# Presentation: 341405

## Office of Workplace Diversity January 2005 Open Meeting

## The Office of Workplace Diversity seeks to ensure that all FCC employees and applicants have a full and fair opportunity to reach their full potential in the Federal service. OWD’s programs and activities support all six of the agency’s strategic goals.	

- Specifically, OWD:
- Manages the Commission’s equal employment opportunity program and counsels employees and applicants on EEO and diversity matters;
- Provides counseling and guidance in the development and management of a diverse workforce; and
- Administers the agency’s program of accommodation for persons with disabilities.

## OWD Staff

- Barbara Douglas, Director
- Linda Miller, EEO Program Manager
- Lawrence Schaffner, Senior Legal Adviser
- Kenneth Heredia, Office Automation Clerk
- Rosalind Bailey, Staff Assistant

## Collateral-Duty EEO Counselors

- Paula Ann Cech, Wireline Competition Bureau
- Penelope Dade, Media Bureau
- Frances Downey, Office of the Managing Director
- Kamala Hart, Office of General Counsel
- Gloria Miles, Office of the Secretary
- Sumita Mukhoty, Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau
- Gloria Thomas, Office of the Secretary

## EEO Process

- Informal counseling
- Formal EEO complaint
- Alternative Dispute Resolution --Mediation

## Formal EEO Complaint Activity

|  | Complaints on hand at the start of the reporting period | Complaints
Filed | Total
Complaints
Resolved |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FY 2002 | 
14 | 
7 | 
11 |
| FY 2003 | 
10 | 
4 | 
10 |
| FY 2004 | 
4 | 
6 | 
7 |

## Recent Activities

- Pilot training on EEO rights and remedies for non-supervisory employees
- Agency EEO statistics posted quarterly on the FCC Web site
- Revised and reissued the agency’s anti-harassment policy
- Reduced processing time for EEO complaint investigations from 540 days to 180 days

## Diversity Management Objective

- OWD collects and analyzes data on the Commission’s employment activities to identify and eliminate barriers to equality of employment opportunity.

## FCC Permanent Workforce Participation	 

- Federal Government

- Source: EEOC FY 2003
- *Figures may not add to 100 percent because of rounding

## FCC GS-14 & GS-15 Grade Level Participation

- Federal Government

- Source: EEOC FY 2003
- *Figures may not add to 100 percent because of rounding

## FCC Diversity SeriesCalendar Year 2004

- January
- Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Observance
- February
- Black History Month
- March
- Women’s History Month
- April 19
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- May
- Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
- September 15 – October 15
- Hispanic Heritage Month
- November
- American Indian Heritage Month

## Reasonable Accommodations Objective

- To enable FCC employees and applicants with qualified disabilities to perform the essential functions of their positions by modifying the work environment or work schedule
- Types of Accommodation Available
- Making physical facilities accessible, part-time or modified work schedules, and reassignment

## Reasonable accommodation requests processed:

## 2005 Objectives

- Timely and effective processing of EEO matters and reasonable accommodation requests
- Diversity within all grade levels
- Increased recruitment of employees with disabilities