Federal Register: December 30, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 250)
DOCID: FR Doc E5-8095
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Social Security Administration
NOTICE: NOTICES
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The Social Security Administration (SSA) publishes a list of information collection packages that require clearance by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with Pub. L. 10413, the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 1, 1995. The information collection packages that may be included in this notice are for new information collections, approval of existing information collections, revisions to OMBapproved information collections, and extensions (no change) of OMBapproved information collections.
SSA is soliciting comments on the accuracy of the Agency's burden
estimate; the need for the information; its practical utility; ways to
enhance its quality, utility, and clarity; and ways to minimize the
burden on respondents, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology. Written comments
and recommendations regarding the information collection(s) should be
submitted to the OMB Desk Officer and the SSA Reports Clearance
Officer; (OMB), Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for
SSA, Fax: 2023956974; (SSA), Social Security Administration, DCFAM,
Attn: Reports Clearance Officer, Fax: 4109656400, Email:
OPLM.RCO@ssa.gov.
The information collection listed below is pending at SSA and will
be submitted to OMB within 60 days from the date of this notice.
Therefore, your comments should be submitted to SSA within 60 days from
the date of this publication. You can obtain a copy of the collection
instrument by calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 4109650454 or by writing to the address listed above.
Consent Based Social Security Number Verification Process0960NEW Background
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has provided limited fee based Social Security Number (SSN) verification service to private businesses and other requesters that obtain a valid, signed consent form from the Social Security Number Holder. Based on the consent forms, SSA verifies the Number Holders' SSNs for the requesting party. The Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a(b), section 1106 of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 1306, and SSA regulation at 20 CFR 401.100 establish the legal authority for SSA to provide SSN verifications to third party requesters based on consent. Currently, the consentbased SSN verification service for high volume requesters is a paperdriven, laborintensive process. In recent years, the demand for SSN verification has grown within the business community. As a result, SSA is developing an Agency strategy to perform fee based SSN verifications with consent in a high volume, centralized process.
The Consent Based Social Security Number Verification (CBSV) Process is the first phase of the Agency's long term strategy to provide the business community with fee based disclosures with consent in high volume. SSA is developing CBSV as a userfriendly, Internet based application with safeguards that will protect the public's information. In addition to the benefit of providing high volume, centralized SSN verification services to the business community in a secure manner, CBSV also will provide the Agency with inherent cost and workload management benefits.
The CBSV Collection
The CBSV is a fee based automated SSN verification service that can be used by private businesses and other requesting parties who register with SSA to use the system and have obtained valid consent from Number Holders. The purpose of the information collection is to verify for the requesting party that the submitted name and SSN match or do not match the information contained in the SSA records. After completing a registration process and paying the fee, the requesting party can submit a file through the CBSV Internet application containing names of Number Holders who have given valid consent, along with each Number Holder's accompanying SSN and date of birth (if available). The Agency matches the information against SSA's Master File of Social Security Numbers, using SSN, name, date of birth and gender code (if available). The requesting party retrieves the results file from SSA; the results file indicates a match or no match for each SSN submitted.
Under the CBSV process, the requesting party does not submit the consent forms to SSA. SSA will require each requesting party to retain a valid consent form for each SSN verification request for a period of six years. The requesting party is permitted to retain the consent forms in either electronic or paper format.
To ensure the integrity of the CBSV Process, SSA has added a strong audit component that requires audits (called ``compliance reviews'') at the discretion of the agency with all audit costs to be borne by the requesting party. These reviews will be conducted by independent certified public accountants (CPAs) to ensure compliance with all the terms and conditions of the parties' agreement with SSA, including a review of the consent forms. This review is performed at the requesting party's place of business to ensure the integrity of the process. In addition, SSA reserves the right to perform unannounced onsite inspections of the entire process including review of the technical systems which maintain the data and transaction records at the requesting party's place of business.
The respondents to the CBSV collection are the participating
companies, members of the public who consent to the SSN verification, and CPAs who provide compliance review services.
Type of Request: New information collection.
Average of
Number of Frequency of burden per Annual burden
Respondent Requirement respondents response response (hours)
per year (minutes)
Participating Companies....... Completion of 150 1 120 300 Registration
Process.
Creation of file 150 *251 120 75,300 of SSN
requests, data
entry, file
formatting, and
maintaining
required
documentation
and forms.
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Using the system 150 251 75 47,063 to upload
request file,
check status,
and download
results file.
Storing consent 150 251 60 37,650 forms.
Activities 150 1 120 300 related to
compliance
review.
General Public Whose SSNs Will Reading and 6,900,000 1 3 345,000 Be Verified. signing
Authorization
for the Social
Security
Administration
to Release
Social Security
Number
Verification
(Form SSA89
a.k.a. consent
form).
Responding to 7,500 1 5 625 CPA recontact;
each CPA
contacts 50
people.
CPAs.......................... Conducting 150 1 4,800 12,000 compliance
review and
preparing
written report
of findings.
Total..................... 6,907,800 .............. .............. 518,238 * Please note there are 251 Federal business days per year (excluding Federal holidays) on which a requesting party could submit a file.
The estimated first year cost burden to be shared by all participating companies for the CBSV service is$7,154,589.00. This cost figure represents the agency's estimated staff requirements, agency systems development costs, annual account setup fee, company cost per file submitted and files storage and maintenance costs, and company cost for the services of a CPA to perform compliance reviews.
Dated: December 22, 2005.
