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VI. [[underline]] Supervisory and Management Commitment [[/underline]]

All new supervisors have been given the required 80 hours of training, including 16 hours of training designed to promote their understanding and support of equal employment opportunity. This practice is ongoing, and includes scheduled courses for supervisors who have not had formal supervisory training.

Incentive awards for contributions to EEO are available to supervisory and managerial personnel, but no such awards have been granted during the past fiscal year. However, in this connection, the Institution did award twenty (20) Women's Program Certificates of Appreciation during FY-76. This award will be presented annually, in recognition of any Smithsonian Institution employee(s), groups, office, or other individual(s) who has made significant contributions to the SI Women's Program. Under the Institution's new performance evaluation program, scheduled for implementation in FY-77, performance evaluations of supervisory and managerial personnel will include specific items evaluating their understanding and support of equal employment opportunity.

VII. [[underline]] Community Outreach [[/underline]]

The Equal Opportunity staff is quite active in community outreach programs. The Director of Equal Opportunity serves on the Board of Directors of D.C. Parent and Child Center Inc., and is President of Neabsco Elementary School Parent and Teachers (PTA), President of Association for Black Equality (ABLE), and President-elect of the International Personnel Management Association (IPMA) D.C. Chapter.

The Spanish-speaking Coordinator is pursuing the possibility of having a work/study program with the New Mexico Highlands University, whereby Spanish-speaking college students would actually serve as interns. The Women's Program Coordinator maintains regular contact with organizations such as Federally Employed Women (FEW), National Association of University Women, IWY, Parent and Child Center Inc., and many more. Cooperative efforts are maintained on a regular basis with the Minority and Female Professional Recruiter's Association where current vacancy lists, as well as applications of persons seeking employment are exchanged. Contacts are maintained on a continuous basis with the Urban League, NAACP and the National Congress of American Indians.