scope:

PURPOSE.

The Coast Guard is committed to practices and a climate which provide genuine equality of opportunity for all employees regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, disability, and age, and ensures that personnel are not subjected to retaliation for exercising their Equal Employment Opportunity/Equal Opportunity (EEO/EO) rights. This checklist is designed to assist commanders at all levels to ensure that EEO/EO program implementation comports with applicable laws, regulations, and policies and that Personally Identifiable Information (PII) collected in the EEO/EO processes is safeguarded in accordance with references (a) through (d) .