Civilian Personnel

Equal Employment Opportunity Program

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

RANDY A. GEORGE
General, United States Army
Chief of Staff

Julie A. Blanks
Acting Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army

History. This publication is a mandated revision. The portions affected by this mandatory revision are listed in the summary of change.

Summary. This regulation provides policy, guidance, and implementation instructions for the Department of the Army Equal Employment Opportunity Office. It implements guidance published by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

Applicability. This regulation applies to the Regular Army and the U.S. Army Reserve, unless otherwise stated. It also applies to those organizations for which

the Secretary of the Army is the designated Department of Defense Executive Agent. It does not apply to the Army National Guard, unless specifically made applicable by the Chief, National Guard Bureau. This regulation also applies to all activities of the Army that are financed by appropriated or non-appropriated funds and to all appropriated and non-appropriated fund employees and applicants for employment.

Proponent and exception authority. The proponent for this regulation is the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs). The proponent has the authority to approve exceptions or waivers to this regulation that are consistent with controlling law and regulations. The proponent may delegate this approval authority, in writing, to a division chief within the proponent agency or its direct reporting unit or field operating agency, in the grade of colonel or the civilian equivalent. Activities may request a waiver to this regulation by providing justification that includes a full analysis of the expected benefits and must include formal review by the activity's senior legal officer. All waiver requests will be endorsed by the commander or senior leader of the requesting activity and forwarded

through their higher head-quarters to the policy proponent. Refer to AR 25–30 for specific guidance.

Army internal control process. This regulation contains internal control provisions in accordance with AR 11–2 and identifies key internal controls that must be evaluated (see appendix E).

Supplementation. Supplementation of this regulation and establishment of command and local forms are prohibited without prior approval of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs), 1500 Army Pentagon, Washington, DC 20310–1500.

Suggested improvements. Users are invited to send comments and suggested improvements on DA FormDA FormDepartment of the Army form 2028 (Recommended Changes to Publications and Blank Forms) directly to Headquarters, Department of the Army (SAMR), 1500 Army Pentagon, Washington, DC 20310–1500.

Distribution. This publication is available in electronic media only and is intended for the Regular Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and the U.S. Army Reserve.

*This regulation supersedes AR 690-12, dated 12 December 2019.

Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 Training

These procedures will be used to process requests for reasonable accommodation from Army employees and appli-cants with disabilities to ensure an appropriate response in a timely manner. Further, these procedures establish criteria for collecting and annually reporting data on the numbers and types of requests for reasonable accommodation con-sidered Armywide.