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Purpose

This regulation prescribes policy, responsibilities, and procedures for counseling, filing, processing, investigating, settling, deciding, and acting on equal employment opportunity (EEO) complaints. The processing of all EEO complaints filed by Army civilian employees, former employees, applicants for employment, and certain contractor employees will be governed by this regulation. This regulation is hereby revised to reflect changes made by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in its regulations and through the issuance of new or revised directives.

Applicability. This regulation applies to all Department of the Army appropriated or nonappropriated fund activities, their employees, former employees, applicants for employment, and certain contract employees. This regulation applies to employees from other Federal agencies receiving Army support under a servicing agreement who allege discrimination in a matter controlled by the Army. It is designed for use by commanders, equal employment opportunity officials, investigators, civilian personnel officials, labor counselors, managers, supervisors, employees, former employees, applicants for employment and certain contract employees. It does not apply to uniformed members of the military, persons employed or applying for positions in the Army and Air Force Exchange System, Army National Guard technicians, uniformed members of the military working part-time off duty for nonappropriated fund activities or the Army and Air Force Exchange Service. It also does not apply to non-U.S. citizens employed by the Army outside of the United States, or to U.S. citizens employed under local conditions. During mobilization, procedures in this publication can be modified to support policy changes as necessary.