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is reached, the PTAB retains the 

flexibility to accept additional petitions, 

either for consideration in that quarter 

or to be held in abeyance for 

consideration in the next quarter. 

The USPTO tracks the number of 

granted petitions, the average time to 

answer petitions, and the average time 

to render a Board decision on the merits 

of the ex parte appeal after a petition 

grant. Current information and statistics 

may be viewed on the PTAB website at 

www.uspto.gov/PTABFastTrack. 

Andrew Hirshfeld, 

Commissioner for Patents, Performing the 

Functions and Duties of the Under Secretary 

of Commerce for Intellectual Property and 

Director of the United States Patent and 

Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. 2021–14615 Filed 7–9–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

Notice Inviting Public Input on 

Executive Order 13985 

AGENCY: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

ACTION: Request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Executive 

Order 13985 of January 20, 2021, the 

Corporation for National and 

Community Service, operating as 

AmeriCorps, is inviting public comment 

from any interested party, including 

current and former AmeriCorps program 

award recipients, regarding any barriers 

that they, or the communities they 

served, faced in accessing benefits and 

services offered by AmeriCorps’ 

programs. 

DATES: To be considered, public 

comments must be received 

electronically no later than midnight 

eastern standard time (EST) on August 

2, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Public comments should be 

submitted online at http://

www.regulations.gov; search for 

‘‘Request for Information (RFI) from 

Non-Federal Stakeholders: Advancing 

Racial Equity and Support for 

Underserved Communities.’’ Comments 

submitted electronically, including 

attachments, will be posted to the 

docket unchanged and available to view 

by the public. Documents and 

information supporting your comment 

may be submitted as attachments. Please 

provide your contact information or 

organization name on the web-based 

form for possible follow-up from 

AmeriCorps. There is a 5,000-character 

limit on comments and maximum 

number (10) of attached files and 

maximum size (10 MB) of each attached 

file. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kiara Rhodes, Honors Attorney, 

AmeriCorps, at krhodes@cns.gov or 

(202) 937–6965. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 20, 2021, President Biden 

signed Executive Order 13985, 

‘‘Advancing Racial Equity and Support 

for Underserved Communities Through 

the Federal Government,’’ to address 

racial, economic, and other disparities 

faced by underserved communities in 

the United States. The Order requires 

Federal agencies to conduct an equity 

assessment. In furthering this Agency’s 

commitment to bringing together and 

serving all communities, AmeriCorps 

seeks general public input on the 

following: 

1. Potential barriers that underserved 

communities and individuals may face 

to enrollment in and access to benefits 

and services in AmeriCorps programs; 

2. Potential barriers that underserved 

communities and individuals may face 

in taking advantage of Agency 

procurement and contracting 

opportunities; 

3. Whether new policies, regulations, 

or guidance documents may be 

necessary to advance equity in Agency 

actions and programs; and 

4. Knowledge of any offices or 

divisions within the Agency that are 

responsible for advancing civil rights or 

whose mandates specifically include 

serving underrepresented or 

disadvantaged communities. 

Dated: July 7, 2021. 

Fernando Laguarda, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2021–14735 Filed 7–9–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6050–28–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2021–SCC–0100] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; 

Endowment Excise Tax: Allocation 

Reduction Waiver 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education (OPE), Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

requesting the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) to conduct an 

emergency review of a new information 

collection. 

DATES: The Department is requesting 

emergency processing and OMB 

approval for this information collection 

by July 26, 2021; and therefore, the 

Department is requesting public 

comments by July 23, 2021. A regular 

clearance process is also hereby being 

initiated to provide the public with the 

opportunity to comment under the full 

comment period. Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments on or before 

September 10, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the 

documents related to the information 

collection listed in this notice, please 

use http://www.regulations.gov by 

searching the Docket ID number ED– 

2021–SCC–0100. Comments submitted 

in response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting the 

Docket ID number or via postal mail, 

commercial delivery, or hand delivery. 

If the regulations.gov site is not 

available to the public for any reason, 

ED will temporarily accept comments at 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please include the 

docket ID number and the title of the 

information collection request when 

requesting documents or submitting 

comments. Please note that comments 

submitted by fax or email and those 

submitted after the comment period will 

not be accepted. Written requests for 

information or comments submitted by 

postal mail or delivery should be 

addressed to the PRA Coordinator of the 

Strategic Collections and Clearance 

Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W208C, 

Washington, DC 20202–8240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Karen Epps, 

202–453–6337. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general 

public and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed, 

revised, and continuing collections of 

information. This helps the Department 

assess the impact of its information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. The Department of 

Education is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 


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