U.S. Office of Personnel Management Report:
(1) Blacks in the Federal Work Force
October 1, 1999 - Sept. 30, 2000

(Web Posted 7/23/02 -- © Adversity.Net 2002)

Blacks Exceeded Their Relevant Civilian Labor Force Representation in All 22
Independent Federal Agencies
Representation of Blacks in Independent Agencies - September 30, 2000
(RCLF percentages are unique to each agency based on agency specific occupations)
Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program FY 2000, p. 14

 Also See:
DOWN: Executive Departments
Executive Depts.
Independent Federal Agency: (A)
% in Relevant Civilian Labor Force (RCLF)
(affirmative action target)		 (B)
% in Federal Workforce (FW)
(actual % employed by agency)		 (C)
Difference between target (col A) and actual (col B)		 (D)
Rate of over (under) hiring selected minority group by agency

NOTES:

 Note 1 Note 1 Note 2 Note 3
AFRH - Armed Forces Retirement Home 8.8 60.7 +51.9 +589.8%
Interpretation:
Agency hired 589.8% more blacks than their proportion in the civilian labor force
BBG - Broadcasting Board of Governors (formerly United States Information Agency) 6.3 20.3 +14.0 +222.2%
CFTC - Commodity Futures Trading Commission 6.4 30.4 +24.0 +375.0%
EEOC - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 6.4 46.4 +40.0 +625.0%
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency 6.6 18.4 +11.8 +178.8%
FCC - Federal Communications Commission 6.7 31.5 +24.8 +370.1%
FDIC - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 7.2 17.9 +10.7 +148.6%
FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency 7.7 17.1 +9.4 +122.1%
FTC - Federal Trade Commission 7.8 23.5 +15.7 +201.3%
GSA - General Services Administration 7.2 28.3 +21.1 +293.1%
NARA - National Archives and Records Administration 7.3 31.8 +24.5 +335.6%
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration 6.4 10.8 +4.4 +68.7%
NLRB - National Labor Relations Board 6.4 22.6 +16.2 +253.1%
NRC - Nuclear Regulatory Commission 6.4 13.1 +6.7 +104.7%
NSF - National Science Foundation 6.4 38.7 +32.3 +504.7%
OPM - Office of Personnel Management 7.5 29.0 +21.5 +286.7%
PBGC - Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation 6.2 39.6 +33.4 +538.7%
RRB - Railroad Retirement Board 6.7 31.8 +25.1 +374.6%
SBA - Small Business Administration 7.0 23.3 +16.3 +232.9%
SEC - Securities and Exchange Commission 7.1 22.9 +15.8 +222.5%
Corrected 8-8-02.  The figure posted on 7-23-02 was incorrectly stated as 452.1%
SI - Smithsonian Institution 7.3 40.3 +33.0 +452.1%
SSA - Social Security Administration 7.4 26.9 +19.5 +263.5%

NOTES:

 Note 1 Note 1 Note 2 Note 3
Note 1 -- Source: OPM "Annual Report to Congress; Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program October 1, 1999 - September 30, 2000 [FY 2000].  Page 14.  Current link to full OPM report:  http://adversity.net/fed_stats/OPM/opmreport_1999-2000.pdf

Note 2 -- Our computation:  Col (B) - Col (A) = Col (C)

Note 3 -- Our computation:   [Col (C) / Col (A)] X 100 = Col (D).  This figure represents the % by which the agency has over (or under) hired blacks when compared to the % of blacks in the relevant civilian labor force.

Blacks Exceeded Their Relevant Civilian Labor Force Representation in 16 of 17
Federal Executive Departments
Representation of Blacks in Executive Departments - September 30, 2000
(RCLF percentages are unique to each agency based on agency specific occupations)
Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program FY 2000, p. 13

 Also See:
UP: Independent Agencies
Independent Agencies
Federal Executive Department: (A)
% in Relevant Civilian Labor Force (RCLF)
(affirmative action target)		 (B)
% in Federal Workforce (FW)
(actual % employed by agency)		 (C)
Difference between target (col A) and actual (col B)		 (D)
Rate of over (under) hiring selected minority group by agency

NOTES:

 Note 1 Note 1 Note 2 Note 3
Agriculture - USDA, U.S. Department of Agriculture 7.7 10.7 +3.0 +39.0%
Interpretation:
Agency hired 39.0% more blacks than their proportion in the civilian labor force
Air Force - Department of the Air Force 8.0 10.3 +2.3 +28.8%
Army - Department of the Army 8.2 15.2 +7.0 +85.4%
Commerce - Department of Commerce 7.4 17.0 +9.6 +129.7%
Defense - DoD, Department of Defense 7.9 20.4 +12.5 +158.2%
Education - DOE, Department of Education 6.8 38.4 +31.6 +464.7%
Energy - DOE, Department of Energy 6.8 11.4 +4.6 +67.6%
HHS - Health and Human Services 8.0 18.4 +10.4 +130.0%
HUD - Department of Housing and Urban Development 7.0 33.8 +26.8 +382.9%
Interior - Department of the Interior 7.8 6.3 -1.5 -19.2%
Justice - DOJ, Department of Justice (includes Office of Civil Rights, DOJ OCR) 7.8 16.1 +8.3 +106.4%
Labor - DOL, Department of Labor 6.8 24.1 +17.3 +254.4%
Navy - Department of the Navy 8.6 13.1 +4.5 +52.3%
State - Department of State 7.4 19.6 +12.2 +164.9%
Transportation - DOT, Department of Transportation 7.4 14.9 +7.5 +101.4%
Treasury - Department of the Treasury (includes IRS) 8.0 22.1 +14.1 +176.2%
VA - Department of Veteran's Affairs 8.1 27.0 +18.9 +233.3%

NOTES:

 Note 1 Note 1 Note 2 Note 3
Note 1 -- Source: OPM "Annual Report to Congress; Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program October 1, 1999 - September 30, 2000 [FY 2000].  Page 13.  Current link to full OPM report:  http://adversity.net/fed_stats/OPM/opmreport_1999-2000.pdf

Note 2 -- Our computation:  Col (B) - Col (A) = Col (C)

Note 3 -- Our computation:   [Col (C) / Col (A)] X 100 = Col (D). This figure represents the % by which the agency has over (or under) hired blacks when compared to the % of blacks in the relevant civilian labor force.

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