All New 2005 OPM Report!

2005 Edition: U.S. Office of Personnel Management Report
(1) Blacks in the Federal Work Force
(Web Posted 07/04/05 -- © Adversity.Net 2005)

 All New 2005 OPM Report!

Blacks Over Hired in All 22 Independent Agencies
% Overhiring of Blacks in Independent Federal Agencies
(based on OPM's FY 2004 report)
          According to OPM's FY 2004 report, all 22 independent federal agencies exceeded their racial quotas for hiring blacks by dozens or even hundreds of percent in FY 2004! Down:
Down: Detailed Table for Blacks in Independent Agencies
Table

          Once again this year, the First Place prize in the federal quota competition goes to Court Services and Offender Services (CSOS) for employing 830% more blacks than their affirmative action "target" (quota).

          Once again this year, NASA came in dead last by exceeding its black hiring quota by a mere 41%

          Each of the remaining 20 independent agencies exceeded their racial quotas for hiring blacks in FY 2004 by a minimum of 44% (the NCUA) to 439% (the EEOC).
          The five best independent agencies for blacks in FY 2004 turned out to be the worst for most of the other racial/gender groups (women, Native Americans, Asian Pacific Islanders and Hispanics).

          Blacks were over hired to the greatest extent by Court Services and Offender Services (CSOS), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Pension Benefit Benefit Corporation (PBGC), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the Smithsonian Institution (SI). 

 Five best federal independent agencies for blacks
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Down: Detailed Table for Executive Departments
Table		           OPM's FY 2004 report reveals that among the 18 federal executive departments, only the Department of the Interior failed to achieve its racial hiring goal (quota) for hiring blacks.  Interior "under" hired blacks by -38%.

          All of the other 17 federal executive departments exceeded their racial quotas for hiring blacks by a minimum of 9.3% (Agriculture) to an impressive 335% (Dept. of Education).

 Blacks Over Hired in 17 of 18 Federal Executive Departments
% Overhiring of Blacks in Federal Executive Departments
(based on OPM's FY 2004 report)
Five best federal executive departments for blacks           The five best federal executive departments for blacks in FY 2004 turned out to be the worst for most of the other racial/gender groups (women, Native Americans, Asian Pacific Islanders and Hispanics).

          Blacks were over hired to the greatest extent by the Department of Education, by Housing and Urban Development (HUD), by the Dept. of Labor (DOL), by the Treasury Department, and by the Veteran's Administration.

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Blacks Exceeded Their Relevant Civilian Labor Force Representation in All 22
Independent Federal Agencies
Representation of Blacks in Independent Agencies - September 30, 2004
(RCLF percentages are unique to each agency based on agency specific occupations)
Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program FY 2004, p. 19

 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
AID - Agency for International Development 8.8 29.9 +21.1 +239.8%
Interpretation:
Agency hired 239.8% more blacks than their proportion in the civilian labor force
BBG - Broadcasting Board of Governors (formerly United States Information Agency) 8.7 20.8 +12.1 +139.1%
CSOS - Court Services and Offender Services 8.7 80.9 +72.2 +829.9%
EEOC - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 8.3 44.7 +36.4 +438.6%
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency 8.6 18.9 +10.3 +119.8%
FCC - Federal Communications Commission 8.3 31.8 +23.5 +283.1%
FDIC - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 8.3 17.4 +9.1 +109.6%
FTC - Federal Trade Commission 7.9 22.2 +14.3 +181.0%
GSA - General Services Administration 8.9 26.5 +17.6 +197.8%
NARA - National Archives and Records Administration 9.0 29.5 +20.5 +227.8%
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration 8.1 11.4 +3.3 +40.7%
NCUA - National Credit Union Association 8.4 12.1 +3.7 +44.0%
NLRB - National Labor Relations Board 8.6 21.3 +12.7 +147.7%
NRC - Nuclear Regulatory Commission 8.8 13.2 +5.2 +65.0%
NSF - National Science Foundation 7.7 34.0 +26.3 +341.6%
OPM - Office of Personnel Management 9.4 30.1 +20.7 +220.2%
PBGC - Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation 8.0 41.0 +33.0 +412.5%
RRB - Railroad Retirement Board 8.1 33.1 +25.0 +308.6%
SBA - Small Business Administration 8.7 26.3 +17.6 +202.3%
SEC - Securities and Exchange Commission 8.8 18.6 +9.8 +111.4%
SI - Smithsonian Institution 9.1 39.8 +30.7 +337.4%
SSA - Social Security Administration 9.4 27.5 +18.1 +192.6%

NOTES:

 Note 1 Note 1 Note 2 Note 3
Note 1 -- Source: OPM "Annual Report to Congress; Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program FY 2004 (October 1, 2003 - September 30, 2004).  Page 19.  Current link to original OPM report:  http://adversity.net/fed_stats/OPM2005/feorp2004.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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Blacks Exceeded Their Relevant Civilian Labor Force Representation in 17 of 18
Federal Executive Departments
Representation of Blacks in Executive Departments - September 30, 2004
(RCLF percentages are unique to each agency based on agency specific occupations)
Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program FY 2004, p. 18

 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 9.7 10.6 +0.9 +9.3%
Interpretation:
Agency hired 9.3% more blacks than their proportion in the civilian labor force
Air Force - Department of the Air Force 9.9 10.9 +1.0 +10.1%
Army - Department of the Army 9.8 15.4 +5.6 +57.1%
Commerce - Department of Commerce 9.5 16.9 +7.5 +79.8%
Defense Activities - (formerly listed as "DoD, Department of Defense") 10.0 19.2 +9.2 +92.0%
Department of Homeland Security 9.0 15.6 +6.6 +73.3%
Education - DOE, Department of Education 8.6 37.4 +28.8 +334.9%
Energy - DOE, Department of Energy 8.3 11.1 +2.8 +33.7%
HHS - Health and Human Services 10.3 18.8 +8.5 +82.5%
HUD - Department of Housing and Urban Development 8.5 36.7 +28.2 +331.8%
Interior - Department of the Interior 9.5 5.9 -3.6 -37.9%
Justice - DOJ, Department of Justice (includes Office of Civil Rights - DOJ OCR) 10 17.7 +7.7 +77.0%
Labor - DOL, Department of Labor 8.5 23.7 +15.2 +178.8%
Navy - Department of the Navy 10.3 12.6 +2.3 +22.3%
State - Department of State 10.1 17.2 +7.1 +70.3%
Transportation - DOT, Department of Transportation 9.2 11.0 +1.8 +19.6%
Treasury - Department of the Treasury (includes IRS) 9.7 24.2 +14.5 +149.5%
VA - Department of Veteran's Affairs 9.9 24.5 +14.6 +147.5%

NOTES:

 Note 1 Note 1 Note 2 Note 3
Note 1 -- Source: OPM "Annual Report to Congress; Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program FY 2004 (October 1, 2003 - September 30, 2004).  Page 18.  Current link to original OPM report:  http://adversity.net/fed_stats/OPM2005/feorp2004.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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