AGENCYWIDE
o
Accomplishment Report
1984
Update 1985
Office of Civil Rights
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150R85004
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
AGENCYWIDE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PLAN
ACCOMPLISHMENT REPORT
FY 1984
Form 504: Accomplishment Report of Affirmative Action for Minorities
and Women
Form 505: Summmary Sheet, FY 83 - FY 84 Change in Work Force EEO
Profile by PATCO
Form 506: FY 83 - FY 84 Change in Work Force EEO Profile
by Pay Level, pp. 1-3
Form 507: Summary Sheet, Distribution of EEO Groups and Under-
representation Indices by PATCO and Pay Level, pp. 1-2
Form 508: Summary Sheet, FY 84 Hiring Goal Accomplishments by PATCO
Form 509: Summary Sheet, FY 84 Internal Movement Goal Accomplish-
ments by PATCO
Form 510: Barrier Elimination, pp. 1-6
ANNUAL UPDATE
FY 1985
Form 511: FY 85 Annual Update of Affirmative Action Program for
Minorities and Women
Form 512: Summary Sheet, FY 85 Hiring Goals by PATCO
Form 513: Summary Sheet, FY 85 Internal Movement Goals by PATCO
Form 514: Projected Barrier Elimination, pp. 1-5
NARRATIVE STATEMENT, pp. 1-4
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTABILITY
CERTIFICATION OF QUALIFICATIONS OF PRINCIPAL EEO OFFICIALS
ATTACHMENTS:
Memo: EPA's Affirmative Action Plan for 1985
Memo: Development of 1985 Affirmative Action Plan
Memo: Guidance and Instructions for Development of Affirmative
Action Plan
Memo: Affirmative Action Goals for FY 1985
List of EPA Planning and Reporting Units
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FY« 4ACCOMPUSHMENT REPORT OF AFFIRMATIVE
ACTION FOR MINORITIES AND WOMEN
ftKPORT »Y i
. */* UNIT
.COMMAND
.COMPONENT
-AOKNCV
Name of Reporting
Agency* Command
Component or P/R Unit
ft«spon*/o/« Agency
Official:
Environmental Protection Agency
William D. Ruckelshaus, Administrator
(Nome and title)
401 M Street S.W. (A-100)
(Address)
Washington, D.C. 20460
382-4700
x?2££j
(Telephone number • commercial or FTS)
JAN 31985
(Signature of the responsible official)
(Date)
Wumotr of Planning/Reporting Unitt (nportt art x «r» not tntchtd):
Numbtr of Comm«rjtfs/Componwif» (tggngnt rvporrs •nccftocf, /f tppmpritto):
SELECTED AGENCY FY 8 STATISTICS:
GS/GM SES
Wumfter o/ «mp/o>r»«s tr toginning of rtport y»«r * 9810 198
24
Wage
Systems CC Tptal
85 2W 10315
of •mp/oy*«s «f •no' of report
from tfw
10897 216
34
84
252 114«3
Number of «mp/oy»»»
to Rlf't: 0
WhU:
Wh F:
BIU:
Hill:
HIF:
AA/PI U:
AA/PI f:
All AN M:
Al IAN f:
Num&r of vacanc/M thtt ftatf OMH originilty
P 759 A 274 T 68 C 257 01
Tort/ 1359
Key: AD - Administratively Determined
FD - Experts appointed under 5 U.R.C. 3109
EX - Executive Level, Federal Executive Salary Act of 1964
ST - Scientific and Professional, 10 U.S.C. 1581
CC - Comissioned Corps, Public Health Service
NAME OF PCMON WHO PNCPAHKD MCPONT
Cecelia F. Scott
382-4564
EEOC rout* 504
AM a u
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UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Washington, D.C. 20460
FEB I 3 !985
MEMORANDUM
OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS
SUBJECT: Summary of EPA's 1985 Affirmative Action Plan
FROM: Nathaniel Scurry, Director
Office of Civil Rights
TO: All EPA Employees
I am attaching for your review a Summary of EPA's 1985
Affirmative Action Plan. The Plan describes our accomplishments
in 1984 and our plan of action for 1985. Our new Administrator,
Lee Thomas, has indicated his full support for this Affirmative
Action Program.
This Summary is the first of several documents setting forth
EPA's policy and program related to Civil Rights. The Administrator
will shortly be issuing a new policy statement on Civil Rights along
with a statement on the prohibition of sexual harassment at EPA.
Following these, my office will issue specific guidance on the
various components of our Civil Rights program — special emphasis
programs, discrimination complaints and external compliance.
In 1984 we initiated a comprehensive effort to improve the
representation of minorities and women at EPA. We emphasized hiring
in the professional and administrative job categories where there
were the most vacancies and the poorest representation of minorities
and women. Although we met our overall goals and achieved signifi-
cant progress of which we can be proud, much more remains to be done.
Therefore we will expand our 1984 effort in 1985.
To accomplish our objective we need an informed workforce. We
also need managers who are knowledgeable about and committed to an
effective affirmative action program. A first step is becoming
familiar with the Affirmative Action Plan itself. You will note in
the Summary that everyone at EPA has a part to play. Civil Rights,
Personnel, and Human Resources staff have an important leadership
role, but it will be up to all of us, especially those who are mana-
gers and supervisors, to make affirmative action work at EPA. We
have set ambitious though realistic goals. With the active support
of each of you, I am sure we can meet them.
The complete Agencywide Affirmative Action Plan is available in
EPA libraries and the Office of Civil Rights. A Plan for Headquar-
ters and one for each Region and major laboratory complex is also
available for your review in the appropriate EPA library facility or
Civil Rights Office. Please contact Cecelia Scott of the Office of
Civil Rights at 382-4563 or your Regional or Area EEO Officer for
further information.
Attachment
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SUMMARY OF 1985 AGENCYWIDE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PLAN
INTRODUCTION
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Executive Order 11474 require EPA
to prepare and submit an Affirmative Action Plan to the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for review and approval. The Plan provides the
Agency with a management tool to identify and address inadequate representation
of women and minorities in its workforce. The objective is to achieve an Agency
workforce profile that reflects the national civilian labor force and thereby
enhance the Agency's ability to achieve its environmental mission.
The Affirmative Action Plan has two major components. The first is an analysis
of our accomplishments during Fiscal Year 1984 which compares actual results
with the goals we set at the beginning of 1984. The second part, the 1985 Plan
Update, establishes goals for Fiscal Year 1985 and includes actions planned to
assist in achieving the goals by reducing or eliminating barriers to equal
employment opportunity at EPA.
1984 ACCOMPLISHMENT REPORT
WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED:
EPA achieved considerable success in meeting its overall 1984 goals:
0 Women and minorities comprised 47% of all permanent hires in the
professional and administrative categories.
0 Women and minorities comprised 56% of the net gain in the professional
and administrative categories. Net gain represents the actual increase
after taking into account people who left the Agency.
0 The actual percentage of women and minorities in the Agency's pro-
fessional and administrative workforce improved by 2.5 points. This is
a significant step toward closing the 20 point gap between where the
Agency started at the end of 1983 and the composition of the national
civilian labor force reported in the 1980 census.
These results were achieved by:
0 Targeting 52% of projected professional and administrative vacancies
Agencywide for hiring women and minorities;
0 Aggressively recruiting women and minorities by exhibiting at numerous
conferences to reach qualified wonen and minorities for scientific and
engineering positions (the highlight of this activity was a recruitment
effort in Puerto Rico where the Agency made job offers on the spot to
over 30 Hispanic engineers);
0 Developing an automated Agencywide referral system which provided a
bank of applications for consideration by managers across the Agency;
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0 Holding managers accountable for their affirmative action responsi-
bilities through tracking progress in improving the representation of
women and minorities in our workforce and regular reporting to the
Deputy Administrator; and
0 Providing awards to managers and staff who contributed significantly
to equal employment opportunity and affirmative action accomplishments.
WHAT TASKS REMAIN:
The EPA's 1984 workforce profile continues to show severe underrepresentation*
of women and minorities, particularly in professional jobs at the higher grade
levels. Continued aggressive affirmative action recruitment and employee devel-
opment activities will be required to achieve the goal of full representation.
1985 PLAN UPDATE
WHAT IS PLANNED:
1) Adding 1315 new employees to the EPA's workforce in FY 1985 of which
603 positions are targeted for hiring women and minorities (the hiring
goal of 61- positions covers all job categories: 338 professional; 161
administrative; 24 technical; 76 clerical and 4 other);
2) Emphasizing the professional and administrative job categories by
targeting at least 52% of the vacancies in these categories for hiring
women and minorities in 1985;
3) Monitoring the hiring and promotion of women and minorities into upper
grade levels; also providing developmental opportunities to assist their
advancement into mid and upper level positions and into supervisory and
managerial roles;
4) Revitalizing the Upward Mobility program and committing 1% of the Agency's
total permanent positions to it;
5) Expanding targeted recruitment activities with emphasis on Historically
Black Colleges and Universities, and other organizations and conferences
of women and minorities;
6) Establishing goals and applying affirmative action to hiring of temporary
and term employees at Headquarters; and
7) Encouraging creative staffing through developing and distributing infor-
mation on staffing options and the use of internships, cooperative
education program appointments, etc.
The EEOC defines "severe underrepresentation" to mean that the percentages of women
and minorities in an agency's workforce are less than half of their comparable per-
centages in the national civilian labor force.
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8) Strengthening special emphasis programs (Black Employment Program, Federal
Women's Program and Hispanic Employment Program) to support effective
recruitment, employee development and the advancement and recognition of
women and minorities at EPA;
9) Defining the responsibility and accountability of managers for affirmative
action and equal employment opportunity in performance standards, and
stressing these responsibilities through training and quarterly monitoring;
10) Expanding training for EEO and Personnel staff to improve their effective-
ness in support of affirmative action; and
11) Preventing sexual harassment at EPA (although not a part of the documents
required for submission to EEOC, the policy and plan for prevention of
sexual harassment are on file in the Office of Civil Rights).
