U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PROFILE OF SELECTED INDICATORS
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (COMMERCE)

Permanent Workforce: 35,374

Total Reported Workforce: 44,687

Commerce's permanent workforce participation rate for women was 46.37%; for Blacks was 17.02%; for Hispanics was 3.41%; for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 7.45%; and for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 0.59%.
Commerce's top three major occupations were reported as Meteorology, Statistician, and Patent Examining.

In the Meteorology occupation, the participation rate for women was 9.75%; for Blacks was 2.26%; for Hispanics was 2.11%; for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 2.11%; and for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 0.43%.
In the Statistician occupation, the participation rate for women was 53.36%; for Blacks was 21.13%; for Hispanics was 5.01%; for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 4.62%; and for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 0.39%.
In the Patent Examining occupation, the participation rate for women was 26.76%; for Blacks was 14.19%; for Hispanics was 4.15%; for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 32.46%; and for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 0.31%.

Commerce's GS-14 and GS-15 grade level participation rate for women was 27.96%; for Blacks was 8.24%; for Hispanics was 2.44%; for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 10.69%; and for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 0.36%.
Commerce's Senior Pay Level participation rate for women was 24.72%; for Blacks was 7.92%; for Hispanics was 1.7%; for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 4.15%; and for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 0.38%.
Government-wide, employees with targeted disabilities represented 1.05% of the total workforce in FY 2003. At Commerce, employees with targeted disabilities represented 0.9% of the total workforce. In FY 2003, of agencies with a permanent workforce of 500 or more employees, the Social Security Administration, at 2.27%, had the highest percentage of employees with targeted disabilities.
Commerce completed 30 ADR efforts during the pre-complaint stage, of which 5 resulted in a settlement.
There were 209 instances of pre-complaint counseling (performed by EEO counselors and/or ADR intake officers). 164 individuals filed 171 EEO complaints.
Commerce completed 5 ADR efforts during the complaint stage, of which 1 resulted in a settlement. Commerce settled 102 complaints.
Commerce paid $407,366 in monetary benefits: $15,556 for front and/or back pay awards; $205,237 for lump sum payments; $5,249 for compensatory damages; and $181,324 for attorney's fees.,/li>
Commerce issued 178 decisions on the merits. There was one finding of discrimination issued.
Commerce took an average of 653 days to process a complaint from filing to closing. The average processing time for a merit decision was 765 days.

U.S. Department of Commerce EEO Indicators		FY 2002	FY 2003	Change
Pre-Complaint Counseling	Instances of EEO Counselor Counseling	276	189	-31.5%
Pre-Complaint Counseling	% Counseled within regulatory time frame	80.8%	82%	1.5%
ADR Measures	% of Instances of Counseling where ADR Offered	89.2%	66.5%	-25.4%
	ADR Election Rate	6.3%	15.8%	150.8%
	ADR Participation Rate	5.6%	10.5%	87.5%
Complaints Filed/Complainants	Complaints Filed	177	171	-3.4%
	Total Workforce	38,401	44,687	16.4%
	Total Complainants	157	164	4.5%
	% of Complainants Filing Single Complaint	88.7%	95.9%	8.1%
	% of Workforce who are EEO Complainants	0.4%	0.4%	-10.2%
Investigations	Total Completed	248	180	-27.4%
	Average Processing Time for Investigation (Days)	243	542	123.0%
	Amount Spent on In-House Investigations	$1,215,006	$542,158	-55.4%
	Amount Spent on Contract Investigations	$18,565	$158,915	756.0%
Type of Closures	Total Closures	367	332	-9.5%
	Agency Dismissals	41	36	-12.2%
	Administrative Judge Dismissals	0	0	NA
	Withdrawals	17	16	-5.9%
	Settlements	147	102	-30.6%
	Merit Decisions (with and without an AJ decision)	161	178	10.6%
Average Processing Days (from date complaint filed)	All Closures	621	653	5.2%
	Agency Dismissals	173	189	9.2%
	Administrative Judge Dismissals	0	0	NA
	Withdrawals	758	469	-38.1%
	Settlements	650	649	-0.2%
	Final Agency Decisions (with no AJ decision)	473	566	19.7%
	Merit Decisions (with and without an AJ decision)	650	765	17.7%
Merit Decisions	Total Number	161	178	10.6%
	Decisions with Finding of Discrimination	0	1	NA
	% of Decisions with Finding of Discrimination	0.0%	0.6%	NA
Corrective Actions/Benefits	Total Number	147	103	-29.9%
	Amount of Frontpay/Backpay Benefits	$7,872	$15,556	97.6%
	Amount of Lump Sum Payments	$350,155	$205,237	-41.4%
	Amount of Compensatory Damages	$0	$5,249	NA
	Amount of Attorneys' Fees	$74,689	$181,324	142.8%
Appeals	Cases Received For Review	82	77	-6.1%
Appeals	Number of Cases Closed	101	97	-4.0%

NOTE: NA = Not Applicable

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PROFILE OF SELECTED INDICATORS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (COMMERCE)

PROFILE OF SELECTED INDICATORS
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (COMMERCE)