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Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

401.1 Policy

It is the policy of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to provide equal opportunity for employees and applicants for employment in every aspect of its employment practices and working conditions. Therefore, discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age (40+), disability, retaliation (for prior participation in the equal employment opportunity complaint process), sexual orientation, marital or family status, political beliefs, parental status, and/or protected genetic information, is prohibited. The NRCS Civil Rights Staff (CRS) is responsible for processing informal complaints of employment discrimination.


  • Objectives

  • General

  • Responsibilities Within the EEO Process

  • Provisions Applicable to Particular Complaints of Discrimination

  • Reasonable Accommodations
  • EEO Complaint Process

  • These documents are available in  Microsoft Word format.


  •  Steps in the EEO Complaint Process (DOC; 25 KB)

  •  Informal Complaint Form (DOC; 47 KB)
  •  Mediation Fact Sheet (DOC; 39 KB)
  • Part 401 - Equal Employment Opportunity

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