Elizabeth A. Davidson,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. E58095 Filed 122905; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 419102P
SUMMARY:
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
DOCUMENT BODY 2:
The Social Security Administration (SSA) publishes a list of information collection packages that require clearance by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with Pub. L. 10413, the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 1, 1995. The information collection packages that may be included in this notice are for new information collections, approval of existing information collections, revisions to OMBapproved information collections, and extensions (no change) of OMBapproved information collections.
SSA is soliciting comments on the accuracy of the Agency's burden
estimate; the need for the information; its practical utility; ways to
enhance its quality, utility, and clarity; and ways to minimize the
burden on respondents, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology. Written comments
and recommendations regarding the information collection(s) should be
submitted to the OMB Desk Officer and the SSA Reports Clearance
Officer; (OMB), Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for
SSA, Fax: 2023956974; (SSA), Social Security Administration, DCFAM,
Attn: Reports Clearance Officer, Fax: 4109656400, Email:
OPLM.RCO@ssa.gov.
The information collection listed below is pending at SSA and will
be submitted to OMB within 60 days from the date of this notice.
Therefore, your comments should be submitted to SSA within 60 days from
the date of this publication. You can obtain a copy of the collection
instrument by calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 4109650454 or by writing to the address listed above.
Consent Based Social Security Number Verification Process0960NEW Background
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has provided limited fee based Social Security Number (SSN) verification service to private businesses and other requesters that obtain a valid, signed consent form from the Social Security Number Holder. Based on the consent forms, SSA verifies the Number Holders' SSNs for the requesting party. The Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a(b), section 1106 of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 1306, and SSA regulation at 20 CFR 401.100 establish the legal authority for SSA to provide SSN verifications to third party requesters based on consent. Currently, the consentbased SSN verification service for high volume requesters is a paperdriven, laborintensive process. In recent years, the demand for SSN verification has grown within the business community. As a result, SSA is developing an Agency strategy to perform fee based SSN verifications with consent in a high volume, centralized process.
The Consent Based Social Security Number Verification (CBSV) Process is the first phase of the Agency's long term strategy to provide the business community with fee based disclosures with consent in high volume. SSA is developing CBSV as a userfriendly, Internet based application with safeguards that will protect the public's information. In addition to the benefit of providing high volume, centralized SSN verification services to the business community in a secure manner, CBSV also will provide the Agency with inherent cost and workload management benefits.
The CBSV Collection
The CBSV is a fee based automated SSN verification service that can be used by private businesses and other requesting parties who register with SSA to use the system and have obtained valid consent from Number Holders. The purpose of the information collection is to verify for the requesting party that the submitted name and SSN match or do not match the information contained in the SSA records. After completing a registration process and paying the fee, the requesting party can submit a file through the CBSV Internet application containing names of Number Holders who have given valid consent, along with each Number Holder's accompanying SSN and date of birth (if available). The Agency matches the information against SSA's Master File of Social Security Numbers, using SSN, name, date of birth and gender code (if available). The requesting party retrieves the results file from SSA; the results file indicates a match or no match for each SSN submitted.
Under the CBSV process, the requesting party does not submit the consent forms to SSA. SSA will require each requesting party to retain a valid consent form for each SSN verification request for a period of six years. The requesting party is permitted to retain the consent forms in either electronic or paper format.
To ensure the integrity of the CBSV Process, SSA has added a strong audit component that requires audits (called ``compliance reviews'') at the discretion of the agency with all audit costs to be borne by the requesting party. These reviews will be conducted by independent certified public accountants (CPAs) to ensure compliance with all the terms and conditions of the parties' agreement with SSA, including a review of the consent forms. This review is performed at the requesting party's place of business to ensure the integrity of the process. In addition, SSA reserves the right to perform unannounced onsite inspections of the entire process including review of the technical systems which maintain the data and transaction records at the requesting party's place of business.
The respondents to the CBSV collection are the participating
companies, members of the public who consent to the SSN verification, and CPAs who provide compliance review services.
Type of Request: New information collection.
Average of
Number of Frequency of burden per Annual burden
Respondent Requirement respondents response response (hours)
per year (minutes)
Participating Companies....... Completion of 150 1 120 300 Registration
Process.
Creation of file 150 *251 120 75,300 of SSN
requests, data
entry, file
formatting, and
maintaining
required
documentation
and forms.
[[Page 77440]]
Using the system 150 251 75 47,063 to upload
request file,
check status,
and download
results file.
Storing consent 150 251 60 37,650 forms.
Activities 150 1 120 300 related to
compliance
review.
General Public Whose SSNs Will Reading and 6,900,000 1 3 345,000 Be Verified. signing
Authorization
for the Social
Security
Administration
to Release
Social Security
Number
Verification
(Form SSA89
a.k.a. consent
form).
Responding to 7,500 1 5 625 CPA recontact;
each CPA
contacts 50
people.
CPAs.......................... Conducting 150 1 4,800 12,000 compliance
review and
preparing
written report
of findings.
Total..................... 6,907,800 .............. .............. 518,238 * Please note there are 251 Federal business days per year (excluding Federal holidays) on which a requesting party could submit a file.
The estimated first year cost burden to be shared by all participating companies for the CBSV service is$7,154,589.00. This cost figure represents the agency's estimated staff requirements, agency systems development costs, annual account setup fee, company cost per file submitted and files storage and maintenance costs, and company cost for the services of a CPA to perform compliance reviews.
Dated: December 22, 2005.
Elizabeth A. Davidson,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. E58095 Filed 122905; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 419102P