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE:
EPA managers and supervisors are responsible for carrying out the Plan,
recruiting, hiring and developing employees to achieve their affirmative
action goals and improve the representation of women and minorities at all
levels of their workforce.
The Personnel Management Division and its counterparts across the Agency are
responsible for assisting managers by developing and implementing a plan for
effective recruitment of women and minorities, by advising them on staffing
options, and by providing them guidance in establishing Upward Mobility
Program positions and training plans.
The Office of Human Resources Management is responsible for addressing the
special needs of women and minorities in developing long and short range
Agency strategies for employee development, thereby helping to retain women
and minorities and increase the numbers eligible for upper level jobs.
The Office of Civil Rights and its counterparts are responsible for coordina-
ting the development of the Affirmative Action Plan, advising and assisting
managers and Personnel to carry out the Plan, and for monitoring, evaluating
and reporting progress to top management in achieving the Plan's objectives.
EPA employees can help by referring qualified women and minorities to managers,
sharing knowledge of recruitment sources, encouraging women and minorites to
seek out and pursue opportunities for self-development and advancement within
the Agency, serving as mentors for new employees, and identifying barriers to
achieving the goals of the Plan and referring them to the Office of Civil Rights.
PROFILE OF EPA WORKFORCE AND PROJECTED GOALS
Following is a table showing EPA's workforce profile at the close of Fiscal Year
1984 and the goals for Fiscal Year 1985:
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SUMMARY TABLE: 1984 WORKFORCE PROFILES 1985 HIRING GOALS
WHITE MALE
WHITE FEMALE
BLACK MALE
BLACK FEMALE
HISPANIC MALE
HISPANIC FEMALE
ASIAN/PAC. HALE
ASIAN/PAC. FEH.
AM. IND/AK. MALE
AM. IND/AK. FEH.
ALL EMPLOYEES
1984 WORKFORCE PROFILE
TOTAL
NUMBER
EHPLD.
5683
3192
392
1334
125
95
180
90
9
13
11113
DISTRIBUTION BY
JOB CATEGORIES *
P A T C
3897 1455 274 57
818 1015 367 992
170 122 48 52
74 248 196 816
85 28 7 5
22 16 7 50
148 21 4 7
39 26 10 15
3 411
1 417
5257 2939 915 2002
DISTRIBUTION BY GRADES
GS16/ GS/GH GS GS GS
SES 13-15 9-12 5-8 1-4
198 2869 2272 312 32
19 538 1159 1207 269
6 108 169 79 30
0 60 253 771 250
1 35 57 29 3
0 2 26 40 27
2 73 88 10 7
0 15 42 25 8
0 3 402
00463
226 3703 4074 2479 631
SEVERE UNDER-
REPRESENTATION **
BY GRADE AND JOB CAT.
SES; 13-15 P
9-12 C
SES; 13-15 P
SES; 13-15 P; 9-15 A;
all qrades T & C
SES; 13-15 P & A;
all grades in T
5-8 A; 1-4 T; 5-12 C
SES; 1-4,9-12 T
SES; all P; 13-15 A;
5-12 T & C
SES; 9-15 P; 5-8,13-15
A; 1-4, 9-12 T; 9-12 C
1985
HIRING GOALS BY
JOB CATEGORY
P A T C
0
179
54
45
18
18
11
10
1
2
338
56
34
24
21
14
5
5
1
1
161
1
10
3
3
4
2
0
0
1
24
29
10
5
8
19
0
4
0
1
76
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
4
* Job cateqories per OPH:
P = Professional; A = Administrative; T = Technical; C = Clerical; O = Other
'* This list does not include all underrepresentat ion as calculated by EEOC's formula;
only th--.se that are less than 50% of the comparable percentaqes in the national
civilian labor force.
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SUMMARY SHEET
FY 83- FY 8-CHANGE IN WORK FORCE EEO PROFILE BY PATCO
REPORT BY:
P/R UNIT
COMMAND
.COMPONENT
AGENCY
CATEGORIES
PROFESSIONAL.
ADMINISTRATIVE
TECHNICAL,
CLERICAL.
OTHER
TOTAL
YEARS/
% CHANCE
1983 «
•
1984 «
% CHANGE
f
198J »
•
1984 «
X CHANGE
...3 ;
•
1M4 %
•
* CHANGE
f
1983 «
1984 %
% CHANGE
•
1983 %
•
1984 %
% CHANGE
•
1983 «
f
198d %
« CHANGE
TOTAL
ALL
4637
5257
2689
2939
863
915
1819
2U02
1UOU8
11113
FEMALE
718
15.5
954
18.2
2.7
1145
42.6
1309
44.5
1.9
546
63 i 2
581
63.5'
.3
1699
93.4
1880
93.9
.5
4108
41.0
4724
42.5
1.5
WHITE
MALE
3578
77.2
3897
74.1
(3.1)
1389
51.6
1455
49.5
(2.1)
258
29.9
274
30.0
.1
55
3.0
57
2.8
(.2)
-
5280
52.8
5683
51.2
(1.6)
FEMALE
624
13.5
818
15.6
2.1
884
32.9
1015
34.5
1.6
340
39.4
367
40.1
.7
948
52.1
992
49.5
(2.6)
2796
27.9
3192
28.7
.8
BLACK
MALE
152
3.3
170
3.2
(.1)
107
4.0
122
4.2
.2
49
5.7
48
5.2
(.5)
54
3.0
52
2.6
(.4)
362
3.6
- 392
3.5
(.1)
FEMALE
57
1.2
74
1.4
.2
218
8.1
248
8.4
.3
191
22.1
196
21.4 '
(.7)
689
37.9
816
40.8
2.9
1155
11.5
1334
12.0
* .5
HISPANIC
MALE
63
1.4
85
1.6
.2
24
.9
28
1.0
.1
6
.7
7
.8
.1
6
.3
5
.2
(.1)
99
1.0
125
1.1
.1
FEMALE
11
.2
22
.4
.2
12
.45
16
.54
.1
7
.8
7
.8
0
37
2.0
50
2.5
. .5
67
.7
95
.9
. -2
"••
ASIAN AMERICAN/
PACIFIC ISLANDER
MALE
122
2.6
148
2.8
.2
21
.8
21
.7
(.1)
4
.5
4
.4
(.11
4
.2
7
.4
.2
151
1.5
180
1.6
.1
FEMALE
26
.5
39
.7
.2
27
1.0
26
.9
(.i)
8
.9
10
1.1
.2
19
1.1
15
.8
(.3)
80
.8
90
.8
0
AMERICAN INDIAN/
ALASKAN NATIVE
MALE
4
.09
3
.06
(.03)
3
.11
4
.14
.03
0
0
1
.11
.11
1
.05
1
.05
0
8
.08
9
.08
0
FEMALE
0
o
1
.02
.02
4
.15
4
.14.
(.01)
0
0
1
.11
.1 1
6
.33
7
.35
.02
10
.10
13
.12
.02
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FYI > FY §4 CHANGE IN WOWC FORCE EEO PROFILE PV PAY LEVEL
.COMMAND
,COMPONENT
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« CHANGE
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TOTM.
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631
2133
2479
3671
4074
3522 .
3703
208
226
loona
U.1.1 3
r-lAl.
399
84.2
557
88.3
4.1
1866
87.5
2049
82.6
(4.9)
1279
34.8
1484
36.4
1.6
547
15.5 .
615
16.6
1.1
- 17
8.2
19
8'.4
.2
4108
41.0
4724
42.5
1.5
•HIT*
f^«l j
34'
7.2
32
5.1
(2.1)
189
8.8
312
12.6
3.8
2102
57.2
2272
55.7
(1.5)
2271
78.7
2869
77.5
(1.2)
184
88.4
198
87.6
(.8)
52UU
52. H
5f.H3
51.2
(1.6)
FEMALE
217
48.8
269
42.6
(3.2)
1093 "
51.3
1207
48.7
(2.6)
991
27.0
1159
28.5
1.5
478
13.6
538
14.5
.9
17
8.2
19
H.4
.2
2796
27.9
3192
28.7
.8
•LACK
•MALI
33
7.0
30
4.7
(2.3)
66.
3.1
79
3.2
.1
153
4.2
169
4.2
0
105
3.0
108
2.9
(-.11
5
2.4
6 •
2.7
.3
362
3.6
392
3.5
(.1)
FEMALE
160
33.8
250
39.6
5.8
711
33.3
771
31.1
(2.2)
229
6.2
253
6.2
0
55
1.5
60
1.6
.1
0
Q
0
n
0
1155
11.5
13H4
12.0
.5
MUPAMIC
MALC
3
.6
3
.5
(.1)
8
.4
•
29
1.2
.8
58
1.6*
57 '
1.4
(.2)
30
• .8
35
.9
.1
0
P_
1
.4
.4
99
1.0
125
1.1
.1
PKMALC
12
2.5
27
4.3
1.8
J5
1.7
40
1.6
(.1)
18
.5
26
.6
.1
2
r06
2
.05
f.ou
0
n
0
0
0
67
.7
95
.9
.2 •
ASIAN AMERICAN/
PACIFIC MI.ANOKR
NALK
4
.R
7
1.1
.3
4
.2
10
.4
.2
76
2.1
88
2.2
.1
65
1.9
73
2.0
.1
2
1.0
.2
.9
(.1)
151
1.5
UK)
1.6
.1
FCMALB
9
1.9
8
1.3
(.6)
22
1.0
25
1.0
0
37
1.0
42
1.0
0
12
.3
15
.4
.1
0
n
0
(i
0
H(l
.H
41)
•» .
