OMB Control No: 0300-0010
Expires 8-31-97

Executive Office of the President
APPLICANT BACKGROUND SURVEY

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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

This information from this survey is used to help insure that agency personnel practices meet the requirements of Federal law. Your responses are voluntary. Answer each of the questions to the best of your ability. Please print entries using capital letters only. Read each item thoroughly before filling in the answer.

Position and Announcement # for which you are applying:

Date of your application:

Year of Birth:

How did you learn of this Position/Announcement?

PRIVACY ACT INFORMATION

General

This information is provided pursuant to Public Law 9305 79 (Privacy Act of 1974), December 31, 1974, for individuals completing Federal records and forms that solicit personal information.

PURPOSE AND ROUTINE USES

This information is used for research and for a Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program (FEORP) to help ensure that agency personnel practices meet requirements of Federal Law.

EFFECTS OF NONDISCLOSURE

Providing this information is voluntary. No individual personnel selections are made based on this information.

Please read the subcategories carefully, then categorize yourself in terms of race, ethnicity, disability, and sex, checking only one box in each category.

RACE

___ 1. American Indian or Alaskan Native: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North America, and who maintains cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community recognition.

___ 2. Asian or Pacific Islander: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands. This area includes, for example, India, Japan, Korea, the Phillippine Islands, and Samoa.

___ 3. Black: A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.

___ 4. White: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, North Africa, or the Middle East.

ETHNICITY

___ Hispanic Origin: A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race.

___ Not of Hispanic Origin

DISABILITY

Please provide information on your disability status by checking one of the categories below:

___ 1. I do not have a disability
___ 2. Hearing Impairment
___ 3. Vision Impairment
___ 4. Missing Extremities
___ 5. Partial Paralysis
___ 6. Complete Paralysis
___ 7. Convulsive Disorder
___ 8. Mental Retardation
___ 10. Mental or Emotional Illness
___ 11. Severe Distortion of Limbs and/or Spine
___ 12. I have a disability, but it is not listed

GENDER

___ 1. Male
___ 2. Female