Federal Register: April 28, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 80)
DOCID: fr28ap09-100 FR Doc E9-9593
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Social Security Administration
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr28ap09-100
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The Social Security Administration (SSA) publishes a list of information collection packages requiring clearance by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with Public Law (Pub. L.) 10413, the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 1, 1995. This notice includes revisions and extensions of OMBapproved information collections and a new collection.
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. Mail, email, or
fax your comments and recommendations on the information collection(s)
to the OMB Desk Officer and the SSA Reports Clearance Officer to the addresses or fax numbers shown below.
(OMB)
Office of Management and Budget.
Attn: Desk Officer for SSA.
Fax: 2023956974.
Email address: OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. (SSA)
Social Security Administration, DCBFM,
Attn: Reports Clearance Officer, 1332 Annex Building, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235.
Fax: 4109656400.
Email address: OPLM.RCO@ssa.gov.
I. The information collection below is pending at SSA. SSA will
submit it to OMB within 60 days from the date of this notice. To be
sure we consider your comments, we must receive them no later than June
29, 2009. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection instrument by
calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 4109653758 or by writing to the email address we list above.
1. Integrated Registration Services (IRES) System20 CFR 401.450960 0626
The IRES System verifies the identity of individuals, businesses, organizations, entities, and government agencies to use SSA's eService Internet and telephone applications for requesting and exchanging business data with SSA. The requestor provides information, prescribed by SSA, to establish his or her identity. Once SSA verifies identity, IRES will issue the requestor a user identification number (User ID) and a password to conduct business with SSA. Respondents are employers and third party submitters of wage data, business entities providing taxpayer identification information, and data exchange partners conducting business in support of SSA programs.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Average
Number of Frequency of burden per Estimated
Respondent types respondents response response annual burden
(minutes) hours
Appointed Representatives Registering via 200,000 1 5 16,667 Internet.......................................
All Other Business Services Online (BSO) 1,300,000 1 5 108,333 Respondents Registering via Internet...........
Appointed Representatives Registering via 88,000 1 11 16,133 Telephone......................................
All Other BSO Respondents Registering via 120,794 1 11 22,146 Telephone......................................
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Total....................................... 1,708,794 .............. .............. 163,279 2. Request for Internet ServicesPassword Authentication20 CFR 401.4509600632
SSA has a password infrastructure and process for verifying the identity of individuals who choose to use the Internet and the automated telephone response system to conduct personal business with SSA in an electronic environment. To obtain a password from SSA's Individual Password Services, we ask an individual for certain information, prescribed by SSA. SSA uses the information to authenticate an individual prior to issuing a temporary password. Once SSA authenticates an individual, and the individual creates a permanent password, he or she may use SSA's password protected services, e.g., account status, change of address, direct deposit elections, or changes. The respondents are individuals electing to do personal business with SSA through an electronic medium.
Type of Request: Extension of an OMBapproved information collection.
Average
Number of Frequency of burden per Estimated
Automated systems respondents response response annual burden
(minutes) hours
Internet Requestors............................. 3,092,069 1 10 515,345
Telephone Requestors............................ 122,266 1 10 20,378
Totals...................................... 3,214,335 .............. .............. 535,723 3. Social Security Number Verification Services20 CFR 401.450960 0660
Internal Revenue Service regulations obligate employers to provide
wage and tax data to SSA using Form W2 or its electronic equivalent.
As part of this process the employer must furnish the employee's name
and Social Security number (SSN). The employee's name and SSN must
match SSA's records for SSA to post earnings to the employee's earnings
record, which SSA maintains. SSA offers several costfree methods for
employers to verify employee information. The costfree methods include:
(1) Internetbased service, known as the Social Security Number
Verification Service (SSNVS)employers can verify if the reported names and SSNs of their employees match SSA's records;
(2) The Employee Verification Service (EVS)employers verify, via
paper and telephone, whether the reported names and SSNs of their employees match SSA's records;
(3) SSA's National 800 Numberan automated telephone employee
verification service (TNEV) that allows callers with an SSAauthorized
PIN and password to verify employees' names and SSNs through TNEV.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Average
Number of Frequency of Number of burden per Total annual
Verification system respondents response responses response burden (hours)
(minutes)
EVS............................. 15,000 2 30,000 10 5,000
EVS OneTime Registration....... 50 1 50 2 2
SSNVS........................... 200,000 60 12,000,000 5 1,000,000
TNEV............................ 35,000 16 560,000 9 84,000
Totals...................... 250,050 .............. 12,590,050 .............. 1,089,002
II. SSA has submitted the information collections we list below to
OMB for clearance. Your comments on the information collections would
be most useful if OMB and SSA receive them within 30 days from the date
of this publication. To be sure we consider your comments, we must
receive them no later than May 28, 2009. You can obtain a copy of the
OMB clearance packages by calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 4109653758 or by writing to the above email address.
