U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PROFILE OF SELECTED INDICATORS
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (INTERIOR)

Permanent Workforce: 60,840

Total Reported Workforce: 79,482

Interior's permanent workforce participation rate for women was 38.62%; for Blacks was 6.02%; for Hispanics was 4.91%; for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 2.05%; and for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 11.98%.
Interior's top three major occupations were reported as Miscellaneous Administrative and Program, General Biological Science, and Park Ranger.
- In the Miscellaneous Administrative and Program occupation, the participation rate for women was 51.56%; for Blacks was 7.57%; for Hispanics was 5.32%; for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 1.31%; and for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 10.79%.
- In the General Biological Science occupation, the participation rate for women was 29.99%; for Blacks was 1.21%; for Hispanics was 2.68%; for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 1.56%; and for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 3.06%.
- In the Park Ranger occupation, the participation rate for women was 32.24%; for Blacks was 5.03%; for Hispanics was 4.29%; for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 1.8%; and for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 2.78%.
Interior's GS-14 and GS-15 grade level participation rate for women was 27.06%; for Blacks was 4.12%; for Hispanics was 2.57%; for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 2.08%; and for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 7.86%.
Interior's Senior Pay Level participation rate for women was 27.72%; for Blacks was 5.94%; for Hispanics was 3.63%; for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 1.65%; and for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 8.58%.
Government-wide, employees with targeted disabilities represented 1.05% of the total workforce in FY 2003. At Interior, employees with targeted disabilities represented 1.01% 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.
Interior completed 31 ADR efforts during the pre-complaint stage, of which 17 resulted in a settlement.
There were 616 instances of pre-complaint counseling (performed by EEO counselors and/or ADR intake officers). 269 individuals filed 296 EEO complaints.
Interior completed 64 ADR efforts during the complaint stage, of which 58 resulted in a settlement.
Interior settled 140 complaints.
Interior paid $1,443,482 in monetary benefits: $241,012 for front and/or back pay awards; $753,486 for lump sum payments; $182,943 for compensatory damages; and $266,041 for attorney's fees.
Interior issued 201 decisions on the merits. There were 4 findings of discrimination issued.
Interior took an average of 682 days to process a complaint from filing to closing. The average processing time for a merit decision was 816 days.

U.S. Department of the Interior EEO Indicators		FY 2002	FY 2003	Change
Pre-Complaint Counseling*	Instances of EEO Counselor Counseling	1,006	616	-38.8%
Pre-Complaint Counseling*	% Counseled within regulatory time frame	98.4%	95%	-3.5%
ADR Measures	% of Instances of Counseling where ADR Offered	22.2%	53.6%	141.4%
	ADR Election Rate	49.3%	28.5%	-42.2%
	ADR Participation Rate	10.9%	15.2%	39.5%
Complaints Filed/Complainants	Complaints Filed	343	269	-21.6%
	Total Workforce	79,482	79,482	0.0%
	Total Complainants	321	269	-16.2%
	% of Complainants Filing Single Complaint	93.6%	100%	6.8%
	% of Workforce who are EEO Complainants	0.4%	0.3%	-16.2%
Investigations	Total Completed	246	257	4.5%
	Average Processing Time for Investigation (Days)	212	229	8.0%
	Amount Spent on In-House Investigations	$0	$0	NA
	Amount Spent on Contract Investigations	$680,864	$777,869	14.2%
Type of Closures	Total Closures	357	448	25.5%
	Agency Dismissals	38	65	71.1%
	Administrative Judge Dismissals	6	19	216.7%
	Withdrawals	16	23	43.8%
	Settlements	117	140	19.7%
	Merit Decisions (with and without an AJ decision)	179	201	12.3%
Average Processing Days (from date complaint filed)	All Closures	705	682	-3.3%
	Agency Dismissals	356	465	30.6%
	Administrative Judge Dismissals	1,232	976	-20.8%
	Withdrawals	336	371	10.4%
	Settlements	585	601	2.7%
	Final Agency Decisions (with no AJ decision)	605	594	-1.8%
	Merit Decisions (with and without an AJ decision)	867	816	-5.9%
Merit Decisions	Total Number	179	201	12.3%
	Decisions with Finding of Discrimination	2	4	100.0%
	% of Decisions with Finding of Discrimination	1.1%	2.0%	78.1%
Corrective Actions/Benefits	Total Number	119	144	21.0%
	Amount of Frontpay/Backpay Benefits	$43,701	$241,012	451.5%
	Amount of Lump Sum Payments	$946,990	$753,486	-20.4%
	Amount of Compensatory Damages	$166,585	$182,943	9.8%
	Amount of Attorneys' Fees	$283,330	$266,041	-6.1%
Appeals	Cases Received For Review	92	118	28.3%
Appeals	Number of Cases Closed	194	125	-35.6%

NOTE: NA = Not Applicable

*The FY 2003 counseling percentages do not total 100% because the agency did not provide counseling times for all FY 2003 counseling

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PROFILE OF SELECTED INDICATORS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (INTERIOR)

PROFILE OF SELECTED INDICATORS
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (INTERIOR)