Development of an Equal Employment Opportunity Management Information System

An investigation was undertaken to determine whether the problems identified in an earlier report on the management information needs of the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) program still exist. Two elements of an integrated system are involved; one, the central personnel data file (CPDF), collects and maintains personnel data on current employees, and the other collects and maintains data on applicants for Federal employment. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), whose responsiblility includes collecting and maintaining personnel data, has already made improvements in providing EEO statistical data on current Federal employees. However, further improvements are scheduled. These improvements include refinement of CPDF, but they will not be fully implemented until January 1982. However, CPDF can currently provide much of the information needed to evaluate and monitor agency EEO programs.