U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PROFILE OF SELECTED INDICATORS
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION (SI)

Permanent Workforce: 4,783

Total Reported Workforce: 6,290

SI's permanent workforce participation rate for women was 41.46%; for Blacks was 40.39%; for Hispanics was 4.14%; for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 2.28%; and for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 1.23%.
SI's top three major occupations were reported as Museum Curator, Miscellaneous Administrative and Program, and General Arts and Information.
- In the Museum Curator occupation, the participation rate for women was 49.09%; for Blacks was 2.73%; for Hispanics was 1.82%; for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 0.91%; and for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 0.91%.
- In the Miscellaneous Administrative and Program occupation, the participation rate for women was 74.4%; for Blacks was 30.43%; for Hispanics was 2.9%; for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 2.42%; and for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 1.93%.
- In the General Arts and Information occupation, the participation rate for women was 66.67%; for Blacks was 10.78%; for Hispanics was 1.63%; for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 1.96%; and for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 8.17%.
SI's GS-14 and GS-15 grade level participation rate for women was 36.23%; for Blacks was 6.36%; for Hispanics was 2.75%; for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 3.6%; and for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 1.48%.
SI's Senior Pay Level participation rate for women was 27.05%; for Blacks was 4.1%; for Hispanics was 2.46%; for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 1.64%; and for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 0%.
Government-wide, employees with targeted disabilities represented 1.05% of the total workforce in FY 2003. At SI, employees with targeted disabilities represented 0.75% of the total workforce.
In FY 2003, of agencies with a permanent workforce of 500 or more employees, the Social Security Administration, at 2.27%, had the highest percentage of employees with targeted disabilities.
SI completed 10 ADR efforts during the pre-complaint stage, of which 2 resulted in a settlement.
There were 42 instances of pre-complaint counseling (performed by EEO counselors and/or ADR intake officers). 20 individuals filed 21 EEO complaints.
SI completed 1 ADR effort during the complaint stage, and it resulted in a settlement.
SI settled 4 complaints.
SI paid $80,000 for corrective actions: $0 for front and/or back pay awards; $0 for lump sum payments; $67,000 for compensatory damages; and $13,000 for attorney's fees.
SI issued 10 decisions on the merits. There were no findings of discrimination issued.
SI took an average of 334 days to process a complaint from filing to closing. The average processing time for a merit decision was 270 days.

Smithsonian Institution EEO Indicators		FY 2002	FY 2003	Change
Pre-Complaint Counseling	Instances of EEO Counselor Counseling	37	32	-13.5%
Pre-Complaint Counseling	% Counseled within regulatory time frame	100%	96.9%	-3.1%
ADR Measures	% of Instances of Counseling where ADR Offered	37.8%	28.6%	-24.3%
	ADR Election Rate	0%	83.3%	NA
	ADR Participation Rate	0%	23.8%	NA
Complaints Filed/Complainants	Complaints Filed	26	21	-19.2%
	Total Workforce	6,335	6,290	-0.7%
	Total Complainants	25	20	-20.0%
	% of Complainants Filing Single Complaint	96.2%	95.2%	-1.0%
	% of Workforce who are EEO Complainants	0.4%	0.3%	-19.4%
Investigations	Total Completed	17	18	5.9%
	Average Processing Time for Investigation (Days)	225	165	-26.7%
	Amount Spent on In-House Investigations	$7,000	$17,806	154.4%
	Amount Spent on Contract Investigations	$52,062	$46,298	-11.1%
Type of Closures	Total Closures	29	23	-20.7%
	Agency Dismissals	6	4	-33.3%
	Administrative Judge Dismissals	2	4	100.0%
	Withdrawals	1	1	0.0%
	Settlements	7	4	-42.9%
	Merit Decisions (with and without an AJ decision)	13	10	-23.1%
Average Processing Days (from date complaint filed)	All Closures	440	334	-24.1%
	Agency Dismissals	142	54	-62.0%
	Administrative Judge Dismissals	914	421	-53.9%
	Withdrawals	56	604	978.6%
	Settlements	340	618	81.8%
	Final Agency Decisions (with no AJ decision)	277	100	-63.9%
	Merit Decisions (with and without an AJ decision)	654	270	-58.7%
Merit Decisions	Total Number	13	10	-23.1%
	Decisions with Finding of Discrimination	0	0	NA
	% of Decisions with Finding of Discrimination	0.0%	0.0%	NA
Corrective Actions/Benefits	Total Number	7	4	-42.9%
	Amount of Frontpay/Backpay Benefits	$1,485	$0	-100.0%
	Amount of Lump Sum Payments	$106,000	$0	-100.0%
	Amount of Compensatory Damages	$106,000	$67,000	-36.8%
	Amount of Attorneys' Fees	$17,800	$13,000	-27.0%
Appeals	Cases Received For Review	9	12	33.3%
Appeals	Number of Cases Closed	20	11	-45.0%

NOTE: NA = Not Applicable

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PROFILE OF SELECTED INDICATORS SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION (SI)

PROFILE OF SELECTED INDICATORS
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION (SI)