0
AMERICAN INDIAN/
ALASKAN NATIVK
MALE
1
.21
2
.32
.11
0
0
0
0
0
3
.08
4
.10
.02
4
.11
3
.08
(.03)
0
0
0
(I
0
H
.0".
M
.1)8
0
FEMALE
1
.21
3
.48
.27
5
.23
6
.24
.01
4
.11
4
.10
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0
0
0
'0
0
0
o
0
II
0
1')
.10
13
.12
.02-
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FY S3 . FY 8 4CHANGE IN WORK FORCE EEO PROFILE BY PAY LEVEL
REPORT BY *
_______ P/R OMIT
. COMMAND
'COMPONENT
x AGENCY
PAY LEVEL
WO/11* 1 .4
•D/MI-*
•D/WC-1*
WD/V9 11 . «•
WO/WV1S.1I
TOTAL
YEARS/
ft
CHANGE
t
it.3 %
1
1M4 g
% CNAMOC
1
1M3 %
I
IM4 %
% CMANOC
*
»«o %
1
IMt' %
« CHANOC
1
1M3 %
I
1H4 t
«CHAMO«
1
!•« «
IM4 X
» CHANOC
^
IM3 %
«* ^
% CHANOC
TOTAU
AUL
q
8
41
41
12
12
9
y
71
711
FCMALC
2
22.2
2
2!S.()
2.H
4
9.R
5
12.2
2.4
h
H.4
7
10.0
l.fi
WNITK
MALE
4
44.5
4
50.0
b.5
20
4H.H
iy
4b.3
(2.5)
10
83.1
10
83.3
(1
9
100.0
9
100.0
0
4!J
611. f>
42
f.0.11
(.ft)
FCMAL.C
1
11. I
t
12.5
1.4
4
9.H
5
12.2
2.4
S
7.0
h
H.f>
l.ft
•L.ACK
MALC
3
33.3
2
2b.O
(R.3)
17
41.4
17
41.5
.1
2
1ft. 7
7
1ft. 7
0
22
31.0
21
3n.n
0.0)
FEMALE
1
11.1
1
12.5
1.4
1
1.4
I
1.4
0
HISPANIC
MALE
FEMALE
ASIAN AMERICAN/
PACIFIC ISLANIMM
MALI
•
PCMALC
AMERICAN INDIAN/
ALASKAN NATIVE
MALC
FEMALE
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FY 83 . FY 8 4CHANGE IN WORK FORCE EEO PROFILE BY PAY LEVEL
REPORT BY i
P/R UNIT
. COMMAND
COMPONENT
X AGENCY
PAY LEVEL
wo/wa 1.4
wo/wa • - •
wo/wa ID
wo/wa 11 . it
wo/wa i* . it
TOTAL
YEARS/
*
CHANGE
i
19*3 %
i
IM4 £
* CHANGE
1
1983 %
I
1964 %
» CHANGE
1
1MB %
I
19*4* %
* CHANGE
f
19*3 %
1
1M4 t
* CHANGE
t
'•** *
1904 t
* CHANGE
W
1993 %
I984 *
% CHANCE
TOTAL
ALL
9
8
41
41
12
12
9
9
71
7(1
FEMALE
2
22.2
2
25.0
2.8
4
9.8
5
12.2
2.4
f,
8.4
7
10.0
1.6
WHITE
MALE
4
44.5
4
50.0
5.5
20
48.8
19
4b.3
(2.5)
10
83.3
10
83.3
0
9
100.0
9
100.0
0
43
60. fc
42
60.0
(.6)
FEMALE
1
11.1
I
12.5
1.4
4
9.8
5
12.2
2.4
5
7.0
ft
8.6
1.6
BLACK
MALE
3
33.3
2
25.0
(8.3)
17
41.4
17
41.5
.1
2
16.7
2
16.7
0
22
31.0
21
30.0
(1.0)
FEMALE
1
11.1
1
12.5
1.4
1
1.4
1
1.4
0
HISPANIC
MALE
.
FEMALE
ASIAN AMERICAN/
PACIFIC ISLANDER
MALE
•
FEMALE
AMERICAN INDIAN/
ALASKAN NATIVE
MALE
FEMALE
««• «•/•«
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RtiPORT BYi
FY 83 - FY 8 4 CHANGE IN WORK FORCE EEO PROFILE BY PAY LEVEL
P/R UNIT
COMMAND
COMPONENT
X AGENCY
PAY 1 PUVri
WU/WN -WS 1-4
WU, WN WS 8 . t
WL/WN.'WS 10 . 11
WL/WN WS 12 -11
TOTAL
YEARS/
\
CHANCE
*
196 3 %
t
196 4
» CHANGE
1
1963 %
1
1984 *
* CHANGE
I
1963 %
f
196 4 %
% CHANGE
1
1983 %
1
196 4 *
» CHANGE
f
196 -j %
f
198 4 *
% CHANGE
TOT/
ALL
1
1
1
2
1
1
3
4
u.
FEMALE
WHI1
MALE
1
100.0
1
100.0
0
0
0
1
50.0
50.0
0
0
1
100.0
100.0
1
33.3
3
75.0
41.7
re
FEMALE
BLA
MALE
1
100.0
1
50.0
(50.0)
1
100. a
0
0
(100.0)
2
66.7
1
25.0
(41.7)
CK
FEMALE
HISPA
MALE
NIC
FEMALE
ASIAN AM
PACIFIC
MALE
CRICAN/
ISLANDER
FEMALE
AMERICA
ALASKA
MALE
N INDIAN/
N NATIVE
FEMALE
EEOC FORM S06 18/83)
PAGE 3
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SUMMARY SHEET
DISTRIBUTION OF EEO GROUPS AND UNDERREPRESENTATION
INDICES BY PATCO AND PAY LEVEL
REPORT BYi
P/R UNIT
AGENCY
OCCUPATIONAL.
CATBOORV
ANDSES
SB*
(INCLUDE OS/Oil
IS . 1S>
PROFESSIONAL.
TECHNICAL.
PAY
JS^S^MHgS'-'
OS t -4
oss-s
OS*, tt
G8/PM 1» • t§
TOTAL
on -4
oss-s
OS*. IS
OS/OH t* . It
TOTAL
0* 1 .4
oss-s
os • - ta
OS/ON 11.11
TOTAL
TOTAL.
226
295
2298
2524
S117
199
1477
1177
2853
11
673
729
2
Q15
WHITE
MALE
NUMBER
198
128
1560
2fl82
3770
31
568
7H5
1384
2
126
144
2
274
FEMALE
NO.
19
102
448
260
810
96
630
278
1004
5
318
44
167
U.I.
31
128
12
38
58
W
125'
88
•LACK
MALE
NO.
6
11
89
67
167
14
64
41
103*1 19
133*
138*
.56*
17*
2
30
16
48
U.I.
113
\m
166
113
139
142/
H7*
95
R4*
168*
MO*
141*
06*
FEMALE
NO.
0
16
39
19
74
46
161
41
>48
1
74
21
IMf,
U.I.
0
194
60
26
51
477*
?25*
71*
174*
J87*
534*
JHM"
nay*
HISPANIC
MALE
NO.
1
19
45
20
84
3
in
15
28
O
s
7.
7
U.I.
20
298
90
36
75
S4
24
46
35
0
27
•
32
28
FEMALE
NO.
0
6
14
2
22
s
11
0
16
0
6
1
7
U.I.
0
178
53
7
37
qft*
56
0
43
(I
36
JH
31
ASIAN AMERICAN/
PACIFIC ISLANDER
MALE
NO.
2
7
78
62
147
n
9
11
20
O
3
1
4
UJ.
102
2751
394
286
333
n
70-
108
Rl«
0
52*
51*
51*
FEMALE
NO.
n
5
24
10
39
A
17
5
26
0
10
O
10
U.I.
0
^25*
138*
53*
101*
?£°*
1S3*
82
121*
0
1MH'
0
J4S'
AMERICAN INDIAN/
ALASKAN NATIVE
MALE
NO.
O
0
1
2
3
O
3
1
4
1
0
n
J
UJ.
(i
0
19
38
28
O
66'
26
4f>*
1030
0
0
44
FEMALE
NO.
II
J
0
0
1
0
4
O
4
0
J
0
1
UJ.
(1
261
0
0
15
0
122*
0
82
0
f.H«
(i
Sd*
* UI based on unditferentiated CLK
507
-------
DISTRIBUTION OF EEO GROUPS AND UNDERPRESENTATION
INDICES BY PATCO AND PAY LEVEL
OCCUPATIONAL.
CATEGORY
SERIES
CL.BMCAL
OTHER
PAY
LEVEL.
O8 1 -4
oss-t
OSS* 12
OS/OM It - It
TOTAL
OS 1 -4
01 1 • •
01 1 - 1 2
Ot/OM It - tt
TOTAL,
TOTAL.
620
1312
70
2002
•MITE
MALE
NUMBER
30
27
0
57
FEMALE
NO.
264
691
37
992
U.I.
124
154
155
145
BLACK
' MALE
NO.
28
24
0
52
U.I.
91*
66
0
93
FEMALE
NO.
249
535
32
H16
U.I.
829
842
944
842*
HISPANIC
MALE
NO.
3
2
0
5
U.I.
k
25
7
0
13
FEMALE
NO.
27
23
0
50
U.I.
171
*
6H
0
98 '
ASIAN AMERICAN/
PACIFIC ISLANDER
MALE
NO.
•
7
0
0
7.
U.I.
131*
0
0
51
FEMALE
NO.
8
6
1
15
U.I.
