Notice2024-21288
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Extension: Contract Standard for Contractor Workforce Inclusion
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September 19, 2024
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 182 (Thursday, September 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76897-76898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21288]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[SEC File No. 270-666, OMB Control No. 3235-0725]
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Extension: Contract
Standard for Contractor Workforce Inclusion
Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC
20549-2736
Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange
Commission (``Commission'') has submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget a request for extension of the previously approved
collection of information discussed below.
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Section 342 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Protection Act of 2010 (the Dodd-Frank Act) provided that certain
agencies, including the Commission, establish an Office of Minority and
Women Inclusion (OMWI).\1\ Section 342(c)(2) of the Dodd-Frank Act
requires the OMWI Director to include in the Commission's procedures
for evaluating contract proposals and hiring service providers a
written statement that the contractor shall ensure, to the maximum
extent possible, the fair inclusion of women and minorities in the
workforce of the contractor and, as applicable, subcontractors. To
implement the acquisition-specific requirements of ection 342(c)(2) of
the Dodd-Frank Act, the Commission adopted a Contract Standard for
Contractor Workforce Inclusion (Contract Standard).
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\1\ 12 U.S.C. 5452.
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The Contract Standard, which is included in the Commission's
solicitations and resulting contracts for services with a dollar value
of $100,000 or more, contains a ``collection of information'' within
the meaning of the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Contract Standard
requires that a Commission contractor with 50 or more employees provide
documentation, upon request from the OMWI Director, to demonstrate that
it has made good faith efforts to ensure the fair inclusion of
minorities and women in its workforce and, as applicable, to
demonstrate its covered subcontractors have made such good faith
efforts. The documentation requested may include, but is not limited
to: (1) the total number of employees in the contractor's workforce,
and the number of employees by race, ethnicity, gender, and job title
or EEO-1 job category (e.g., EEO-1 Report(s)); (2) a list of covered
subcontract awards under the contract that includes the dollar amount
of each subcontract, date of award, and the subcontractor's race,
ethnicity, and/or gender ownership status; (3) the contractor's plan to
ensure the fair inclusion of minorities and women in its workforce,
including outreach efforts; and (4) for each covered subcontractor, the
information requested in items 1 and 3 above. The OMWI Director will
consider the information submitted in evaluating whether the contractor
or subcontractor has complied with its obligations under the Contract
Standard.
The information collection is mandatory.
Title of Collection: Contract Standard for Contractor Workforce
Inclusion.
Type of Review: Extension of an Existing Approved Information
Collection.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 50.
Estimated Burden Hours per Respondent: 1 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 50. The change in the
estimated annual burden hours from 925 to 50 is due to a change in
eligibility criteria for requesting documentation to only those
contractors with 50 or more employees. This change in eligibility
criteria eliminated any new recordkeeping burden since contractors with
50 or more employees are generally subject to the recordkeeping and
reporting requirements under the regulations implementing Title VII of
the Civil Rights Act \2\ and Executive Order 11246.
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\2\ 42 U.S.C. 2000e, et seq.
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On July 15, 2024, the Commission published a notice in the Federal
Register (89 FR 57451) of its intention to request an extension of this
currently approved collection of information and allowed the public 60
days to submit comments. The Commission received no comments.
Written comments continue to be invited on: (a) whether this
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of
the burden imposed by the collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected;
and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents, including through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, a collection of information under the PRA unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control number.
The public may view background documentation for this information
collection at the following website: <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. Find this
particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
Comments should be directed to: (i) Desk Officer for the Securities and
Exchange Commission, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, Room 10102, New Executive Office
Building, Washington, DC 20503, or by sending an email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7b3712151f081a025536553a191a0f1e3b141619551e140b551c140d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b9f5d0d7ddcad8c097f497f8dbd8cddcf9d6d4db97dcd6c997ded6cf">[email protected]</span></a>; and (ii) Austin Gerig, Director/Chief Data
Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Oluwaseun Ajayi, 100 F
Street NE, Washington, DC 20549, or by sending an email to:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#623230233d2f030b0e000d1a221107014c050d14"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ffafadbea0b29e96939d9087bf8c9a9cd1989089">[email protected]</span></a>. Comments must be submitted within 30 days of this
notice.
Dated: September 13, 2024.
Vanessa A. Countryman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-21288 Filed 9-18-24; 8:45 am]
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