[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 83 (Monday, May 3, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23435-23436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-09029]


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NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Joint Standards for Assessing the Diversity Policies 
and Practices

AGENCY: National Credit Union Administration (NCUA).

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), as part of a 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites 
the general public and other federal agencies to comment on the 
following extension of a currently approved collection, as required by 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before July 2, 2021 to 
be assured consideration.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on 
the information collection to Mackie Malaka, National Credit Union 
Administration, 1775 Duke Street, Suite 6060, Alexandria, Virginia 
22314; email [email protected]. Given the limited in-house staff 
because of the COVID-19 pandemic, email comments are preferred.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    Address requests for additional information to Mackie Malaka at the 
address or email above, or by telephone (703) 548-2704.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Number: 3133-0193.
    Title: Joint Standards for Assessing the Diversity Policies and 
Practices.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Section 342 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and 
Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Act) required the NCUA, the Office of 
the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System (Board), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 
(FDIC), Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB), and Securities 
and Exchange Commission (SEC) (Agencies) each to establish an Office of 
Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI) to be responsible for all matters 
of the Agency relating to diversity in management, employment, and 
business activities. The Act also instructed each OMWI Director to 
develop standards for assessing the diversity policies and practices of 
entities regulated by the Agency. The Agencies worked together to 
develop joint standards, and on June 10, 2015, they jointly published 
in the Federal Register the ``Final Interagency Policy Statement 
Establishing Joint Standards for Assessing the Diversity Policies and 
Practices of Entities Regulated by the Agencies.''
    Affected Public: Private Sector: Not-for-profit institutions.
    Estimated No. of Respondents: 325.
    Estimated No. of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 325.
    Estimated Burden Hours per Response: 8.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,600.

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    Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice 
will be summarized and included in the request for Office of Management 
and Budget approval. All comments will become a matter of public 
record. The public is invited to submit comments concerning: (a) 
Whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper 
execution of the function of the agency, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of information, 
including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) 
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
the information on the respondents, including the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
    By Melane Conyers-Ausbrooks, Secretary of the Board, the National 
Credit Union Administration, on April 26, 2021.

    Dated: April 26, 2021.
Mackie I. Malaka,
NCUA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-09029 Filed 4-30-21; 8:45 am]
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