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discrimination, or to retaliation for 

opposing these types of discrimination 

or for participating in any stage of 

administrative or judicial proceedings 

relating to them, can seek a remedy 

under title VII of the Civil Rights Act 

(title VII) (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.) (race, 

color, religion, sex, national origin), the 

Age Discrimination in Employment Act 

(ADEA) (29 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) (age), the 

Equal Pay Act (29 U.S.C. 206(d)) (sex), 

the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 791 et 

seq.) (disability), the Genetic 

Information Nondiscrimination Act 

(GINA) (42 U.S.C. 2000ff et seq.) 

(genetic information), and Executive 

Order 11478 (as amended by Executive 

Orders 13087 and 13152) (sexual 

orientation or status as a parent). 

The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS), Office for Civil Rights 

and Civil Liberties (CRCL) adjudicates 

discrimination complaints filed by 

current and former DHS employees, as 

well as applicants for employment to 

DHS. The complaint adjudication 

process for statutory rights is outlined in 

the Equal Employment Opportunity 

Commission (EEOC) regulations found 

at title 29, Code of Federal Regulations 

part 1614 and EEO Management 

Directive 110. For complaints regarding 

sexual orientation or status as a parent, 

DHS follows the same procedures as for 

statutory rights, to the extent permitted 

by law. 

The recordkeeping provisions are 

designed to ensure that a current 

employee, former employee, or 

applicant for employment claiming to 

be aggrieved or that person’s attorney 

provide a signed statement that is 

sufficiently precise to identify the 

aggrieved individual and the agency and 

to describe generally the action(s) or 

practice(s) that form the basis of the 

complaint. The complaint must also 

contain a telephone number and address 

where the complainant or the 

representative can be contacted. The 

complaint form is used for original 

allegations of discrimination but also for 

amendments to underlying complaints 

of discrimination. The form also 

determines whether the person is 

willing to participate in mediation or 

other available types of alternative 

dispute resolution (ADR) to resolve their 

complaint; Congress has enacted 

legislation to encourage the use of ADR 

in the federal sector and the form 

ensures that such an option is 

considered at this preliminary stage of 

the EEO complaint process. 

A complainant may access the 

complaint form on the agency Web site 

and may submit a completed complaint 

form electronically to the relevant 

Component’s EEO Office. The complaint 

form can then be directly uploaded into 

the DHS EEO Enterprise Complaints 

Tracking System, also known as 

‘‘iComplaints.’’ 

There is no change or adjustment to 

the burden associated with the 

collection of information associated 

with the DHS complaint form. DHS is 

proposing to make one change to the 

DHS complaint form. This change is the 

addition of a new checkbox that says 

‘‘gender identity’’ as a sub-category 

under the existing checkbox that says 

‘‘sex’’ on the form. Gender identity 

discrimination is a form of sex 

discrimination, which is covered under 

title VII. So this information is already 

included in data gathered in EEO 

complaints; adding the separate check 

box just more clearly identifies a subcategory. This form modification is in 

accordance with new instructions from 

EEOC—requiring all government 

agencies to specifically identify this 

type of information on our complaint 

forms. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

is particularly interested in comments 

which: 

1. Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

4. Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses. 

Analysis 

Agency: Office for Civil Rights and 

Civil Liberties, DHS. 

Title: DHS Individual Complaint of 

Employment Discrimination. 

OMB Number: 1610–0001. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: Federal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 1,200. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 30 

minutes. 

Total Burden Hours: 600 hours. 

Carlene C. Ileto, 

Executive Director, Enterprise Business 

Management Office. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03219 Filed 2–17–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–9B–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID: FEMA–2015–0008; OMB No. 

1660–0030] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Manufactured 

Housing Operations Forms 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

On February 9, 2015, the Federal 

Emergency Management Agency 

(FEMA) published an agency 

information collection notice in the 

Federal Register at 80 FR 7005. In the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section, FEMA inadvertently listed the 

email address for the Records 

Management Division as FEMAInformation-Collections-anagement@

fema.dhs.gov. It should be FEMAInformation-Collections-Management@

fema.dhs.gov. 

Dated: February 11, 2015. 

Charlene D. Myrthil, 

Director, Records Management Division, 

Mission Support, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03368 Filed 2–17–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–23–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

[1651–0105] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Application To Use the 

Automated Commercial Environment 

(ACE) 

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, Department of Homeland 

Security. 

ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for 

comments; revision of an existing 

collection of information. 

SUMMARY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) of the Department of 

Homeland Security will be submitting 


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