172
*
61
190
100
AMERICAN INDIAN/
ALASKAN NATIVE
MALE
NO.
1
0
o
1
UJ.
53*
0
0
41
FEMALE
NO.
3
4
0
7
U.I.
218
136
0
15^
* UI based on imdifferentiated CLP
••oc row* .SOT <•/»»
PAOBt
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SUMMARY SHEET
FY 8 4 HIRING GOAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS BY PATCO
REPORT BYi
P/R UNIT
COMMAND
COMPONENT
* AGENCY
OCCUPATIONAL
CATBOOHV
P
T
c
o
PLANNKD/
ACTUAL.
PLANNED 0
•.
ACTUAL 0
PLANNED 0
ACTUAL 0
PLANNED 0
ACTUAL 0
PLANNED 0
ACTUAL 0
PLANNED 0
ACTUAL 0
PLANNED 0
ACTUAL 0
PERCENT
• TOTAL.
AtL
352
333
131
174
1H
34
59
377
1
0
561
918
164 %
FEMALE
2H7
257
94
152
4
32
29
365
1
0
415
806
194 %
WHITE
MALE
438
p?$|g
t;..•.(
•;;^ ;•,:•)
FEMALE
230
217
64
135
1
19
7
167
1
0
304
*
538
177 %
BLACK
MALE
37
21
20
15
H
1
17
8
0
0
R2
45
55%
FEMALE
40
15
20
13
1
9
3
171
0
0
64
208
325 %
HISPANIC
MALE
25
27
14
5
4*
1
R
1
0
0
51
34
67 %
FEMALE
15
11
R
2
2
1
15**
21
0
0
4O
35
88%
ASIAN AMERICAN/
PACIFIC ISLANDER
MALE
or
28
2
1
1
0
4**
3
0
0
7
32
457 %
FEMALE
2
13
O
2
0
2
2
4
0
0
4
21
525 %
AMERICAN INDIAN/
ALASKAN NATIVE
MALE
3*
0
1
1
1"
0
1
0
0
0
f,
1
17 %
FEMALE
0
1
1
0
(1
1
2
2
O
0
3
2
67 i.
EEOC
508
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SUMMARY SHEET
FY 8 « INTERNAL MOVEMENT GOAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS BY PATCO
REPORT BVt
______ P/R UMIT
_____ COMMAND
_^___ COMPONENT
X AGFKCY
OCCUPATIONAL
CATEGORY.
P
T
C
O
TOTAL.
PLANNED/
ACTUAL
PLANNED •
ACTUAL •
PLANNED •
ACTUAL 0
PLANNED 0
ACTUAL ff
PLANNED •
ACTUAL 0
PLANNED 0
ACTUAL 0
PLANNED 0
ACTUAL 0
PERCENT
• TOTAL.
ALL
30
273
23
410
12
190
R
469
(1
0
73
1342
1838%
FEMALE
23
220
17
378
6
176
5
455
0
0
51
1229
2409%
WHITE
MALE
•i^V^lip.-1
467
imz™*
fi '.'/?•£ ??,VV-
254
fO^TifC"
;..j>:nflfr ffr\* •
i$<e
39
i^r-I^Sfc .
385$
^.tre -<:?"••«
i*.jKti^4il»t*
9
ww
"(«!?(*•• *'<»j:
3&&!it£
0
V.-^.-.-vg-.,,
••*/': ' '.•:•• - .
, ,. ^-- /•- •'
'i ifctt'i*"'-if'i''1 '
769
^w?.!^r.
r. 'r* './ '.
;/'?-•'; Vi-' '.
. Ai-.^-*'
• '<" ?>•«' ',
.iil-lr'^\^I
FEMALE
14
190
10
300
1
115
1
218
(l
0
26
823
3165%
•LACK
MALE
2
32
5*
18
4
11
1
12
0
0
12
373
3108 %
FEMALE
5
20
3
62
•3
53
2
222
0
0
13
357
2746 %
HISPANIC
MALE
4
8
1
8
1*
1
1
1
l)
0
7
18
257 %
FEMALE
3
3
3
6
2
5
1
12
0
0
9
26
289 %
ASIAN AMERICAN/
PACIFIC ISLANDER
MALE
L
13
0
5
1
2
1**
1
n
0
.1
21
700 %
FEMALE
1
7
0
9
•n
3
1
3
0
0
2
22
1100
AMERICAN INDIAN/
ALASKAN NATIVE
MALE
n
0
n
l
0
0
n
0
0'
0
n
l
%
FEMALE
0
0
1
1
n
0
n
0
i)
0
i
l
100 .
EEOd/JJT-,509; * ()ne
Or
Terole. ** one may be Hispanic, Asian, or Indian, male or fenwle.
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REPORT BYi
BARRIER ELIMINATION ~ COMMAND
COMPONENT
AOENCY
1. Number of Barriers Identified for Analysis and Elimination In FY 84:,
2. Number of these Barriers Eliminated In FY 84: *
3. Number of these Barriers Partially Eliminated In FY 84;
For each barrier addressed during the reporting year. Indicate the occupations from which It tended to exclude people.
whom It tended to exclude, and how the barrier was eliminated or partially eliminated (that l«, what alternative procedures
were Instituted to replace the barrier). Where the barrier was not eliminated, please explain what prevented Its elimination:
Barrier No. 1: See attached sheets.
Barrier No. 2:
;0°T-
-£10 . r-orm 510-!
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BARRIER ELIMINATION
Barrier A; LACK OF CLEARLY DEFINED RESPONSIBILITIES,
OBJECTIVES AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF MANAGERS AND
SUPERVISORS FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
This barrier was partially eliminated in FY 84. A few items
were not completed.
1. EPA policy statements on EEO and Affirmative
Action have been issued in FY 84 and early
in FY 85.
2. Memos confirming specific goals and the account-
ability of each Assistant Administrator (AA) and
Regional Administrator (RA) were issued both
in FY 84 and FY 85.
3. The Deputy Administrator issued a memorandum on
performance management requiring that each super-
visor and manager have measures related to EEO
and Affirmative Action incorporated into their
standards for human resources management in
their performance agreements. In addition, the
Deputy required each Agency component that did not
meet its goals, to provide a rationale in writing to
the Deputy Administrator indicating why it did not
meet its goals. This approach was determined to be
more appropriate and effective than one requiring
each supervisor and manager to identify EEO accom-
plishments as a critical job element.
4. A comprehensive EEO training program was
developed between PMD and OCR and a pilot
project was tested during FY84. The Agency
plans to expand this training in an effort
to reach all supervisors and managers during
FY 85.
5. OCR established an Affirmative Action Tracking
Report as an aid in self-monitoring for meeting
affirmative action goals. This report was
issued bimonthly to all Agency components along
with a progress summary and a listing of organi-
zations in rank order of their affirmative action
Form 510-2
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accomplishments. These provided an incentive
for achieving goals and an effective means
of monitoring change in our workforcei
6. Revision of the EEO Manual stating specific
responsibilities of managers and supervisors
was initiated in 1984 and will be completed
in 1985.
Barrier B; LACK OF SUFFICIENT TRAINED STAFF IN EEO
AND PERSONNEL TO FACILITATE EFFECTIVE
RECRUITMENT
This barrier was partially eliminated.
1. OCR conducted an Affirmative Action Training
Conference in November 1983, and determined
that a follow-up conference during FY 84 was
not necessary. In addition technical assis-
tance was provided to the Regions by phone,
and a training session was conducted for the
members of the Headquarters Administrative
Management Council which involved them in
Affirmative Action planning for the first
time. Specific guidance and instructions
to both Headquarters and field offices
were provided in memos attached to this
plan.
2. Training conferences held for Hispanic
Employment Program Managers (HEPMs) and
Federal Women's Program Managers (FWPMs)
during FY 84 emphasized the role of Special
Emphasis Programs in planning, monitoring
and recruitment activities of the Affirmative
Action Program. This activity will be
expanded to provide training for Black
Employment Program Managers (BEPMs) in FY 85.
3. No formal cross-training for EEO and
personnel officials in staffing and recruit
ment occurred in FY 84 although informal
interchange took place through joint recruit-
ment efforts. This area will receive increased
emphasis in FY 85.
Form 510-3
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Barrier C; INADEQUATE COMMUNICATION AND COORDINATION
AMONG EEO, PERSONNEL, AND PROGRAM STAFF
IN RECRUITMENT EFFORTS
This barrier was elminated in FY 84 through concerted effort by
Personnel and Civil Rights staff.
1. The Directors of Personnel Management and
Civil Rights issued joint memos concerning
recruitment activities and other affirmative
action matters.
2. Key staff from Personnel, Civil Rights and
program offices met to develop information
on vacancies, strategies and coordination in
recruitment activities.
3. Information and reports are being shared
regularly at Headquarters between Civil
Rights and Personnel and communication is
improving in the field.
4. The establishment of an automated applicant
referral system has assisted Personnel,
Civil Rights, and program office staff in
working together to match qualified female
and minority applicants with job vacancies.
5. The Office of Civil Rights conducted an
Affirmative Action Training Conference for
both EEO and and Personnel staff responsible
for Affirmative Action planning early in
FY 84 to promote close coordination, joint
planning and implementation of all aspects
of affirmative action including recruitment
activities.
6. Personnel and Civil Rights staff both at
Headquarters and Region II worked closely
together to plan and implement a very
successful recruitment trip in Puerto Rico
where over 30 job offers were made to
Hispanic students. This joint effort
received formal recognition in an Agency
award and has served as the impetus and
model for a similar effort in FY 85 focused
upon recruitment of Blacks.
Form 510-4
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A report on Affirmative Action accomplish-
ments during 1984 and proposed plans for
1985 was presented to the Deputy Administrator
jointly by the Office of Civil Rights and
Personnel.
