[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 61 (Thursday, March 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19146-19147]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06554]
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment
Request
AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
ACTION: Notice, request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board)
invites comment on a proposal to extend for three years, with revision,
the Joint Statement for Assessing the Diversity Policies and Practices
of Entities Regulated by the Agencies (FR 2100; OMB No. 7100-0368).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 30, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by FR 2100, by any of
the following methods:
Agency website: https://www.federalreserve.gov/. Follow
the instructions for submitting comments at https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/foia/proposedregs.aspx.
Email: [email protected]. Include the OMB
number or FR number in the subject line of the message.
Fax: (202) 452-3819 or (202) 452-3102.
Mail: Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Attn: Ann E.
Misback, Secretary of the Board, Mailstop M-4775, 2001 C St. NW,
Washington, DC 20551.
All public comments are available from the Board's website at
https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/foia/proposedregs.aspx as
submitted, unless modified for technical reasons or to remove
personally identifiable information at the commenter's request.
Accordingly, comments will not be edited to remove any confidential
business information, identifying information, or contact information.
Public comments may also be viewed electronically or in paper in Room
M-4365A, 2001 C St NW, Washington, DC 20551, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00
p.m. on weekdays, except for Federal holidays. For security reasons,
the Board requires that visitors make an appointment to inspect
comments. You may do so by calling (202) 452-3684. Upon arrival,
visitors will be required to present valid government-issued photo
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identification and to submit to security screening in order to inspect
and photocopy comments.
Additionally, commenters may send a copy of their comments to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Desk Officer for the Federal
Reserve Board, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 725
17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503, or by fax to (202) 395-6974.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Federal Reserve Board Clearance
Officer--Nuha Elmaghrabi--Office of the Chief Data Officer, Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, [email protected], (202)
452-3884.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 15, 1984, OMB delegated to the Board
authority under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) to approve and assign
OMB control numbers to collections of information conducted or
sponsored by the Board. In exercising this delegated authority, the
Board is directed to take every reasonable step to solicit comment. In
determining whether to approve a collection of information, the Board
will consider all comments received from the public and other agencies.
During the comment period for this proposal, a copy of the proposed
PRA OMB submission, including the draft reporting form and
instructions, supporting statement (which contains more detail about
the information collection and burden estimates than this notice), and
other documentation, will be made available on the Board's public
website at https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/reportingforms/home/review or may be requested from the agency clearance officer, whose
name appears above. Final versions of these documents will be made
available at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, if approved.
Request for Comment on Information Collection Proposal
The Board invites public comment on the following information
collection, which is being reviewed under authority delegated by the
OMB under the PRA. Comments are invited on the following:
a. Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the Board's functions, including whether the
information has practical utility;
b. The accuracy of the Board's estimate of the burden of the
proposed information collection, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
c. Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected;
d. Ways to minimize the burden of information collection on
respondents, including through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology; and
e. Estimates of capital or startup costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information.
At the end of the comment period, the comments and recommendations
received will be analyzed to determine the extent to which the Board
should modify the proposal.
Proposal Under OMB Delegated Authority To Extend for Three Years, With
Revision, the Following Information Collection
Collection title: Joint Statement for Assessing the Diversity
Policies and Practices of Entities Regulated by the Agencies.
Collection identifier: FR 2100.
OMB control number: 7100-0368.
General description of collection: The Joint Statement for
Assessing the Diversity Policies and Practices of Entities Regulated by
the Agencies was published jointly in 2015 by the Board, Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,
National Credit Union Administration, Consumer Financial Protection
Bureau, and Securities and Exchange Commission. Standards in the
statement encourage a regulated entity, in a manner reflective of its
size and other characteristics, to voluntarily conduct a self-
assessment of its diversity policies and practices and to report
information pertaining to its self-assessment to the Office of Minority
and Women Inclusion of its primary federal financial regulator, as well
as to publish information pertaining to its efforts with respect to the
standards. The Board has developed a voluntary reporting template
entitled ``Diversity Self-Assessment Template'' for use by institutions
regulated by the Board to facilitate the provision of self-assessment
information.
Proposed revisions: The Board proposes to revise the FR 2100 by
adding a field to the reporting template that identifies institutions
and reformatting the reporting template's table identifying workforce
numbers. The Board proposes to make these revisions effective August
2023.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondents: All financial institutions for which the Federal
Reserve is the primary federal financial regulator.
Total estimated number of respondents: 156.
Total estimated change in burden hours: The estimated annual burden
would remain unchanged.
Total estimated annual burden hours: 1,248.\1\
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\1\ More detailed information regarding this collection,
including more detailed burden estimates, can be found in the OMB
Supporting Statement posted at https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/reportingforms/home/review.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, March 24,
2023.
Michele Taylor Fennell,
Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2023-06554 Filed 3-29-23; 8:45 am]
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