SEC Releases Annual Report on the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion

The SEC published the attached annual report on the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion ("OMWI"), pursuant to Dodd-Frank Section 342.

The OMWI is required to develop standards for the following:

• for the equal employment opportunity and the racial, ethnic, and gender diversity of the workforce and senior management of the SEC;
• for the increased participation of minority-owned and women-owned businesses in the SEC’s programs and contracts; and,
• to assess the diversity policies and practices of entities regulated by the SEC.

The report highlights major OMWI's FY 2012 actions and successes, and is divided as follows:

I. Contracting with Minority-Owned and Women-Owned Businesses
II. Employment of Minorities and Women in the SEC Workforce
III. Regulated Entities
IV. Other Information, Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations

Click here to view the report in full (links externally to SEC website).