Barrier D; LACK OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENTAL OPPORTUNITIES
FOR WOMEN AND MINORITIES TO ADVANCE WITHIN THE
AGENCY a) UPWARD AND OUT OF CLERICAL SERIES and
b) UPWARD WITHIN PROFESSIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND
TECHNICAL FIELDS
This barrier was partially eliminated in FY 84. Three planned
actions were begun but not completed. A fourth action is a major
new initiative for the Agency.
1. The Professional Development Plan proposed by
Women in Science and Engineering at EPA has
been adopted and incorporated into the planning
of the Office of Human Resources Management.
Implementation will begin in FY 85 with the
creation of a Scientific and Technical Career
Advisory Committee.
2. Commitment to an aggressive Upward Mobility
Program was confirmed by Agency leadership
and revision of program guidance was under-
taken by Personnel. Final guidance is being
issued early in FY 85.
3. Development of two English language courses
to help non-native English-speaking employees
improve their command of American English.
"Mastering American English" is a course to
improve writing skills and "English Language
Skills" is a conversational course. These
courses were offered to all employees, but
aimed at meeting the needs of the newly-
hired engineers from Puerto Rico. The con-
versational course will continue through
early FY 85.
4. The establishment of an Office of Human
Resources Management (OHRM) at EPA during
FY 84 emphasizes the high priority of this
issue within EPA. It marks the beginning
Form 510-5
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of on-going long range efforts to address the
current deficiency in training and developmental
opportunities for all employees. The Office is
currently working on the formation of an Agency-
wide Human Resources Council to strengthen com-
munication and advise the Office in development
of policies, strategies and programs for workforce
development and management. The first major step
was an Agencywide planning conference held early in
PY 85. Several specific projects are just getting
under way. The Office of Civil Rights will work
closely with OHRM to assure that planning takes
into account the special needs of women and
minorities to assure their equitable participation
in the training and development programs of the
Agency.
Barrier E: LIMITED USE OF CREATIVE STAFFING TECHNIQUES
We were unable to formally address this barrier during the
fiscal year, but through informal contacts, the OCR staff
have provided suggestions and ideas on creative staffing
techniques to agency managers and supervisors. In addition,
we initiated several activities which we plan to continue
and expand in FY 85:
1. Increased use of direct hire authorities
for Engineers and Environmental Protection
Specialists in light of recent recruitment
successes at the University of Puerto Rico
and in preparation for the FY 85 targeted
recruitment for Black professionals in
science and engineering.
2. Development and coordination of more exten-
sive use of the cooperative education
program.
3. Increased use of temporary direct hire
appointments.
4. Increased use of Intergovernmental Personnel
Act (IPA) exchanges in order to establish
closer ties and recruitment efforts with
predominantly minority institutions.
5. Increased use of the Junior Fellowship Program
to bring minorities and women on board and to
assist in developing their professional
potential.
Form 510-6
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FY 8 5 ANNUAL UPDATE OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
PROGRAM FOR MINORITIES AND WOMEN
REPORT BYl
*/R UNIT
^___— _ COMMAND
_ COMPONCNT
^ AOKNCV
Name of Reporting
Agencyi Comnandt
Component or PVR Unit: Environmental Protection Agency
Responsible
Agency Official: William n. Ruckelshaus, Administrator
(Name end Title)
401 M Street S.W. (A-100)
(Address)
Vbshington, D.C. 20460
382-4700
(Telephone Number • Conenerical or
*ffl^00 ^-^5C^ _^?^2- j£
(Signature of the Responsible Official)
Number of Planning/Reporting Unlli (updates are X are not attached): .
Number of Commaids/ComDonents (eppregato updates attached. If appropriate):
Number of vacancies prelected for year of update by PATCO category:
P 58Q A 345 T 74 C 304 o 3 Total
FTS)
JAN 3 1985
(Date)
1
—
1315
NAMB Of PNOAMBM OP MBPOMT
Cecelia K. Scott
TBkKPNONC NUMBC"
382-4564
^OC sn* ni
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. SUMMARY SHEET
FY 85 HIRING GOALS BY PATCO
REPORT BVi
I UNIT
'COMMAND
COMPONENT
OCCUPATIONAL
CATEGORIES
PROFESSIONAL
ADMINISTRATIVE
TECHNICAL
CLERICAL
OTHER
TOTAL
-
EEOC.'oMi 512
PLANNED
1
PLANNED
1
PLANNED
PLANNED
1
PLANNED
1
PLANNED
' TOTAL
ALL
338
161
24
.
• 76
4
603
FEMALE
254
WHITE
MALE
'*'' V?'-^ f '';
lit.
100 H v»v-->':-
9
58
2
423
1 -•'.>»•
• 'Y*«;p ^ i' '
•/i-tefc
f-J?A?V-
,•; "" ii'/./i
'^
''^'"
' ^1^'
FEMALE
179
56
1
29
0
265
BLACK
MALE
54
34
10
10
1
109
FEMALE
45
24
3
5
2
79
HISPANIC
MALE
18
21
3
8
1
51
FEMALE
18
14
4
19
0
55
ASIAN AMERICAN/
PACIFIC ISLANDER
MALE
11
5
2
0
0
18
FEMALE
10
5
0
4
0
19
AMERICAN INOAIN
ALASKAN NATIVE
MALE
1
1
0
0
0
2
FEMALE
2
1
1
1
0
c
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SUMMARY SHEET
FY 8 5DJTERNAL MOVEMENT GOALS BY PATCO
REPORT BY l
________ P/R UNIT
COMMAND
__^ COMPONENT
X
OCCUPATIONAL.
CATEGORIES
PROFESSIONAL.
ADMINISTRATIVE
TECHNICAL.
CLERICAL
OTHER
TOTAL
PLANNED
f
PLANNED
1
PLANNED
f
PLANNED
f
PLANNED
1
PLANNED
1
TOTAL.
ALU
49
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PROJECTED BARRIER ELIMINATION
UPDATE BY:
P/R UNIT
COMMAND
COMPONENT
AGENCY
1. Number of barriers to be addressed in plan year: 6
2. Describe each barrier, the occupations It tends to exclude people from, whom It tends to exclude, and how It will
be addressed:
*. During FY85, te plan to resolve the four barriers which uere part-iplly oH.^.,,,.^
in FY84. In addition, we have -LdgnMf-tod t-^n na™ i
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EEOC FO"M 514
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I
A. LACK OF CLEARLY DEFINED RESPONSIBILITIES, OBJECTIVES AND
ACCOUNTABILITY OF MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS FOR AFFIRMATIVE
ACTION.
ACTION TAKEN OR PROPOSED:
1. The Director of Civil Rights has issued a memo-
randum outlining the Office of Civil Rights Plan
for FY 85 including objectives, activities and
general resource requirements for support of
Affirmative Action.
2. The specific responsibilities of managers and
supervisors as well as those of EEO staff and
Personnel will be included in a revised EEO
Manual to be issued later in this year.
3. A comprehensive EEO training program for super-
visors and managers will be implemented during
FY 85, an expansion of the pilot EEO training
conducted in FY 84.
B. LACK OF SUFFICIENT TRAINED STAFF IN EEO AND PERSONNEL TO
FACILITATE EFFECTIVE RECRUITMENT
1. During FY 85 OCR will sponsor a follow-up affir-
mative action conference to train EEO and
Personnel Staff.
2. OCR will conduct training activities for EEO
Officers and other EPA personnel with responsi-
bilities in EEO and Affirmative Action.
3. The OCR and PMD will cross-train EEO and
Personnel staff in staffing and recruitment
programs.
C. LACK OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENTAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR
WOMEN AND MINORITIES TO ADVANCE WITHIN THE AGENCY a)
UPWARD AND OUT OF CLERICAL SERIES AND b) UPWARD WITHIN
PROFESSIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL FIELDS
1. The OCR will follow through with the Office of
Human Resource Management (OHRM) to ensure that
OHRM includes the Professional Development Plan
Form 514-2
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in their FY 85 activities. This plan is intended
to support effective employee career development
related to EPA's environmental mission.
Personnel and OCR will work with program offices
to develop creative on-the-job training through
intern programs, rotational assignments, details,
structured mentoring programs, etc., as well as
formal course training at EPA, OPN, and elsewhere.
D. LIMITED USE OF CREATIVE STAFFING TECHNIQUES
ACTION TAKEN OR PROPOSED:
1. OCR and Personnel will conduct cross-training
of their staffs, as needed, to update their
knowledge and assure consistency in guidance to
managers.
2. OCR will work with Personnel to develop infor-
mation materials describing various staffing
techniques for use by managers and supervisors
in considering options for filling vacancies.
3. OCR EEO staff will work with Personnel to identify
vacancies which can be filled with non-status
applicants thereby opening additional employment
opportunities for minorities and women.
4. Personnel will work with appropriate program staff
to explore all staffing options, including restruc-
ture of jobs, use of co-op students, etc., prior to
publishing vacancy announcements.
E. INSUFFICIENT TIME ALLOTTED BY MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS FOR
COLLATERAL DUTY EEO PERSONNEL TO PERFORM EEO DUTIES
Over the past several years, the Special Emphasis
Program (SEP) Managers in EPA have performed their collateral
EEO duties with minimum guidance from Headquarters because of
a shortage of resources at Headquarters. In addition, there
are several SEP Manager postions which remain vacant throughout
the Agency. Managers received more technical assistance and
guidance from Headquarters, but many of them are still not able
Form 514-3
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to devote a specific amount of fixed time to collateral duty
EEO responsibilities.
ACTION TAKEN OR PROPOSED:
1. Strong communications linkages in the SEP have been
established. Collateral duty SEPM's are now receiving
more frequent and comprehensive guidance and technical
assistance from the National level.
