Asian/Pacific Islanders Are Overrepresented in the Federal Work Force FY 2004

Asian Pacific Islanders are overrepresented in 7 of 22 Independent Agencies.
% Overhiring of Asian/Pacific Islanders in Independent Federal Agencies (based on OPM's FY 2004 report)

According to OPM's FY 2004 report, 7 of the 22 independent federal agencies exceeded their racial quotas for hiring Asian/Pacific Islanders by up to 177%.

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For at least the third year running, the first place prize for overhiring Asian/Pacific Islanders goes to the Broadcast Board of Governors (BBG, formerly USIA) which hired 170% more Asian/Pacific Islanders than BBG's racial quota for this group.

Coming in dead last among Federal independent agencies in the quota competition for Asian/Pacific Islanders was the Court Services and Offender Services (CSOS) which hired 69.6% fewer Asian/Pacific Islanders than their racial quota.

The five best independent agencies for the Asian Pacific group turn out to be among the worst for the other preferred groups (with the exception of blacks, who are not shown here).

Women failed to meet their quota in all five of the agencies in which the Asian group was over hired. Hispanics failed to meet their quota in all but one of the best agencies for the Asian group.

Five "Best" Independent Agencies for Asian Pacific Islanders

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According to OPM's data 14 of the 18 Federal executive departments overhired Asian/Pacific Islanders.

For the second year in a row, the U.S. Navy was first place winner in the executive department competition with 236.7% more Asian Pacific Islanders than their quota for this group.

And again this year, the U.S. Dept. of Commerce came in a strong second place with 155.2% more Asian/Pacific Islanders than their proportion in the civilian work force.

As last year, the U.S. Dept. of the Interior wins last place for underhiring this racial group by 31% below their quota.

Asian Pacific Islanders are overrepresented in 6 of 18 Executive Departments.

% Overhiring of Asian/Pacific Islanders in Federal Executive Departments (based on OPM's FY 2004 report)

Five "Best" Executive Departments for Asian Pacific Islanders

All five executive departments which over hired Asian Pacific Islanders by the greatest margin also failed to meet their quota for Hispanics.

The only one of the five best departments for Asian Pacific Islanders in which women exceed their quota by a larger margin was the department of Health and Human Services.

(Web Posted 7/5/05 -- © Adversity.Net 2005)

Asian/Pacific Islanders Exceeded Their Relevant Civilian Labor Force Representation in 7 of 22
Independent Federal Agencies
Representation of Asian Pacific Islanders 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. 31

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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
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AID - Agency for International Development	5.6	4.6	-1.0	-17.9%
BBG - Broadcasting Board of Governors (formerly United States Information Agency)	4.8	13.3	+8.5	+177.1% Interpretation: Agency hired 177.1% more Asian/Pacific Islanders than their proportion in the civilian labor force
CSOS - Court Services and Offender Services	4.6	1.4	-3.2	-69.6%
EEOC - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	4.6	3.3	-1.3	-69.6%
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency	5.4	5.7	+0.3	+5.6%
FCC - Federal Communications Commission	5.1	4.8	-0.3	-5.9%
FDIC - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	4.4	3.6	-0.8	-18.2%
FTC - Federal Trade Commission	4.6	3.8	-0.8	-17.4%
GSA - General Services Administration	4.4	4.5	+0.1	+2.3%
NARA - National Archives and Records Administration	4.9	2.2	-2.7	-55.1%
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration	5.3	5.8	+0.5	+9.4%
NCUA - National Credit Union Association	4.6	3.2	-1.4	-30.4%
NLRB - National Labor Relations Board	4.6	2.6	-2.0	-43.5%
NRC - Nuclear Regulatory Commission	5.3	7.6	+2.3	+43.4%
NSF - National Science Foundation	5.9	5.2	-0.7	-11.9%
OPM - Office of Personnel Management	4.6	2.0	-2.6	-56.5%
PBGC - Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation	4.7	6.0	+1.3	+27.7%
RRB - Railroad Retirement Board	4.6	1.8	-2.8	-60.9%
SBA - Small Business Administration	4.7	3.8	-0.9	-19.2%
SEC - Securities and Exchange Commission	4.4	7.7	+3.3	+75.0%
SI - Smithsonian Institution	4.4	2.4	-2.0	-45.4%
SSA - Social Security Administration	4.4	3.6	-0.8	-18.2%
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 31. 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 Asian/Pacific Islanders when compared to the % of this group in the relevant civilian labor force.

Asian/Pacific Islanders Exceeded Their Relevant Civilian Labor Force Representation in 6 of 18
Federal Executive Departments
Representation of Asian Pacific Islanders 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. 30

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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
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Agriculture - USDA, U.S. Department of Agriculture	4.6	2.5	-2.1	-45.6%
Air Force - Department of the Air Force	4.4	3.5	-0.9	-20.4%
Army - Department of the Army	4.4	4.0	-0.4	-9.1%
Commerce - Department of Commerce	4.7	8.0	+3.3	+70.2% Interpretation: Agency hired 70.2% more Asian/Pacific Islanders than their proportion in the civilian labor force
Defense Activities - Formerly listed as "DoD, Department of Defense"	4.4	5.6	+1.2	+27.3%
Department of Homeland Security	4.5	4.6	+0.1	+2.2%
Education - DOE, Department of Education	4.9	3.6	-1.3	-26.5%
Energy - DOE, Department of Energy	4.9	4.4	-0.5	-10.2%
HHS - Health and Human Services	4.6	5.7	+1.1	+23.9%
HUD - Department of Housing and Urban Development	5.0	4.2	-0.8	-16.0%
Interior - Department of the Interior	4.3	2.1	-2.2	-51.2%
Justice - DOJ, Department of Justice (includes Office of Civil Rights, DOJ OCR)	4.6	2.8	-1.8	-39.1%
Labor - DOL, Department of Labor	5.2	4.1	-1.1	-21.2%
Navy - Department of the Navy	4.5	10.2	+5.7	+126.7%
State - Department of State	5.0	4.8	-0.2	-4.0%
Transportation - DOT, Department of Transportation	4.7	3.5	-1.2	-25.5%
Treasury - Department of the Treasury (includes IRS)	4.4	3.8	-0.6	-13.6%
VA - Department of Veteran's Affairs	4.6	5.8	+1.2	+26.1%
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 30. 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 Asian/Pacific Islanders when compared to the % of this group in the relevant civilian labor force.

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