82 FR 36143 - Agency Information Collection Activities

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 148 (August 3, 2017)

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) announces that it is submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for a three-year extension without change of the Elementary- Secondary Staff Information Report (EEO-5).

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 148 (Thursday, August 3, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36143-36144]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16340]


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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities

AGENCY: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

ACTION: Notice of information collection--extension without change.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the 
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) announces 
that it is submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a 
request for a three-year extension without change of the Elementary-
Secondary Staff Information Report (EEO-5).

DATES: Written comments on this notice must be submitted on or before 
September 5, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this notice must be submitted to Joseph B. Nye, 
Policy Analyst, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, 
[email protected]. Commenters are also encouraged to send 
comments to the EEOC online at http://www.regulations.gov, which is the 
Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the instructions on the Web site for 
submitting comments. In addition, the EEOC's Executive Secretariat will 
accept comments in hard copy. Hard copy comments should be sent to 
Bernadette Wilson, Acting Executive Officer, EEOC, 131 M Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20507. Finally, the Executive Secretariat will accept 
comments totaling six or fewer pages by facsimile (``FAX'') machine. 
This limitation is necessary to assure access to the equipment. The 
telephone number of the fax receiver is (202) 663-4114. (This is not a 
toll-free number). Receipt of FAX transmittals will not be 
acknowledged, except that the sender may request confirmation of 
receipt by calling the Executive Secretariat staff at (202) 663-4070 
(voice) or (202) 663-4074 (TTD). (These are not toll-free telephone 
numbers.) The EEOC will post online at http://www.regulations.gov all 
comments submitted via the online rulemaking portal, in hard copy, or 
by fax to the Executive Secretariat. These comments will be posted 
without change, including any personal information you provide, except 
as noted below. The EEOC reserves the right to refrain from posting 
comments, including those that contain obscene, indecent, or profane 
language; that contain threats or defamatory statements; that contain 
hate speech directed at race, color, sex, national origin, age, 
religion, disability, or genetic information; or that promote or 
endorse services or products. All comments received, including any 
personal information provided, also will be available for public 
inspection during normal business hours by appointment only at the EEOC 
Headquarters Library, 131 M Street NE., Washington, DC 20507. Upon 
request, individuals who require assistance viewing comments will be 
provided appropriate aids such as readers or print magnifiers. To 
schedule an appointment, contact EEOC Library staff at (202) 663-4630 
(voice) or (202) 663-4641 (TTY). (These are not toll-free numbers.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald Edwards, Director, Program 
Research and Surveys Division, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 
131 M Street NE., Room 4SW30F, Washington, DC 20507; (202) 663-4949 
(voice) or [email protected]. Requests for this notice in an 
alternative format should be made to the Office of Communications and 
Legislative Affairs at (202) 663-4191 (voice), (202) 663-4494 (TTY), or 
email at: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice that EEOC would be submitting this 
request was published in the Federal Register on April 20, 2017 
allowing for a 60-day public comment period. There were no comments 
received from the public.

Overview of Information Collection

    Collection Title: Elementary-Secondary Staff Information Report 
(EEO-5).
    OMB-Number: 3046-0003.
    Frequency of Report: Biennial.
    Type of Respondent: Certain public elementary and secondary school 
districts.
    Description of Affected Public: Certain public elementary and 
secondary school districts.
    Number of Responses: 6024.\1\
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    \1\ This number represents the number of filers from the most 
recently completed EEO-5 survey in 2014.
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    Reporting Hours (biennial): 102,839.32.
    Respondent Cost Burden (biennial): $0.
    Federal Cost: $190,000.
    Number of Forms: 1.
    Form Number: EEOC Form 168A.
    Abstract: Section 709 (c) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 
1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2000e-8(c), requires employers to make and 
keep records relevant to a 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. Accordingly, the EEOC issued regulations prescribing the 
reporting requirements for elementary and secondary public school 
districts. The EEOC uses EEO-5 data to investigate charges of 
employment discrimination against elementary and secondary public 
school districts. The data also are used for research. The data are 
shared with the Department of Education (Office for Civil Rights) and 
the Department of Justice. Pursuant to Section 709(d) of Title VII of 
the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, EEO-5 data also are shared 
with state and local Fair Employment Practices Agencies (FEPAs).
    Burden Statement: The EEOC has updated its methodology for 
calculating annual burden to reflect the different staff responsible 
for preparing and filing the EEO-5. The EEOC's revised burden estimate 
reflects that the bulk of the work in biennially preparing an EEO-5 
report is performed by computer support specialists, executive 
administrative staff, and payroll and human resource professionals; the 
revised estimate also includes time spent by school district finance 
professionals and superintendents who, in a few cases, may consult 
briefly during the reporting process. The

