Document ID: SEC-2021-0685-0002
Agency: sec
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Posted Date: 2021-07-21T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 137 (Wednesday, July 21, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38514-38515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15428]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[SEC File No. 270-663, OMB Control No. 3235-0724]

For Submission; Comment Request

Upon Written Request Copies Available From: U.S. Securities and 
Exchange Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE, 
Washington, DC 20549-2736

Extension:
    Supplier Diversity Business Management System

    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 (``OMB'') a request for extension of the previously approved 
collection of information summarized below.
    The Commission is required under Section 342 of the Dodd-Frank Wall 
Street and Reform Act to develop standards and processes for ensuring 
the fair inclusion of women-owned and minority-owned businesses in all 
of the Commission's business activities. In addition, the Commission is 
required to develop standards for coordinating technical assistance to 
minority-owned and women-owned businesses. 12 U.S.C. 5452(b)(2)(B). To 
help implement these requirements, the Office of Minority and Women 
Inclusion (OMWI) developed and maintains an electronic Supplier 
Diversity Business Management System (SDBMS) to collect up-to-date 
business information and capabilities statements from diverse suppliers 
interested in doing business with the Commission. The information 
collected in SDBMS assists the Commission with its market research 
efforts, enables the Commission to assess the effectiveness of its 
technical assistance and outreach efforts and identify target areas for 
additional program efforts, and facilitates the Commission's compliance 
with its Congressionally-mandated reporting obligations on the 
Commission's contract awards.
    The Commission invited comments on SDBMS. Information is collected 
in SDBMS via web-based, e-filed, dynamic form-based technology. The 
company point of contact completes a profile consisting of basic 
contact data and information on the capabilities of the business. The 
profile includes a series of questions, some of which are based on the 
data that the individual enters. Drop-down lists are included where 
appropriate to increase ease of use.
    The information collection is voluntary. There are no costs 
associated with this collection. SDBMS allows suppliers to self-
register via a secure web portal that is accessible through a hyperlink 
on the Commission's public website.
    Estimated number of annual responses: 300.
    Estimated annual reporting burden: 150 hours (30 minutes per 
submission).
    Other than a recent decrease in the number of respondents, 
presumably due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the estimated number of 
respondents overall remains the same at 300 per year, based on the 
actual response rate prior to the pandemic. As such, the total burden 
estimate also remains the same at 150 hours.
    On May 11, 2021, the Commission published a notice in the Federal 
Register (86 FR 25931) of its intention to request an extension of this 
currently approved collection of information, and

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allowed the public 60 days to submit comments. The Commission received 
no comments.
    Written comments continued 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 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.
    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. 
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to (i) www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain and (ii) David Bottom, 
Director/Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, 
c/o Cynthia Roscoe, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549, or by 
sending an email to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must be submitted to 
OMB within 30 days of this notice.

    Dated: July 15, 2021.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-15428 Filed 7-20-21; 8:45 am]
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