.1
4.4
12.6

22.05
48.12
40.56

0.09
0.06
0.17

1.98
2.89
6.90

546
365
1,007

12,039
17,564
40,845

Total b ................................................

........................

........................

1.49

59.90

8,922

359,091

a The average hourly wage rate for the ‘‘Other’’ category was derived by taking the weighted mean average of the hourly wage rates of the
four BLS job categories listed in the above table.
b These estimates are based upon filers’ use of the EEO–3 OFS to submit reports electronically because paper submissions are no longer accepted. Electronic filing remains the most efficient, accurate, and secure means of reporting for respondents required to submit EEO–3 data.

Dated: August 12, 2024.
For the Commission,
Charlotte A. Burrows,
Chair.
[FR Doc. 2024–18420 Filed 8–15–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6570–01–P

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Existing Collection
Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission.
ACTION: Notice of information
collection—proposed revision of
Elementary-Secondary Staff Information
Report (EEO–5).
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the
Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission (EEOC or Commission)
announces that it intends to submit to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) a request for a three-year PRA
approval of revisions to the currently
approved Elementary-Secondary Staff
Information Report (EEO–5).
DATES: Written comments on this notice
must be submitted on or before October
15, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods—
please use only one method:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions on the website for
submitting comments.
Mail: Comments may be submitted by
mail to Raymond Windmiller, Executive
Officer, Executive Secretariat, Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission,
131 M Street NE, Washington, DC
20507.
Fax: Comments totaling six or fewer
pages can be faxed to (202) 663–4114.
Receipt of fax transmittals will not be

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acknowledged, except that the sender
may request confirmation of receipt by
calling the Executive Secretariat staff at
(202) 921–2815 (voice) or (800) 669–
6820 (TTY).
Instructions: All comments received
must include the agency name and
docket number. Comments will be
posted without change to http://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided.
However, the EEOC reserves the right to
refrain from posting libelous or
otherwise inappropriate comments,
including those that contain obscene,
indecent, or profane language; that
contain threats or defamatory
statements; that contain hate speech
directed at race, color, religion, sex,
national origin, age, disability, or
genetic information; or that promote or
endorse services or products.
Copies of comments received in
response to this notice are also available
for review at the Commission’s library
by appointment only at 131 M Street
NE, Suite 4NW08R, Washington, DC
20507. Members of the public may
schedule an appointment by emailing
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
Guerino, Director, Data Development
and Information Products Division,
Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics
(OEDA), Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission, 131 M Street
NE, Washington, DC 20507; (202) 921–
2928 (voice), (800) 669–6820 (TTY) or
email at [email protected]. Requests for
this notice in an alternative format
should be made to the EEOC’s Office of
Communications and Legislative Affairs
at (202) 921–3191 (voice), (800) 669–
6820 (TTY), or (844) 234–5122 (ASL
Video Phone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Since
1973, the EEOC has required EEO–5
filers to submit workforce demographic
data. All public elementary and

