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Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 134 / Friday, July 14, 2023 / Notices
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[SEC File No. 270–808, OMB Control No.
3235–0740]

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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request; Extension: Joint
Standards for Assessing the Diversity
Policies and Practices of Entities
Regulated by the Agencies
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.
In accordance with the requirements
of Section 342 of the Dodd-Frank Wall
Street Reform and Consumer Protection
Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5452), the
Commission joined with the Office of
the Comptroller of the Currency, Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, Bureau of Consumer
Financial Protection, and the National
Credit Union Administration (Agencies)
to develop Joint Standards for Assessing
the Diversity Policies and Practices of
Entities Regulated by the Agencies (Joint
Standards), which were issued through
an interagency policy statement
published in the Federal Register on
June 15, 2015. To facilitate the
collection of information envisioned by
the Joint Standards, the Commission
developed a form entitled the ‘‘Diversity
Self-Assessment Tool for Entities
Regulated by the SEC’’ (formerly the
‘‘Diversity Assessment Report’’).
The Diversity Self-Assessment Tool
(1) asks for general information about
the respondent; (2) includes a checklist
and questions relating to the policies
and practices set forth in the Joint
Standards; (3) requests data related to
workforce diversity and supplier
diversity; and (4) provides respondents
with the opportunity to describe their
successful policies and practices for
promoting diversity and inclusion.
The information collection is
voluntary. The Commission may use
information submitted to monitor
progress and trends in the financial
services industry regarding diversity
and inclusion and to identify and
highlight diversity and inclusion
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successful. In addition, the Commission
may publish information submitted,
such as leading practices, in a form that
does not identify a particular entity or
disclose confidential business
information. Further, the Commission
may share information with other
Agencies, when appropriate, to support
coordination of efforts and to avoid
duplication.
Title of Collection: Joint Standards for
Assessing Diversity Policies and
Practices.1
Type of Review: Request for a NonSubstantive Change to an Existing
Approved Information Collection.
Frequency of Response: Biennially.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
260.
Estimated Burden Hours per
Respondent: 8 hours; 4 hours
annualized.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,080; 1,040 annualized. Since
the last approval of this information
collection, we have adjusted the burden
hours per respondent based on a
reduction in the number of items in this
information collection.
Proposed Revisions: The SEC
proposes to amend the Diversity SelfAssessment Tool to: (1) change the
name of the information collection from
the ‘‘Diversity Assessment Report’’ to
the ‘‘Diversity Self-Assessment Tool’’;
(2) allow firms to consent to allowing
the SEC to publish the name of
consenting firms having submitted a
Diversity Self-Assessment Tool; (3)
shorten the Diversity Self-Assessment
Tool by combining and removing some
items; (4) add clarifying language to
items; and (5) shorten items for brevity.
A draft of the proposed revised
Diversity Self-Assessment Tool can be
viewed at https://www.sec.gov/files/
omwi-diversity-self-assessment-tool.pdf.
On May 11, 2023, the Commission
published a notice in the Federal
Register (88 FR 30352) 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
1 The title of the currently approved collection—
Joint Standards for Assessing the Diversity Policies
and Practices of Entities Regulated by the
Agencies— has been shortened.

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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:
www.reginfo.gov. 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
[email protected]; and (ii)
David Bottom, Director/Chief
Information Officer, Securities and
Exchange Commission, c/o John
Pezzullo, 100 F Street NE, Washington,
DC 20549, or by sending an email to:
[email protected]. Comments must
be submitted within 30 days of this
notice.
Dated: July 11, 2023.
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
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