1. Medical or Psychological Review of Childhood Disability Evaluation
Form (SSA538)20 CFR 416.1040, 416.1043, 416.1045, 416.924(g)0960 0675
SSA's regional review components use Form SSA536 to facilitate the contract medical or psychological consultant's review of the Childhood Disability Evaluation Form (SSA538). The SSA536 records the reviewing consultant's assessment of the adjudicating component's evaluation. SSA requires the consultant to complete an SSA536 for each Title XVI childhood disability case he or she reviews. The respondents are consultants who review the adjudicating component's completed Childhood Disability Evaluation Form (SSA538).
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 256.
Frequency of Response: 66.
Average Burden per Response: 12 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 3,379 hours.
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2. Identifying Information for Possible Direct Payment of Authorized Fees09600730
SSA uses Form SSA1695 to collect information from appointed representatives to process and facilitate direct payment of authorized fees to a financial institution. SSA will use this information to issue a Form 1099MISC, if applicable. The respondents are attorneys and other individuals who represent claimants for benefits before SSA.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 10,000.
Frequency of Response: 40.
Average Burden per Response: 10 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 66,667 hours.
Note: This is a correction notice. SSA published this
information collection as an extension on February 25, 2009 at 74 FR
8607. Since we are revising the Privacy Act Statement, this is now a revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Dated: April 22, 2009.
John Biles,
Reports Clearance Officer, Center for Reports Clearance, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. E99593 Filed 42709; 8:45 am]
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SUMMARY:
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
DOCUMENT BODY 2:
The Social Security Administration (SSA) publishes a list of information collection packages requiring clearance by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with Public Law (Pub. L.) 10413, the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 1, 1995. This notice includes revisions and extensions of OMBapproved information collections and a new collection.
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. Mail, email, or
fax your comments and recommendations on the information collection(s)
to the OMB Desk Officer and the SSA Reports Clearance Officer to the addresses or fax numbers shown below.
(OMB)
Office of Management and Budget.
Attn: Desk Officer for SSA.
Fax: 2023956974.
Email address: OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. (SSA)
Social Security Administration, DCBFM,
Attn: Reports Clearance Officer, 1332 Annex Building, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235.
Fax: 4109656400.
Email address: OPLM.RCO@ssa.gov.
I. The information collection below is pending at SSA. SSA will
submit it to OMB within 60 days from the date of this notice. To be
sure we consider your comments, we must receive them no later than June
29, 2009. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection instrument by
calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 4109653758 or by writing to the email address we list above.
1. Integrated Registration Services (IRES) System20 CFR 401.450960 0626
The IRES System verifies the identity of individuals, businesses, organizations, entities, and government agencies to use SSA's eService Internet and telephone applications for requesting and exchanging business data with SSA. The requestor provides information, prescribed by SSA, to establish his or her identity. Once SSA verifies identity, IRES will issue the requestor a user identification number (User ID) and a password to conduct business with SSA. Respondents are employers and third party submitters of wage data, business entities providing taxpayer identification information, and data exchange partners conducting business in support of SSA programs.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Average
Number of Frequency of burden per Estimated
Respondent types respondents response response annual burden
(minutes) hours
Appointed Representatives Registering via 200,000 1 5 16,667 Internet.......................................
All Other Business Services Online (BSO) 1,300,000 1 5 108,333 Respondents Registering via Internet...........
Appointed Representatives Registering via 88,000 1 11 16,133 Telephone......................................
All Other BSO Respondents Registering via 120,794 1 11 22,146 Telephone......................................