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secondary school systems and districts
that are covered by Title VII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964, as amended (Title
VII) 1 and that have 100 or more
employees are required to file the
workforce demographic data.
Pursuant to the PRA and OMB
regulations found at 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1),
the Commission solicits public
comment on its intent to seek a threeyear approval of revisions to the
currently approved EEO–5 to: (1)
Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
Commission’s functions, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) Evaluate the
accuracy of the Commission’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) Minimize the burden
of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use
of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
Based on data from the most recent
EEO–5 data collection reporting year
(i.e., 2022), as well as ongoing updates
by the EEOC to the EEO–5 frame (i.e.,
filer roster or master list), the EEOC
anticipates the total number of filers
submitting an EEO–5 report may
increase to 10,500 per biennial
collection. Accordingly, the burden
estimates in this Notice are based on
this revised estimate of the number of
filers.
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Overview of Information Collection
Collection Title: ElementarySecondary Staff Information Report
(EEO–5).
OMB Number: 3046–0003.
Frequency of Report: Biennial.
Type of Respondent: Public
elementary and secondary school
systems and districts that have 100 or
more employees and meet certain
criteria.
Description of Affected Public: Public
elementary and secondary school
systems and districts that have 100 or
more employees and meet certain
criteria.
Reporting Hours: 17,927 hours per
biennial collection.
Respondent Burden Hour Cost:
$597,472.29 per biennial collection.
Federal Cost: $492,635 per biennial
collection.
Number of Filers: 10,500 per biennial
collection.2
Number of Responses: 10,500 per
biennial collection.
Number of Forms: 1.
Form Number: EEOC Form 168A.
Abstract: Section 709(c) of Title VII
requires employers to make and keep
records relevant to the determination of
whether unlawful employment practices
have been or are being committed, to
preserve such records, and to produce
reports as the Commission prescribes by
regulation or order.3 Pursuant to this
statutory authority, the EEOC issued
regulations prescribing the reporting
and related record retention
requirements for public elementary and
secondary school systems and districts.4
The regulations require school systems
or districts to make or keep all records
necessary for completion of an EEO–5
submission and retain those records for
three years, and require EEO–5 filers to
retain a copy of each filed EEO–5 report
for three years. These recordkeeping
requirements are part of standard
administrative practices, and as a result,
the EEOC believes that any impact on
burden would be negligible and nearly
impossible to quantify. Additionally,
the regulations require public
elementary and secondary school
systems and districts to file executed
copies of the EEO–5 in conformity with
the directions set forth in the form and
accompanying instructions. Under this
authority, public elementary and
2 This figure is based on the expanded frame of
potentially eligible respondents and the response
rate for the most recently completed EEO–5 data
collection (2022 EEO–5 data collection).
3 42 U.S.C. 2000e–8(c).
4 The EEOC’s EEO–5 regulation is at 29 CFR part
1602 Subparts L and M. The EEOC is responsible
for obtaining OMB’s PRA approval for the EEO–5
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secondary school systems and districts
with 100 or more employees are
required to report biennially 5 the
number of individuals they employ by
activity assignment classification (i.e.,
job category) 6 and by sex and race or
ethnicity.
Please note that on March 28, 2024,
OMB published revisions, the first since
1997, to its Statistical Policy Directive
No. 15: Standards for Maintaining,
Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data
on Race and Ethnicity.’’ See https://
spd15revision.gov/. The revisions
include, for example, using a single
combined race and ethnicity question
and adding Middle Eastern or North
African (MENA) as a new minimum
reporting category. Federal agencies,
including the EEOC, are required to
bring their data collections into
compliance with these standards by
March 28, 2029. Because the EEOC’s
current EEO–5 PRA clearance expires
January 31, 2025, the agency is not
proposing updates to its collection of
race and ethnicity data under this
Notice in order to provide filers with
sufficient notice of the revised standards
and to give the EEOC sufficient time to