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revised estimates reflect input obtained by the EEOC during a limited 
survey of school districts with varying resource levels and student 
populations. The school districts provided information on the types of 
employees that participate in preparation of the EEO-5 report and the 
amount of time spent by each type of employee. After accounting for the 
time spent by the various employees who have a role in preparing an 
EEO-5, the EEOC estimates that a school district will spend 17.07 hours 
to prepare the report, and estimates that the aggregate biennial hour 
burden for all respondents is 102,839.32. The cost associated with the 
burden hours was calculated using median hourly wage rates obtained 
from the Department of Labor \2\ for each job identified above as 
participating in the submission of the survey; the burden hour cost per 
school district will be approximately $539.57, while the estimated 
total biennial burden cost for all 6024 school districts will be 
$3,250,361.25 (See Table 1 \3\).
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    \2\ Median hourly wage rates were obtained from the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics (see U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor 
Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook, http://www/bls.gov/ooh/)
    \3\ Figures shown in table have been rounded.

                                  Table 1--Estimate of Burden for EEO-5 Report
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                                                                    Burden hour
                                   Hourly  wage    Burden hours      cost per      Total burden    Total burden
                                       rate        per district    district \4\      hours \5\     hour cost \6\
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                                                                                                        N = 6024
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COMPUTER SUPPORT SPECIALIST (IT            25.21          3.4286         86.4343      20653.7143     520680.1371
 PROFESSIONAL/DATA PROCESSING
 SPECIALIST)....................
DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL FINANCE                 56.73          0.1429          8.1043        860.5714      48820.2171
 (FINANCIAL MANAGERS)...........
EXECUTIVE CLERICAL STAFF........           26.66          2.9286         78.0757      17641.7143     470328.1029
HUMAN RESOURCE SPECIALIST.......           28.06          5.4286        152.3257      32701.7143     917610.1029
PAYROLL SPECIALIST..............           20.26          1.4286         28.9429       8605.7143     174351.7714
SENIOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGERS..           50.21          3.4286        172.1486      20653.7143    1037022.9943
SUPERINTENDENT (SCHOOL                     47.38          0.2857         13.5371       1721.1429      81547.7486
 MANAGEMENT OCCUPATIONS.........
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    SUB TOTAL...................  ..............         17.0716        539.5686     102839.3184    3250361.2464
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    These estimates are based on an assumption of paper reporting. 
However, the EEOC has made electronic filing much easier for 
respondents required to file the EEO-5 Report. As a result, more 
respondents are using this filing method. This development, along with 
the greater availability of human resource information software, is 
expected to significantly reduce the actual burden of reporting. The 
Commission continues to develop more reliable estimates of reporting 
burdens given the significant increase in electronic filing and explore 
new approaches to make such reporting even less burdensome. In order to 
help reduce survey burden, respondents are encouraged to report data 
electronically, whenever possible.
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    \4\ The figures in this column were calculated by multiplying 
the figures in the Hourly Wage Rate column by those in the Burden 
Hours Per District Column.
    \5\ The figures in this column were calculated by multiplying 
the figures in the Burden Hours Per District column by 6024, the 
total number of respondents.
    \6\ The figures in this column were calculated by multiplying 
the figures in the Burden Hour Cost Per District column by 6024, the 
total number of respondents.

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    Dated: July 24, 2017.

    For the Commission.
Victoria A. Lipnic,
Acting Chair.
[FR Doc. 2017-16340 Filed 8-2-17; 8:45 am]
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