8011-01P
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[SEC File No. 270-666, OMB Control No. 3235-0725]
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension: Contract Standard for Contractor
Workforce Inclusion
Upon Written Request Copies Available From:
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Office of FOIA Services
100 F Street NE
Washington, DC 20549-2736
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”) is soliciting comments
on the collection of information summarized below. The Commission plans to submit this
existing collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) for
extension and approval.
Section 342 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010
(the Dodd-Frank Act) provided that certain agencies, including the Commission, establish an
Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI).1 Section 342(c)(2) of the Dodd-Frank Act
requires the OMWI Director to include in the Commission’s procedures for evaluating contract
proposals and hiring service providers a written statement that the contractor shall ensure, to the
maximum extent possible, the fair inclusion of women and minorities in the workforce of the
contractor and, as applicable, subcontractors. To implement the acquisition-specific requirements
of Section 342(c)(2) of the Dodd-Frank Act, the Commission adopted a Contract Standard for
Contractor Workforce Inclusion (Contract Standard).

12 U.S.C. 5452.

The Contract Standard, which is included in the Commission’s solicitations and resulting
contracts for services with a dollar value of $100,000 or more, contains a “collection of
information” within the meaning of the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Contract Standard
requires that a Commission contractor with 50 or more employees provide documentation, upon
request from the OMWI Director, to demonstrate that it has made good faith efforts to ensure the
fair inclusion of minorities and women in its workforce and, as applicable, to demonstrate its
covered subcontractors have made such good faith efforts. The documentation requested may
include, but is not limited to: 1) the total number of employees in the contractor’s workforce, and
the number of employees by race, ethnicity, gender, and job title or EEO-1 job category (e.g.,
EEO-1 Report(s)); 2) a list of covered subcontract awards under the contract that includes the
dollar amount of each subcontract, date of award, and the subcontractor’s race, ethnicity, and/or
gender ownership status; 3) the contractor’s plan to ensure the fair inclusion of minorities and
women in its workforce, including outreach efforts; and 4) for each covered subcontractor, the
information requested in items 1 and 3 above. The OMWI Director will consider the information
submitted in evaluating whether the contractor or subcontractor has complied with its obligations
under the Contract Standard.
The information collection is mandatory.
Title of Collection: Contract Standard for Contractor Workforce Inclusion
Type of Review: Extension of an Existing Approved Information Collection
Frequency of Response: Annually
Estimated Number of Respondents: 50
Estimated Burden Hours per Respondent: 1 hour
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 50. The change in the estimated annual burden hours
from 925 to 50 is due to a change in eligibility criteria for requesting documentation to only

those contractors with 50 or more employees. This change in eligibility criteria eliminated any
new recordkeeping burden since contractors with 50 or more employees are generally subject to
the recordkeeping and reporting requirements under the regulations implementing Title VII of
the Civil Rights Act2 and Executive Order 11246.
Request for Comments: The comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and included in the request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public
record. Written comments are 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. Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted in writing 60
days after the date of this publication.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a
collection of information under the PRA unless it displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Please direct your written comments to Austin Gerig, Director/Chief Data Officer,
Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Oluwaseun Ajayi, 100 F Street, NE, Washington DC,
20549 or send an e-mail to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov.
Dated: July 9, 2024.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-15417 Filed: 7/12/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 7/15/2024]

42 U.S.C. 2000e, et seq.