2. We expanded the National SEP Managers at Heaquarters
to include a National Black Employment Program
Manager.
3. We intend to finalize a memorandum of understanding
between each SEP Manager and supervisor spelling out,
in detail, the agreement in performing collateral EEO
duties.
4. OCR officials will encourage establishment of SEP
managers and programs where no programs currently
exist.
5. National SEPM's will publish a general guidance
document to aid field SEPM's in developing and con-
ducting effective programs in each field location.
6. Yearly training meetings for each SEP group have
been scheduled to provide training on analysis and
documentation of issues, affirmative action respon-
sibilities, work plans, budget development, and
general public relations with agency officials in
local and field installations, etc.
F. INABLILITY TO REACH QUALIFIED NON-STATUS APPLICANTS
Blocked or closed Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
registers prevent prospective applicants from getting onto
registers and prevents EPA Officials from selecting and/or
certifying applicants. This has an adverse impact on minority
and female candidates if they are not currently employed by
the Federal government.
Form 514-4
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ACTION TAKEN OR PROPOSED:
1. OCR will work with the Director of the Personnel
Management Division to develop a written inquiry as
to the status of 0PM registers throughout the country.
2. OCR officials will prepare a request from EPA's top
management official to 0PM officials requesting that
entry level professional and administrative registers
be purged, updated, and opened for a specific period
of time on a yearly basis. This allows for wider,
more diverse applicant pools including minorities and
women in the registers.
3. If 0PM does not agree to purge and update these
registers, OCR will encourage EPA officials to seek
authority from 0PM to develop our own special examining
unit for scientists, biologists, and chemists.
4. EPA officials in each Region will also work closely
with 0PM officials in their Region to resolve our
problem with blocked or closed registers.
Form 514-5
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NARRATIVE STATEMENT - EPA AGENCYWIDE
1984 ACCOMPLISHMENT REPORT
During FY 1984, EPA developed a comprehensive agencywide
strategy in establishing and pursuing its Affirmative Action
goals. This strategy represents an important change from the
unit-by-unit approach followed in previous years. We sought
to improve representation of women and minorities in our work-
force agencywide by starting with the profile of the Agency
as a whole and developing goals designed to improve agencywide
representation of each underrepresented group in comparison
with the national civilian labor force. We placed emphasis
upon the Professional and Administrative categories of jobs
since these were the areas in which the Agency had the
greatest number of opportunities for hiring and also the
poorest representation of women and minorities. Goals were
assigned primarily on the basis of available opportunities
for hiring, taking into account, but not exclusively reflect-
ing, the relative levels of representation in particular
Planning and Reporting (P/R) Units. For example, a Regional
Office with large numbers of projected vacancies was assigned
higher numbers to be targeted for affirmative action than a
Region with fewer vacancies, even if its current status of
representation of target groups might be better than the
others. We did not reduce or redistribute goals orginally
set by P/R Units, but rather targeted additional slots for
specific groups, as needed, to assist the Agency as a whole
to show improvement in their percentage representation.
EPA achieved considerable success in meeting its 1984
goals; women and minorities comprised 47% of all permanent
hires in the professional and administrative (P&A) categories.
Furthermore 56% of the net gain in the P&A categories was
comprised of women and minorities. The actual percentage of
women and minorities in the Agency's P&A work force improved
by 2.5 points. This is an excellent first step toward closing
the 20 point gap between where the Agency started at the end
of FY 83 and where it should be based on the national civilian
labor force reported in the 1980 census. To reduce the
remaining gap our 1985 plan continues affirmative action at
EPA at a comparable level to 1984 while the Agency remains in
a hiring mode.
EPA exhibited at numerous conferences during the past
year and undertook targeted recruitment designed to reach
qualified women and minorities for scientific and engineering
positions. The highlight of this activity was a recruitment
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effort in Puerto Rico where the Agency made job offers on the
spot to over thirty Hispanic engineers, 23% of whom were women.
This project has served a a model for 1985 initiative focusing
on recruitment of Blacks as well as Hispanics.
The establishment of an automated Agencywide referral
system provided a bank of applications for managers across
the Agency. This system is still being refined and we
anticipate greater use of it in 1985.
To assure accountability we developed an Affirmative
Action Tracking Report as a mechanism for monitoring progress
in improving representation of women and minorities in our
workforce. This was issued bimonthly to top managers. At
the close of the year, Agency components which did not meet
their goals were required to submit the rationale for their
shortfall to the Deputy Administrator. We plan to continue
these measures for assuring accountability in 1985.
1985 UPDATE
In 1985 EPA will continue to build upon its 1984 Agency-
wide approach with focus on hiring opportunities in the
Professional and Administrative (P&A) job categories. As a
matter of Agency policy, each major Agency component was
asked to target a minimum of 52% of its projected P&A vacancies
for affirmative action. Each P/R Unit has thus developed
goals at a level of 52% or better consistent with improving
its own work force profile as well as improving representa-
tion of women and minorities in the Agency as a whole.
In addition to continuing last year's effort, EPA is
undertaking four new initiatives in 1985:
1. The Upward Mobility Program has been revised
and each Agency component has been asked to
set aside positions for Upward Nobility slots,
so that 1% of the Agency's total permanent
positions are committed to the Upward
Mobility Program.
2. Each Headquarters component has been asked to
establish affirmative action goals in hiring
temporary and term employees since these
employees form a pool of applicants for later
conversion to permanent status. They con-
stitute about 12% of the Headquarters P&A
workforce.
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3. The agency is undertaking a major targeted
recruitment effort focused upon the
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
to locate qualified Black candidates for
scientific and engineering positions at EPA.
This effort is modeled after the 1984 Puerto
Rican recruitment activity.
4. We will be closely monitoring the hiring and
promotion of women and minorities into the
upper grade levels by tracking progress to
encourage improved representation of women
and minorites in Grades 13-15.
Goals have been established for some target groups where
analysis of representation in a particular PATCO category
indicates full representation. These goals have been set in
specific job series and/or grade levels where the target group
is in fact underrepresented. For example, while Black males
are fully represented in the general "professional category"
our plan includes goals for Black males in environmental
engineering where they are severely underrepresented.
Explanatory Notes on Specific Forms
The distinction between "external hiring" and "internal
movement" based on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
(EEOC) definition continues to be problematic at EPA. We do
not have the capability to differentiate between them in our
current data systems. Further, the distinction based on
EEOC's definition is not useful to EPA management in planning
or in tracking progress. Form 508, Summary Sheet of Hiring
Goal Accomplishments thus reflects hiring of persons from out-
side EPA but not necessarily from outside the Federal Government,
Form 509, Summary Sheet of Internal Movement Goals Accomplish-
ments, includes a mix of information, based primarily on
movement within EPA and includes formal Upward Mobility
Program achievements as well as promotional activity. At the
Agency level the form shows promotions into grades 5, 9, 13,
and SES, since this was the only data available showing
significant upward movement.
In determining the underpresentation indices (UI) for
each target group included on Form 507, Summary Sheet of
Distribution of EEO Groups and Underrepresentation Indices by
PATCO and Pay Level, we frequently were required to use the
undifferentiated CLF data. We have shown this by use of an
asterisk wherever the UI is based on the CLF rather than the
differentiated data.
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Data for the end of FY 1983 shown on Forms 505 and 506,
Change in Work Force EEO Profile by PATCO, and by Pay Level,
has been changed from the previous Accomplishment Report
submitted to EEOC. The changes reflect corrections in PATCO
codes and the inclusion of some personnel actions taken prior
to September 30, 1983 but not entered into the data system in
time for the original submission.
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STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTABILITY
EPA assures accountability in Affirmative Action through
three principal means:
1. A new policy statement will be issued indicating
continued commitment and expectations of the new
Administrator regarding Affirmative Action and
Equal Employment Opportunity.
2. The Deputy Administrator has directed that a
standard on resource management incorporating
performance in EEO responsibilities be included
in every manager's and supervisor's performance
agreement. Specific measures based on Affirmative
Action commitments are being developed for
individual managers and supervisors within the
Agency's components.
3. The Office of Civil Rights has developed a tracking
system and will issue reports quarterly on progress
in meeting Affirmative Action goals. These will be
based on information submitted by the individual
Agency components matched with data from computer
reports.
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CERTIFICATION OF QUALIFICATIONS OF PRINCIPAL EEO OFFICIALS
X certify that the qualifications of all officials, full-time
and part-time, concerned with administration of the EEO Program,
including the following:
Director, Office of Civil Rights
Equal Employment Opportunity Officers
Federal Women's Program Managers
Hispanic Employment Program Managers
Black Employment Program Managers
EEO Counselors
Other EEO Staff Officials
both at Headquarters and Field Installations
have been reviewed by competent authority and the incumbents of
these positions meet the standard outlined in Qualifications
.Standards Handbook X-118 under "Equal Opportunity Specialist
GS-260" or "Qualifications Guide for Collateral Assignments
involving Equal Employment Opportunity Duties." Evidence that
the review has been made and its findings are on file and avail-
able for review by EEOC officials.
I further certify that provisions of FPM Letter 713-36, Documenting
EEO Collaterial Duties in Official Position Descriptions have been
net.
Date
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UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WASHINGTON. O.C. 20460
OCT 51984
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THC AOMINISTO ATOB
MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT : EPA's Affirmative Action Plan for 1985
FROM : Alvin L. Aim
Deputy Administrator
TO : Assistant Administrators
General Counsel
Inspector General
4Regional Administrators
Staff Office Directors
Laboratory Directors
The primary objective of our 1984 Affirmative Action Plan (AAP)
was to aggressively recruit and hire highly qualified women and
minorities to improve their overall representation in our workforce.