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Total....................................... 1,708,794 .............. .............. 163,279 2. Request for Internet ServicesPassword Authentication20 CFR 401.4509600632
SSA has a password infrastructure and process for verifying the identity of individuals who choose to use the Internet and the automated telephone response system to conduct personal business with SSA in an electronic environment. To obtain a password from SSA's Individual Password Services, we ask an individual for certain information, prescribed by SSA. SSA uses the information to authenticate an individual prior to issuing a temporary password. Once SSA authenticates an individual, and the individual creates a permanent password, he or she may use SSA's password protected services, e.g., account status, change of address, direct deposit elections, or changes. The respondents are individuals electing to do personal business with SSA through an electronic medium.
Type of Request: Extension of an OMBapproved information collection.
Average
Number of Frequency of burden per Estimated
Automated systems respondents response response annual burden
(minutes) hours
Internet Requestors............................. 3,092,069 1 10 515,345
Telephone Requestors............................ 122,266 1 10 20,378
Totals...................................... 3,214,335 .............. .............. 535,723 3. Social Security Number Verification Services20 CFR 401.450960 0660
Internal Revenue Service regulations obligate employers to provide
wage and tax data to SSA using Form W2 or its electronic equivalent.
As part of this process the employer must furnish the employee's name
and Social Security number (SSN). The employee's name and SSN must
match SSA's records for SSA to post earnings to the employee's earnings
record, which SSA maintains. SSA offers several costfree methods for
employers to verify employee information. The costfree methods include:
(1) Internetbased service, known as the Social Security Number
Verification Service (SSNVS)employers can verify if the reported names and SSNs of their employees match SSA's records;
(2) The Employee Verification Service (EVS)employers verify, via
paper and telephone, whether the reported names and SSNs of their employees match SSA's records;
(3) SSA's National 800 Numberan automated telephone employee
verification service (TNEV) that allows callers with an SSAauthorized
PIN and password to verify employees' names and SSNs through TNEV.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Average
Number of Frequency of Number of burden per Total annual
Verification system respondents response responses response burden (hours)
(minutes)
EVS............................. 15,000 2 30,000 10 5,000
EVS OneTime Registration....... 50 1 50 2 2
SSNVS........................... 200,000 60 12,000,000 5 1,000,000
TNEV............................ 35,000 16 560,000 9 84,000
Totals...................... 250,050 .............. 12,590,050 .............. 1,089,002
II. SSA has submitted the information collections we list below to
OMB for clearance. Your comments on the information collections would
be most useful if OMB and SSA receive them within 30 days from the date
of this publication. To be sure we consider your comments, we must
receive them no later than May 28, 2009. You can obtain a copy of the
OMB clearance packages by calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 4109653758 or by writing to the above email address.
1. Medical or Psychological Review of Childhood Disability Evaluation
Form (SSA538)20 CFR 416.1040, 416.1043, 416.1045, 416.924(g)0960 0675
SSA's regional review components use Form SSA536 to facilitate the contract medical or psychological consultant's review of the Childhood Disability Evaluation Form (SSA538). The SSA536 records the reviewing consultant's assessment of the adjudicating component's evaluation. SSA requires the consultant to complete an SSA536 for each Title XVI childhood disability case he or she reviews. The respondents are consultants who review the adjudicating component's completed Childhood Disability Evaluation Form (SSA538).
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 256.
Frequency of Response: 66.
Average Burden per Response: 12 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 3,379 hours.
[[Page 19263]]
2. Identifying Information for Possible Direct Payment of Authorized Fees09600730
SSA uses Form SSA1695 to collect information from appointed representatives to process and facilitate direct payment of authorized fees to a financial institution. SSA will use this information to issue a Form 1099MISC, if applicable. The respondents are attorneys and other individuals who represent claimants for benefits before SSA.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 10,000.
Frequency of Response: 40.
Average Burden per Response: 10 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 66,667 hours.
Note: This is a correction notice. SSA published this
information collection as an extension on February 25, 2009 at 74 FR
8607. Since we are revising the Privacy Act Statement, this is now a revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Dated: April 22, 2009.
John Biles,
Reports Clearance Officer, Center for Reports Clearance, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. E99593 Filed 42709; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 419102P