Enable Total Automation of The EEO/AE Reporting

4. Modify the Central Personnel Data File to enable total automation of
the EEO/AE data reporting requirements.

By memorandum, the President should direct the director of OPM, in
coordination with the Chair of EEOC and a working group of agency
officials, to ensure that the necessary data resources, including any
appropriate changes to the CPDF, are used to generate all data needed to
meet EEO/AE reporting requirements.  All current EEO/AE data reporting
requirements should be examined for necessity and value.  This
examination of requirements and subsequent redesign of the CPDF should
begin immediately and should be completed during fiscal year 1995.

Implementation of these actions will decrease duplicated efforts and
redundancy within and across federal agencies. It will reduce, simplify,
and automate the reporting requirements, while maintaining the
requirement for agencies to submit the necessary information.  There
will be a substantial reduction in the administrative costs of EEO and
AE programs. This will be tremendously beneficial to the overall federal
EEO/AE efforts since agencies will be able to spend more time and effort
focusing on results rather than on paper processes.

In addition, implementation of these actions will foster coordinated,
governmentwide commitment to creating, implementing, and accomplishing
equal opportunity and affirmative employment goals to create a federal
workforce that is reflective of the American citizenry.

Implementation of these actions will require ongoing commitment and
coordination between EEOC and OPM. This partnership is critical to the
accomplishment of a competent, productive, and diverse federal
workforce.