The Directors of Civil Rights and Personnel Management Division tell
me that we will accomplish that objective. Let me express my sincere
appreciation for your efforts. I will personally acknowledge those
of you who met or exceeded your 1984 goals and, as I indicated in my
August 20 memo, I will closely review the rationale for those of you
who did not meet them.
I recognize that you are engaged in substantial hiring very
early in the fiscal year. I expect you to be mindful of your respon-
sibility in meeting your Affirmative Action commitments in recruiting
and hiring from the start.
Based on this year's performance, we demonstrated our ability
to locate and attract significant numbers of qualified women and
minorities to the EPA workforce. As of September 5, the total
number of new hires for 1984 was 975 of which 47% are women and
minorities. This means that we met over 90* of the goal which we
established — a noteworthy achievement considering that the goals
were not in place until the beginning of the second quarter, and we
have been under restricted hiring authority for the past two months.
One of our major successes in 1984 was the targeted recruitment
program conducted in Puerto Rico under Herb Barrack, Assistant Regional
Administrator in Region II. Through his efforts we were able to make
firm job offers to over thirty Hispanic engineers on the spot which
led to improvement in the overall representation of Hispanics in our
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workforce. In addition to continuing this recruitment effort in 1985,
I have asked Mr. Barrack to initiate a targeted recruitment effort for
Black engineers and scientists. Accordingly, I want each of you to
designate a lead person, with authority to make personnel commitments
for you, to work with Mr. Barrack and the Directors of Civil Rights
and Personnel Management to implement this high priority effort. You
should submit the name of your designee to Herb Barrack (PTS 264-2520)
and Nat Scurry (FTS 382-4575) by the end of this month.
In addition to maintaining this strong focus on hiring in 1985,
we will also concentrate on the following:
1. Increasing the Representation of Women and Minorities
in the Higher Grades and in Management Positions.
Our employment profile shows that of the 11,315 permanent full-
time and permanent part-time employees at EPA, approximately 41% are
female and 19% are minorities (male and female). Women and minorities
comprise 89% of all employees in grades GS 1-8 but only 22% at the
GS/GM 13-SES levels, and very few are in management positions. For
FY 1985, it is the goal of EPA to increase the representation of
women and minorities in the upper grades and in managerial positions.
You may achieve this goal through promotion of qualified women
and minorities already at EPA and through new hires. In your 1985
hiring you should ensure that women and minorities comprise at least
the same share of those hired in grades 13 and above as in the over-
all hires. In addition, we need to foster the development of talented
women and minorities within our ranks. The new Office of Human
Resources Management, under the direction of Kirke Harper, has
responsibility and the staff expertise to provide you assistance in
developing EPA's human resources.
2. Reinstituting an Agencywide Upward Mobility Program
A long term means of increasing the number of women and minor-
ities in mid and upper level positions is through the Upward Mobility
Program. Through Upward Mobility, EPA can take advantage of the
skills and knowledge of employees now confined to low grade positions
who have potential to assume more challenging responsibilities in
new career fields. The Personnel Management Division (PMD) will
manage and issue updated guidance on this program by mid-November.
Meanwhile, you should begin to identify Upward Mobility positions
and training as part of your FY 1985 planning process. I would
expect each AAship, Regional Office, Laboratory and Staff Office to
set aside 1% of its positions for this purpose.
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3. Applying Affirmative Action in Hiring Temporary and Term
Employees
The Affirmative Action Plan (AAP), required by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, covers only permanent full-time
and permanent part-time employees. However, a significant number of
EPA employees (about 2,200) have temporary or term appointments.
EPA will, as a matter of policy, apply the same affirmative action
principles to persons hired on such appointments. There are two
reasons. First, temporary and term employees, because of their
hands-on experience at the Agency, comprise an important pool from
which we often select candidates for permanent employment. Second,
women and minorities on temporary and term appointments are clustered
in the lowest grades to an even greater extent than those in permanent
positions. At Headquarters, where over 12% of our professional and
administrative (P & A) workforce are temporary or term employees,
specific goals will be established in this area by each office.
4. Maintaining Affirmative Action Progress in the Event of
Changing Hiring Projections
Affirmative Action hiring goals are based on projected vacan-
cies for the entire year (new positions and positions arising from
attrition). The goals are defined in terms of filling a percentage
of those vacancies with women and minorities — a percentage based
on the composition of the civilian labor force. I have determined
that the percentages used in establishing goals for the Plan will
be held constant, whether the actual number of projected vacancies
decreases or increases.
5. Emphasizing Managerial Accountability
As was the case last year, EPA will aim to fill no less than
52% of all vacancies in P&A job categories with women and minor-
ities. All senior managers will be held accountable for EEO/
Affirmative Action results in their organization. In addition to
monitoring your progress in meeting the 52% hiring goals, I will
also monitor progress in increasing upward mobility participation
based on the goals which you, working with PMO, will set for your
organizations. In an effort to reach our equal employment opport-
unity (EEO) goals, I am requiring that the EEC/Affirmative Action
responsibilities, including progress in meeting assigned goals, be
specifically addressed as a performance standard for each agency
manager and supervisor.
I would like you to work with the Office of Civil Rights (OCR)
to produce and implement a 1985 Plan which is consistent with the
policy directives I have outlined above. While OCR is responsible
for pulling together the final Agency product, I expect that the
1985 plan, more than ever, will be truly a collaborative effort.
OCR will soon be sending you implementing guidance for preparation
of the FY 85 AAP. I appreciate your cooperation in planning and
carrying out an effective Affirmative Action Program at EPA.
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UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Washington, D.C. 20460
OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS
OCT 4 TO
MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT: Development of 1985 Affirmative Action Plan
FROM : Nathaniel Scurry, Director K/
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preparation will be coordinated by the Office of Civil Rights. For
the field my staff is sending specific instructions to the Regional
Directors of Civil Rights and Regional and Area EEO Officers for
development of the AAP and completion of the documents required
for submission to the EEOC. In addition, Special Emphasis Program
Managers can be a useful resource in developing goals and overall
plans, as well as in recruiting qualified minorities and women for
available positions.
With this assistance I think you will be able to meet the
deadlines. While they are tight, I am sure you can appreciate
that they are essential to submission of our AAP to EEOC by
December 31.
Please contact me or Cecelia Scott, Team Leader for Affirma-
tive Action and Special Emphasis Programs, at PTS 382-4564 if you
have questions or need further information. Thank you for your
cooperation in developing and carrying out an effective affirmative
action program at EPA.
«
Attachment
Schedule for Developing 1965 Affirmative Action Plan.
cc: Deputy Administrator
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SCHEDULE PCJR DEVELOPMENT OF 1985 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PLAN (AAP)
DATE
October 19
PBOJECT
Dissemination of workforce
data reports to Headquarters
Offices, Regions, and Labs
WO IS RESPONSIBLE
Information Services Division
and OCR
October 22 • Submission of projected
vacancies and proposed
affirmative action goals
to Office of Civil Rights (OCR)
October 25 Initial Progress Report to
Deputy Administrator (I»)
• Submission of report to DA
with rationale for failure
to meet FY B4 goals
November 1 Recommendation on distribution
of goals to Headquarters
Offices, Regions and Labs
Progress Report to DA
November 8 • Submission of final goals
to OCR
Progress Report to DA
November IS * Submission of complete AAP
to OCR
Cmpletion of Headquarters AAP
Novenher 21 Briefing on AAP progress and
outstanding issues for DA
November 21-30 Resolution of outstanding issues
November 30 Progress Report to DA
Dacenter 7 Final Progress Report to DA
Progress Update to Headquarters
Offices, Regions, and Labs
Submission of reconmendations
on individual AAPs to Regions
and Labs
December 14 Submission of Agency and Head-
quarters AAPs to A
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UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Washington, D.C. 20460
OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS
OCT 5 1984
MEMORANDUM
, ^
SUBJECT: Guidance and Instruct iojns^br Development of
Affirmative Action .PI ap*^
FROM : Cecelia Scott
Team Leader for Affirmative Action and Special Emphasis
Programs
« Office of Civil Rights
TO : Regional Directors of Civil Rights
Area EEO Officers
This memo provides specific guidance and instructions for
developing our Affirmative Action Plan (AAP), based on EPA's 1985
affirmative action policy established by the Deputy Administrator
and the implementation schedule outlined by the Director of
Civil Rights in his October 4 memo. It includes some general
information on preparation of our plans as well as specific
instructions for completing the forms required for submission
to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). In
addition I have attached several items to assist you in develop-
ing your AAP and in briefing managers on our objectives for the
1985 affirmative action program.
General Information
We will develop our AAP in two stages: 1) Development of
goals and 2) Development of AAP documents for EEOC. Two dates
are critical for submission of documents to the Office of Civil
Rights (OCR) in order to ensure timely development of both Agency-
wide and individual component plans:
October 22 - Submission of projected vacancies and
proposed affirmative action goals
November 15 - Submission of complete AAP for each lo-
cation as required by EEOC Management
Directive 707A
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Please let us know whom you designate as the lead
person to coordinate the development of your AAP and to act
as liaison with OCR.
The Special Emphasis Program Managers have an important role
to play in advising managers, developing goals and identifying
barriers, as well as in outreach and recruitment to help
managers locate qualified minorities and women to meet AAP
objectives. They, as well as Program Managers, Personnel and
other EEO staff should be actively involved in the entire
development and implementation of the AAP.