implement the revisions across its EEO
collections.
These data are currently collected
electronically by the EEOC through a
web-based data collection application
(i.e., portal) referred to as the EEO–5
Online Filing System (OFS).7 Filers
must submit their data electronically to
the web-based portal by either manual
entry or by uploading a data file. The
individual EEO–5 reports are
confidential.8 EEO–5 data are used by
5 Beginning in 1982, the EEO–5 report has been
collected biennially in even-numbered years. Prior
to 1982, the EEO–5 report was collected annually.
6 The activity assignment classifications (i.e., job
categories) are: Officials, Administrators, Managers;
Principals; Assistant Principals; Elementary
Classroom Teachers, Secondary Classroom Teachers
and Other Classroom Teachers; Guidance;
Psychological; Librarians/Audiovisual Staff;
Consultants and Supervisors of Instruction; Other
Professional Staff; Teacher Aides; Technicians;
Administrative Support Workers; Service Workers;
Skilled Crafts; Laborers and Helpers; Professional
Instructional; Other Professional Staff.
7 EEO–5 filers may access the EEO–5 Online
Filing System through the EEOC’s dedicated EEO–
5 website at www.eeocdata.org/eeo5.
8 All reports and any information from individual
reports are subject to the confidentiality provisions
of Section 709(e) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000e–8(e), as amended (Title
VII) and may not be made public by the EEOC prior
to the institution of any proceeding under Title VII
involving the EEO–5 data. Any EEOC employee
who violates this prohibition may be found guilty
of a criminal misdemeanor and could be fined or
imprisoned. The confidentiality requirements allow
the EEOC to publish only aggregated data, and only
in a manner that does not identify any particular
filer or reveal any individual employee’s personal
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the EEOC to investigate charges of
employment discrimination against
public elementary and secondary school
systems and districts and to publish
periodic reports on workforce
demographics.9
Burden Statement: The EEOC’s Office
of Enterprise Data and Analytics
(OEDA) administers the agency’s data
collections, including the EEO–5. Since
OEDA’s creation in 2018, the EEOC has
undertaken several efforts to modernize
the agency’s data collections and
improve the quality of data collected.
OEDA has also streamlined functions,
such as providing additional self-service
options, resource materials, and an
online support message center.
As part of these ongoing
modernization efforts, OEDA has
undertaken measures to enhance the
agency’s EEO–5 data frame of
potentially eligible filers as well as
changes that make the EEO–5 filing
process more user-friendly and less
burdensome. By comparing the EEOC’s
2022 EEO–5 frame to the U.S.
Department of Education’s publicly
available Common Core of Data (CCD)
database,10 OEDA identified
approximately 4,000 additional public
elementary and secondary school
systems and districts that may be
eligible to file during the next biennial
data collection. With the addition of
these filers to the EEO–5 frame and
considering response rates during the
2022 EEO–5 data collection, OEDA now
estimates 10,500 potential respondents
with a legitimate law enforcement purpose, the
EEOC gives access to information collected under
Title VII only if the agencies agree in writing to
comply with the confidentiality provisions of Title
VII. In addition, section 709(d) (42 U.S.C. 2000e–
8(d) provides that the EEOC shall furnish upon
request and without cost to state or local civil rights
agencies information about employers in their
jurisdiction on the condition that they not make it
public prior to starting a proceeding under state or
local law involving such information. The EEOC
shares EEO–5 data with Fair Employment Practices
Agencies (FEPAs) pursuant to Worksharing
Agreements that impose obligations on the
contracted FEPA with respect to confidentiality,
privacy, and data security. On a case-by-case basis,
the EEOC may share EEO–5 data with a FEPA that
does not have a Worksharing Agreement, but only
if that FEPA agrees to comply with confidentiality,
privacy, and data security obligations similar to
those imposed on FEPAs with Worksharing
Agreements.
9 Any reports the EEOC publishes based on EEO–
5 data include only aggregated data that protect the
confidentiality of each employer’s information, as
well as the privacy of each employee’s personal
information.
10 According to the U.S. Department of Education,
the CCD is the department’s primary database on
public elementary and secondary education in the
United States. The CCD serves as a
‘‘comprehensive, annual, national database’’ of all
public elementary and secondary schools and
school districts. See https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/.

