All New 2004 OPM Report!

2004 Edition: U.S. Office of Personnel Management Report
(1) Blacks in the Federal Work Force
(Web Posted 8/5/04 -- © Adversity.Net 2004)

 All New 2004 OPM Report!

Blacks overhired in all 21 independent agencies
% Overhiring of Blacks in Independent Federal Agencies
(based on OPM's FY 2003 report)
          According to OPM's FY 2003 report, all 21 independent federal agencies exceeded their racial quotas for hiring blacks by dozens or even hundreds of percent in FY 2003! Down:
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          Once again this year, the First Place prize in the federal quota competition goes to Court Services and Offender Services (CSOS) for employing 1,050% more blacks than their affirmative action "target".

          Once again this year, NASA came in dead last by exceeding its quota by a mere 77.8%

          Each of the remaining 19 independent agencies exceeded their racial quotas in FY 2003 by a minimum of 87.5% (the NRC) to 622.6% (the EEOC).
Down:
Down: Detailed Table for Executive Departments
Table		           OPM's FY 2003 report reveals that among the 18 federal executive departments, only the Department of the Interior failed to achieve its racial hiring goal for blacks at -24%.

          All other 17 departments exceeded their quotas for blacks by 36.7% (Air Force) to an impressive 461.8% (Dept. of Education).

 Blacks overhired in 17 executive departments
% Overhiring of Blacks in Federal Executive Departments
(based on OPM's FY 2003 report)

(Web Posted 8/5/04 -- © Adversity.Net 2004)

Blacks Exceeded Their Relevant Civilian Labor Force Representation in All 21
Independent Federal Agencies
Representation of Blacks in Independent Agencies - September 30, 2003
(RCLF percentages are unique to each agency based on agency specific occupations)
Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program FY 2003, p. 18

 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 8.9 63.1 +54.2 +609%
Interpretation:
Agency hired 609% more blacks than their proportion in the civilian labor force
AID - Agency for International Development 6.4 30.8 +24.4 +381.2%
BBG - Broadcasting Board of Governors (formerly United States Information Agency) 6.3 20.5 +14.2 +225.4%
CSOS - Court Services and Offender Services 7.0 80.5 +73.5 +1,050.0%
EEOC - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 6.2 44.8 +38.6 +622.6%
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency 6.7 19.0 +12.3 +183.6%
FCC - Federal Communications Commission 6.6 31.7 +25.1 +380.3%
FDIC - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 7.4 17.4 +10.0 +135.1%
FTC - Federal Trade Commission 7.9 22.6 +14.7 +186.1%
GSA - General Services Administration 7.1 26.8 +19.7 +277.46
NARA - National Archives and Records Administration 7.1 30.0 +22.9 +322.5%
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration 6.3 11.2 +4.9 +77.8%
NLRB - National Labor Relations Board 6.4 21.3 +14.9 +232.8%
NRC - Nuclear Regulatory Commission 7.2 13.5 6.3 +87.5%
NSF - National Science Foundation 6.3 37.4 +31.1 +493.6%
OPM - Office of Personnel Management 7.6 29.6 +22.0 +289.5%
PBGC - Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation 6.3 40.7 +34.4 +546.0%
RRB - Railroad Retirement Board 6.4 32.8 +26.4 +412.5%
SBA - Small Business Administration 6.8 24.4 +17.6 +258.8%
SI - Smithsonian Institution 7.3 40.2 +32.9 +450.7%
SSA - Social Security Administration 7.3 27.5 +20.2 +276.7%

NOTES:

 Note 1 Note 1 Note 2 Note 3
Note 1 -- Source: OPM "Annual Report to Congress; Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program FY 2003 (October 1, 2002 - September 30, 2003).  Page 18.  Current link to original OPM report:  http://adversity.net/fed_stats/OPM2004/feorp2003.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.

(Web Posted 8/5/04 -- © Adversity.Net 2004)

Blacks Exceeded Their Relevant Civilian Labor Force Representation in 17 of 18
Federal Executive Departments
Representation of Blacks in Executive Departments - September 30, 2003
(RCLF percentages are unique to each agency based on agency specific occupations)
Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program FY 2003, p. 17

 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 7.6 10.6 +3.0 +39.5%
Interpretation:
Agency hired 39.5% more blacks than their proportion in the civilian labor force
Air Force - Department of the Air Force 7.9 10.8 +2.9 +36.7%
Army - Department of the Army 8 15.3 +7.3 +91.2%
Commerce - Department of Commerce 7.2 17.0 +9.8 +136.1%
Defense Activities - (formerly listed as "DoD, Department of Defense") 7.8 20.3 +12.5 +160.3%
Department of Homeland Security 7.7 11.6 +3.9 +50.6%
Education - DOE, Department of Education 6.8 38.2 +31.4 +461.8%
Energy - DOE, Department of Energy 6.7 11.2 +4.5 +67.2%
HHS - Health and Human Services 7.9 18.8 +10.9 +138.0%
HUD - Department of Housing and Urban Development 6.9 36.6 +29.7 +430.4%
Interior - Department of the Interior 7.9 6.0 -1.9 -24.0%
Justice - DOJ, Department of Justice (includes Office of Civil Rights - DOJ OCR) 7.8 18.0 +10.2 +130.8%
Labor - DOL, Department of Labor 6.9 23.7 +16.8 +243.5%
Navy - Department of the Navy 8.3 12.7 +4.4 +53.0%
State - Department of State 7.4 17.5 +10.1 +136.5%
Transportation - DOT, Department of Transportation 7.4 14.9 +7.5 +101.4%
Treasury - Department of the Treasury (includes IRS) 7.8 24.5 +16.7 +214.1%
VA - Department of Veteran's Affairs 8.0 27.1 +19.1 +238.8%

NOTES:

 Note 1 Note 1 Note 2 Note 3
Note 1 -- Source: OPM "Annual Report to Congress; Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program FY 2003 (October 1, 2002 - September 30, 2003).  Page 17.  Current link to original OPM report:  http://adversity.net/fed_stats/OPM2004/feorp2003.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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