Development of Goals
Early agreement on our goals is essential to assure appro-
priate focus in our recruitment and hiring activities early this
fiscal year. You should submit EEOC forms 512 and 513 for this
purpose by October 22, listing: a) the total number of projected
vacancies in each PATCO category under "PLANNED #", b) the total
number of proposed affirmative action goals under "TOTAL" - "ALL",
and c) the appropriate distribution of goals under the specific
target group headings. Form 512 is used to show hiring goals;
Form 513 should be used to show internal movement goals such as
anticipated promotion actions. Projected vacancies and goals
-from these two forms combine to represent the overall proposed
affirmative action commitment of your Region or location. OCR will
review your proposed goals to ensure consistency with Agency
policy and with overall objectives to improve representation
for each underrepresented target group. We will notify you
of our recommendation by November 1.
Development of AAP Documents
Since the Accomplishment Report portion of the AAP and part of
the Update can be developed independently of the goals, preparation
of the workforce analysis can begin as soon as you receive the new
Civil Rights computer reports with September 29 data. My memo of
October 2, 1984 describes these more fully. I have also
referenced below the appropriate data reports which may be
used to complete each EEOC Form in the Accomplishment Report.
For purposes of MD 707A, Headquarters, each Regional Office
and each composite of laboratories serviced by an Area EEO Office
will be considered a Planning/Reporting (P/R) Unit. Certain modi-
fications may be made in reports submitted by the Area EEO Offices
in order to reflect the diverse locations of the small laboratories,
pending agreement with Headquarters OCR.
By November 15, 1984 each P/R Unit will submit its completed
report and update incorporating goals agreed upon with OCR to the
Director of OCR at Headquarters for clearance prior to submitting
it to the appropriate field office of EEOC. At Headquarters the
reports and updates will be aggregated into an Agencywide AAP
to be submitted for approval to the Administrator. All reports
and updates are due at EEOC December 31, 1984.
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As required by EEOC, EPA as an Agency and each P/R Unit
will report data on all permanent employees, both full-time
(PFT) and part-time (PPT). The Civil Rights computer reports
in the SAS system have been revised, and now include a "PER"
report which combines full-time and part-time employees. This
should facilitate completion of the EEOC forms.
The EEOC forms listed below will be used by EPA P/R Units to
complete MD 707A. No other forms may be used to supply the
information requested without prior approval from OCR. Any
substitute forms, including ADP forms, must conform both in
content and layout to the EEOC forms.
Accomplishment Reports
Form 504 - Accomplishment Report Cover Sheet (CRO2PER 4)
Forms 505 and 505A - Change in Work Force EEO Profile by
JPATCO and for Occupational Series of 100 or more (CRO4PER4)
Forms 506, pages 1-3 - Change in Work Force EEO Profile
by Pay Level (CR02PER4)
Forms 507 and 507A - Distribution of EEO Groups and
Underrepresentation Indices by PATCO and Pay Level (CR04PER4)
Forms 508 and 508A - Hiring Goal Accomplishments
by PATCO and for Occupational Series of 100 or
more (CR04PER4, EEO 50 & 51)
Forms 509 and 509A - Internal Movement Goal Accom-
plishments by PATCO and for Occupational Series of
100 or more (CR04PER4, EEO 50 & 51)
Form 510 - Barrier Elimination
NOTES:
1) Underrepresentation Indices for Forms 507 and
507A will be based on census data in the
revised Appendix B for each specific PATCO
category.
2) To the extent practicable, please use both
forms 508 and 509 distinguishing between
"HIRING" and "INTERNAL MOVEMENT". If this
is not possible, please provide an explana-
tion on the forms.
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3) "A" Forms are to be used only by P/R Units
having one hundred or more persons in a
single occupational series. When an "A" form
is used its totals are included on the summary
PATCO form.
Updates
Form 511 - Update Cover Sheet
Forms 512 and 512A - Hiring Goals by PATCO and for
Occupational Series of 100 or more
Form 513 and 513A - Internal Movement Goals by
PATCO and for Occupational Series of 100 or more
Form 514 - Projected Barrier Elimination
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NOTES:
1) P/R Units should estimate which portion of tar-
geted vacancies will be filled through external
hire and which through internal movement and
distribute the goals accordingly between Forms
512 and 513.
2) Barriers in various series or PATCO categories
should be addressed on Form 514 whether or not
vacancies are projected in them.
In addition to the EEOC Forms, a narrative statement
should be attached to describe relevant activities in the
the Affirmative Action Program that are not reported else-
where or in your view require more explanation than is pos-
sible in the forms provided.
A statment of certification of the qualifications of
all EEO Officials must be attached. A format to be used for
this purpose is attached.
Please contact me (FTS 382-4564) with any questions
regarding these instructions, those included in MD 707A or
any other matter relevant to completion the required reports.
Thank you for your cooperation and assistance.
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Attachmentsi
1) Policy Memorandum on 1985 AAP (Aim)
2) Memorandum on Development of 1985 AAP (Scurry)
3) EEOC Forms 512 and 513 for use in submission of proposed
goals to OCR
4) Appendix B (Revised) - Interpretation and Instructions
- Pertinent Census Data for use
in Preparing AAP
5) Affirmative Action Tracking Report - Summary and EEO
Computer Reports 50 and 51
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6) Charts showing 1984 accomplishments and 1985
objectives
7) MD 707A - Instructions for Preparing Affirmative Action
Accomplishment Reports & Updates for Minorities &
Women
8) Set of EEOC forms for MD 707A
9) Certification of Qualifications of Principal EEO Officials
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UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Washington, D.C. 20460
OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS
NOV 2 I !9&3
MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT: Affirmative Action Goals for FY 1985
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FROM: Nathaniel Scurry, Director Uflt
Office of Civil Rights (A-IOS)!™'
TO: Charles R. Jeter, Regional Administrator
EPA - Region IV
We have reviewed the affirmative action goals proposed by your
Region and have approved them- as appropriate for your location and
consistent with Agency policy. I have attached a copy of Forms 512
and 513 confirming the goals. Your Region should now complete
preparation of the Affirmative Action Plan documents (Accomplishment
Report for FY 1984 and Update for FY 1985) and submit them to this
office as soon as possible so that we can review them prior to
submission to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
As I indicated earlier, EEOC expects our Plans on time this
year. You will note from the attached memos, that EEOC has already
notified us that they will be continuing their on-site reviews of
our programs across the Agency. We want to have our Plans in place
throughout EPA in order to document our accomplishments in 1984 and
to highlight actions to meet our 1985 objectives.
While the goals which we submit to EEOC do not focus on specific
grade levels, either in hiring or in internal movement, we expect
that your Region will plan appropriate actions to improve the
representation of women and minorities at the upper grade levels and
in management positions. By separate memo we will be asking you to
report to us concerning your plans and strategy to accomplish this
objective, through workforce development and use of the Upward
Mobility Program. We will be reviewing these with the Office of
Human Resources Management and the Personnel Management Division who
have primary responsibility in these areas to ensure that the policy
established in the Deputy Administrator's memo of October 5, 1984
is implemented throughout EPA.
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Please note that an explanation in footnote or narrative should
be included in your Plan for any goals set where the analysis on Form
507 suggests that full representation already exists, e.g. targeting
engineering vacancies for Black males where they are underrepresented
although they may be fully represented in the professional category
as a whole.
While your actual hiring projections for technical and clerical
staff may include target group members such as White and/or Black
females, you should not include Affirmative Action goals for these
groups in the Plan to be submitted to EEOC unless these particular
groups are in fact underrepresented in your workforce. You may wish
to reconsider the need to target minority males for certain clerical
and technical positions since in most cases their underrepresentation
is not based on discrimination but preference. In the latter case,
you are not required to set goals in these categories.
I look forward to working with you in carrying out our affirmative
action commitment to improving the representation of women and minori-
ties at all levels of EPA's workforce.
Attachments: Forms 512 and 513
Memo to EEOC, November 16, 1984
Memo to EPA, November 2, 1984
"cc: Regional Director of Civil Rights
Regional EEO Officer
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
PLANNING AND REPORTING UNITS
EPA OFFICE . EEOC OFFICE
Headquarters Headquarters
401 N Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20460
PTSt 8-382-4575
Region I New England
John P. Kennedy Federal Building
Room 2203
Boston, MA 02203
FTSx 8-223-7210
Region II Eastern
26 Federal Plaza
Room 900
New York, NY 10278
FTS: 8-264-2525
Region III Mid-Atlantic
Curtis Building
6th and Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
FTS: 8-597-9800
Region IV Southeast
345 Courtland Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30365
FTS: 8-257-4727
Region V Great Lakes
230 South Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60604
FTSi 8-353-2000
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Region VI Southwest
1201 Elm Street
Dallas, TX 75270
PTSs 8-729-2600
Region VII Hid Continent
324 East llth Street
Kansas City, MO 64106
FTS: 8-758-5493
Region VIII Rocky Mountain
1860 Lincoln Street
Denver/ CO 80295
FTS: 8-327-3895
Region IX Western
215 Fremont Street
'San Francisco, CA 94105
FTS: 8-454-8153
Region X Northwest
1200 Sixth Avenue
Seattle, HA 98101
FTS: 8-399-5810
Cincinnati Area EEO Office Great Lakes
26 West St. Clair Street
Cincinnai, OH 45268
FTS: 8-684-7940
(Serves Laboratories at
Cincinnati, OH and Ann Arbor, MI)
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Las Vegas Area EEO Office Western
P.O. Box 15027
Las Vegas, NV 89114
FTS: 8-545-2512
(Serves Laboratories at
Ada, OK; Athens, GAs Corvallis, OR;
Duluth, MM; Gulf Breeze, PL;
Las Vegas, NV; Narragansett, RI;
and the National Environmental
Investigations Center in Denver, CO)
Research Triangle Park (RTP) Area Southeast
EEO Office
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
FTS: 8-629-4249
(Serves Laboratories at Montgomery, AL
and RTP, NC)
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