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(a 47% increase) to the agency’s next
EEO–5 data collection.11
The EEOC has also updated its
methodology for calculating the biennial
burden of the EEO–5 to better reflect the
types of personnel responsible for
preparing and filing these reports on
behalf of their employers. Based upon
job titles provided during the 2022
EEO–5 data collection by individuals
completing the report within the EEO–
5 OFS, the EEOC has identified six
specific job categories which account for

the largest amount of time spent
biennially on EEO–5 reporting. These
job categories include: (1) Human
Resource Specialists; (2) ExecutiveLevel Staff; (3) Secretaries and
Administrative Assistants; (4)
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing
Clerks; (5) Administrative Services and
Facilities Managers; and (6) Database
Administrators and Architects.12
Additionally, the EEO–5 OFS captures
detailed information on when each filer
starts and certifies its report. The EEOC

used this information from the most
recent EEO–5 data collection to
calculate more precise burden hour
estimates.13 In table 1 below, the
estimated average hour burden per
report is 1.7 hours. The total estimated
biennial respondent burden for all filers
is 17,927 hours. The estimated average
burden hour cost per report is $56.90,
and the estimated total burden hour cost
for all filers per biennial collection is
$597,472.29.

TABLE 1—PROJECTED BURDEN FOR EACH EEO–5 BIENNIAL REPORTING YEAR (N=10,500)
Staff job category

Percent in job
category
(%)

Median hourly
wage rate

39.1
15.9
14.1

$30.88
48.12
21.19

1.9
1.7
1.8

7,807
2,829
2,674

$58.67
81.80
38.14

$241,078.65
136,153.91
56,659.49

Hours per
report

Total burden
hours

Cost per
report

Total burden
hour cost

Human Resource Specialists ...................
Executive-Level Staff ...............................
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing
Clerks ...................................................
Administrative Services and Facilities
Managers ..............................................
Database Administrators and Architects
Other a ......................................................
Average ....................................................

14.0

22.05

1.3

1,904

28.67

41,993.03

7.7
3.0
6.1
........................

48.98
53.91
37.52
........................

1.4
1.3
1.8
1.7

1,137
414
1,161
........................

68.57
70.08
67.54
56.90

55,707.84
22,301.40
43,577.97
........................

Total b ................................................

100.0

........................

........................

17,927

........................

597,472.29

a The

average hourly wage rate for the ‘‘Other’’ category was derived by taking the weighted mean average of the hourly wage rates of the six
BLS job categories listed in the above table.
b These estimates are based upon filers’ use of the EEO–5 OFS to submit reports electronically because paper submissions are no longer accepted. Electronic filing remains the most efficient, accurate, and secure means of reporting for respondents required to submit EEO–5 data.
Dated: August 12, 2024.
For the Commission.
Charlotte A. Burrows,
Chair.
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BILLING CODE 6570–01–P

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK
[Public Notice: 2024–3015]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request; EIB
10–05 Export-Import Bank Notice of
Claim Proof of Loss Medium-Term
Insurance
Export-Import Bank of the
United States.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
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AGENCY:

11 This estimate covers public elementary and
secondary school systems or districts with 100 or
more employees within the 50 United States and
the District of Columbia as well as the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin
Islands, and the U.S. Possessions of American
Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and Wake
Island. Please note that 10,500 respondents may
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The Export-Import Bank of
the United States (EXIM), pursuant to
the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as
amended, facilitates the finance of the
export of U.S. goods and services. As
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
EXIM invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to comment on
the proposed information collection, as
required by the paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before September 16, 2024 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted electronically on
WWW.REGULATIONS.GOV (EIB 10–
03), or by mail to Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, 725 17th Street
NW, Washington, DC 20038 Attn: OMB
3048–0034.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information, please
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the initial enhancement of the EEO–5 frame,
collection data may yield an unknown number of
ineligible filers.
12 Hourly wage rates for these six job categories
were obtained from the U.S. Department of Labor’s
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational
Outlook Handbook. See https://www.bls.gov/ooh/.
Please note that the actual job titles reported during

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contact Donna Schneider,
[email protected], 202–565–
3612.
This form
will enable EXIM to identify the specific
details necessary for reviewing and
paying a claim.
The application tool can be reviewed
at: https://img.exim.gov/s3fs-public/
pub/pending/eib10-05.pdf.
Title and Form Number: EIB 10–05,
Notice of Claim Proof of Loss Mediumand Long-Term Guarantee.
OMB Number: 3048–0034.
Type of Review: Regular.
Need and Use: The information
collected will provide information
needed to determine compliance for
claim requests submitted to the ExportImport Bank under its guarantee loan
program.
Affected Public: This form affects
entities involved in the export of U.S.
goods and services.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

the 2022 EEO–5 data collection were collapsed into
these six BLS occupational categories.
13 The time estimates are based on the average
time elapsed among filers who completed their
reports during the same calendar day within the
EEO–5 OFS. This methodology was chosen because
a single-session submission would also
approximate the completion time over several,
multi-day sessions.

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