Notice2022-25936
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Identifying Actionable Opportunities To Advance Equity and Remove Barriers To Support Underserved Communities
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Published
November 29, 2022
Issuing agencies
Commerce Department
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73284-73285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25936]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Identifying Actionable Opportunities To Advance Equity and
Remove Barriers To Support Underserved Communities
The Department of Commerce will submit the following information
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. Public
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comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on November
2, 2021, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an
additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: Department of Commerce.
Title: Identifying Actionable Opportunities to Advance Equity and
Remove Barriers to Support Underserved Communities.
OMB Control Number: 0690-NEW.
Form Number(s): New.
Type of Request: Regular submission, new collection.
Number of Respondents: 150,000.
Average Hours per Response: Varied, dependent upon the data
collection method used. The possible response time to complete a
questionnaire or survey may be 3 minutes or up to 2 hours to
participate in an interview or focus group.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 32,875.
Needs and Uses: In January 2021, President Biden issued Executive
Order 13985, `Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved
Communities', which established policy instructing the Federal
Government to pursue a comprehensive approach to advancing equity for
all, including people of color and others who have been historically
underserved, marginalized, and adversely affected by persistent poverty
and inequality, and tasks agencies with developing proactive policies,
regulations, and guidance that affirmatively promote equity and speak
to the needs of underserved communities. This will require agencies to
review existing policies, rules, regulatory actions, and guidance. It
will also require that agencies identify drivers of systemic inequities
that are not currently being addressed and develop potential policies
to address those inequities.
This new information collection will enable the Department of
Commerce to act in accordance with this Executive Order to improve both
efficiency and mission delivery, and to remove systemic barriers to
opportunities and benefits for underserved communities. To accomplish
this mission effectively, Commerce needs ongoing feedback on its
programs and services. This information collection item allows Commerce
to solicit clients' opinions about the use of products, services, and
events.
Commerce will collect, analyze, and interpret information gathered
through this information collection to identify gaps in equity and make
improvements in accessibility, navigation, use, and service delivery
based on insights gathered through developing an understanding of the
user experience in underserved communities. Commerce will develop a
question bank for all Bureaus to use to solicit information from both
federal and non-federal individuals and organizations to develop
policies and programs that deliver resources and benefits equitably to
all.
These data collection efforts may be either qualitative or
quantitative in nature or may consist of mixed methods. Additionally,
data may be collected via a variety of means, including but not limited
to electronic or social media, direct or indirect observation (i.e., in
person, video and audio collections), interviews, questionnaires,
surveys, and focus groups. Steps will be taken to ensure anonymity of
respondents in each activity covered by this request.
As a general matter, these information collections will not result
in any new system of records containing privacy information and will
not ask questions of a sensitive nature and matters that are commonly
considered private. Personally identifiable information (PII) is
collected only to the extent necessary and is not retained.
Affected Public: Collections will be targeted to the solicitation
of opinions from respondents who have experience with the Commerce
programs, services, or events or may have experience with the programs,
services, or events in the future. For the purposes of this request,
``customers'' are individuals, businesses, and organizations that
interact with a Federal Government agency or program, either directly
or via a federal contractor. This could include individuals or
households; businesses or other for-profit organizations; not-for-
profit institutions; State, local or tribal governments; Federal
government; and universities.
Frequency: On occasion; Annually.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Executive Order (E.O.) 13985.
This information collection request may be viewed at
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. Follow the instructions to view the Department of
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments''.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2022-25936 Filed 11-28-22; 8:45 am]
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