Harassment Prevention and Responses for DoD Civilian Employees/Section 6: Data Collection and Reporting Requirements

by Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness

Section 6: Data Collection and Reporting Requirements

6.1. DATA COLLECTION.

DoD Components will collect data on harassment allegations, including anonymous allegations, for the purposes of identifying trends and analyzing program effectiveness. DoD Components will annually submit data to the Director, ODEI, for the DoD annual report to the USD(P&R). In addition, DoD Components will collect and report data on unlawful discriminatory harassment allegations covered by Paragraph 4.3.

6.2. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

The Director, ODEI, will provide a consolidated annual report to the USD(P&R), through EDFR, that incorporates non-personally identifiable information and data collected by the DoD Components pursuant to Paragraph 6.1. The first report will be submitted to the USD(P&R) within 180 calendar days after the end of the fiscal year following the publication of this issuance, then annually thereafter.