If you believe you have been sexually harassed or discriminated against because of your race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age (persons forty years of age and older), or condition of handicap, you should discuss the problem with one of the EO Counselors listed below. If you are more comfortable talking to a counselor in a unit rather than one in your location, you are encouraged to do so. You must contact the EO Counselor within forty-five (45) calendar days of the date of the matter giving rise to the complaint, or in the case of a personnel action, within forty-five (45) calendar days of its effective date, in order to pursue the matter.

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory EO Counselors

• Ann Coté, TR, Cambridge, MA, (617) 495-7220
• Edward Mattison, HEA, Cambridge, MA, (617) 495-7265

After precomplaint counseling, if you decide to file a formal complaint, please submit the complaint in writing to any of the officials listed below:

• Director, Office of Equal Employment & Minority Affairs (OEEMA), Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Suite VB 8100, MRC 921, Washington, DC 20013-7012
• EO Officer, Laura Conway, Human Resources,Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 60 Garden Street, MS 17, Cambridge, MA 02138
• Secretary, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560

For additional information, refer to SD 214, Equal Opportunity, and/or contact OEEMA, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Suite VB 8100, MRC 921, Washington, DC 20013-7012, at (202) 287-3508 (voice) or 287-3494 (TTY).

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