Delegations of Authority-Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Responsibilities

This document delegates to certain Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) officials authority to supervise and control the operation of the administrative Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Discrimination Complaint Processing System; to make procedural decisions to accept or dismiss discrimination complaints; to decide breach of settlement agreement claims; to resolve claims of dissatisfaction with the processing of previously filed discrimination complaints; to make under limited circumstances substantive final agency decisions; and take final agency action following an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Administrative Judge's decision; and to monitor agency compliance with orders and decisions of the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication (OEDCA) and EEOC. The document also requires that any complaint filed against the Secretary or Deputy Secretary based upon personal actions or decisions by these officials as opposed to ministerial actions will be transferred to another Federal agency for processing and adjudication on a cost reimbursable basis. This document also makes changes to reflect that the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Resolution Management is responsible for coordinating activities regarding allegations of discrimination on the basis of handicap in programs and activities conducted by VA.