[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 163 (Thursday, August 22, 2024)]
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[FR Doc No: 2024-18780]


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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT


2024 USAID DEIA Bi-Annual Survey

AGENCY: United States Agency for International Development.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The 2024 USAID DEIA survey will utilize workforce data to 
establish metrics in diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility 
(DEIA), enable long-term evaluation at all levels, and, by comparing 
this version with the pilot survey, identify areas for improvement.

DATES: All comments should be submitted within 60 calendar days from 
the date of this publication.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Yasmine Taylor Hart, 202-712-5590 
or email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.13, the Agency 
submitted a request for emergency approval of new information 
collection from the agency's workforce on DEIA, including U.S. Direct 
Hires (permanent and temporary) U.S. Personal Services Contractors, 
Institutional Support Contractors, Cooperating Country Nationals, and 
other expanded demographic categories in 6 main areas on a 5-point 
Likert scale, including 13 diversity questions, 7 equity questions, 13 
accessibility questions, and 29 talent impact questions.

Description of Proposed Use of Information

    The information will be collected via a digital survey and used by 
the workforce to capture the viewpoints and perceptions of USAID 
headquarters and overseas employees across all staffing mechanisms and 
at all grades and ranks; allow for data disaggregation by Bureau, 
Independent Office, and Mission; provide data for analysis to support 
evidence-based and data-driven approaches to determine whether and to 
what extent Agency policies programs, and practices present barriers to 
equal and equitable and opportunities and employment outcomes and what 
needs to be changed or developed to remove said barriers; and to 
support USAID efforts to monitor and report on DEIA and EEO program 
effectiveness, enabling continuous program improvement.
    Based on the pilot survey, distributed in 2022, this survey 
includes minor updates to sections about demographics, sexual 
orientation and gender identity (SOGI), and sexual misconduct. The 2024 
survey will compare results with the pilot survey to find areas for 
improvement. It also will gather information from the Agency workforce 
allowing USAID to establish a baseline for DEIA-related metrics, create 
a more inclusive working environment, and promote long-term evaluation 
at the Agency level and within Missions, Bureaus, and Independent 
Offices (M/B/IOs).

Time Burden

    OMB's approval enables USAID to engage 11,000 respondents. Each 
respondent will be able to provide 20 minutes in participation time, 
totaling 3,667 estimated time burden of this proposed information 
collection.

Yasmine Taylor-Hart,
Management Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2024-18780 Filed 8-21-24; 8:45 am]
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