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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 130 / Monday, July 12, 2021 / Notices 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.
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Notice Inviting Public Input on Executive Order 13985
Corporation for National and Community Service.
ACTION: Request for comment.
AGENCY:

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.

SUMMARY:

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
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kiara Rhodes, Honors Attorney, AmeriCorps, at krhodes@cns.gov or 202 9376965.
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 Agencys 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.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Docket No.: ED2021SCC0100

Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request;
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ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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.

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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
2021SCC0100. 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 202028240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to collection activities, please contact Karen Epps, 2024536337.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Education ED, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 PRA 44 U.S.C.
3506c2A, 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 publics reporting burden. It also helps the public understand the Departments 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 DATES:

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