Federal Register: July 10, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 131)
DOCID: fr10jy09-92 FR Doc E9-16303
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Social Security Administration
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr10jy09-92
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 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 September 8, 2009. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection instrument by calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 410965 3758, or by writing to the email address we list above.
1. Statement of Reclamation Action31 CFR 21009600734. SSA uses Form SSA1713 to collect information to determine if a Canadian bank is able to return erroneous payments, and to determine how and when it can return the payments made after the death of a beneficiary who elected to have payments sent to Canada. Form SSA1712 (or SSA1712 CN) is the cover sheet SSA prepares to request return of a payment erroneously made after the death of the recipient. SSA sends Form SSA1712 with Form SSA1713. The respondents are Canadian financial institutions that received Social Security payments.
Type of Request: Extension of an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 15.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 5 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 1 hour.
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
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no later than August 10, 2009. You can obtain a copy of the OMB
clearance packages by calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 410 9653758 or by writing to the above email address.
1. Statement of Claimant or Other Person20 CFR 404.702 & 416.57009600045. SSA uses the SSA795 to obtain information from claimants or other persons having knowledge of facts in connection with claims for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Social Security benefits when there is no standard form to collect the needed information. SSA then uses the information to process claims for benefits or for ongoing issues related to the above programs. The respondents are applicants/recipients of SSI or Social Security benefits, or others who are in a position to provide information pertinent to the claim(s).
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 305,500.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 76,375 hours.
2. Claim for Amounts Due in the Case of a Deceased Beneficiary20 CFR 404.503(b)09600101. A completed SSA1724 ensures proper payment of an underpayment due a deceased beneficiary. It is required when there is insufficient information in the file to identify the person(s) entitled to the underpayment, or the person's address. Generally, SSA collects the information when a surviving widow(er) is not already entitled to a monthly benefit on the same earnings record, or is not filing for a lumpsum death payment as a livingwith spouse. The respondents are applicants for underpayments owed to deceased beneficiaries.
Note: This is a correction notice. SSA published this information collection with the incorrect burden information on April 07, 2009 at 74 FR 15808. We are revising the burden
information.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 250,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 10 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 41,667 hours.
3. State Agency Report of Obligations for SSA Disability Programs (SSA4513); Time Report of Personnel Services for Disability Determination Services (SSA4514); State Agency Schedule of Equipment Purchased for SSA Disability Programs (SSA871)20 CFR 404.16260960 0421. SSA uses Forms SSA4513, SSA4514, and SSA871 to collect data necessary for detailed analysis and evaluation of costs State Disability Determination Services (DDS) incur in making disability determinations for SSA. The data are also utilized in determining funding levels for each DDS. Respondents are State DDSs.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 54.
Estimated Annual Burden: 756 hours.
Average burden Estimated
Respondents Frequency of Total annual per response annual burden
response responses (min) (hours)
SSA4513 &Addendum.............. 54 4 216 90 324
SSA4514........................ 54 4 216 90 324
SSA871......................... 54 4 216 30 108
Totals...................... 54 .............. .............. .............. 756
4. Social Security Number Verification Services20 CFR 401.45 09600660. Internal Revenue Service regulations obligate employers to provide SSA with wage and tax data 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) 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 79 12,590,050 26 1,089,002 [[Page 33315]]
Dated: July 6, 2009.
John Biles,
Reports Clearance Officer, Center for Reports Clearance, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. E916303 Filed 7909; 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 requiring clearance by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with Public Law 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 September 8, 2009. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection instrument by calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 410965 3758, or by writing to the email address we list above.
1. Statement of Reclamation Action31 CFR 21009600734. SSA uses Form SSA1713 to collect information to determine if a Canadian bank is able to return erroneous payments, and to determine how and when it can return the payments made after the death of a beneficiary who elected to have payments sent to Canada. Form SSA1712 (or SSA1712 CN) is the cover sheet SSA prepares to request return of a payment erroneously made after the death of the recipient. SSA sends Form SSA1712 with Form SSA1713. The respondents are Canadian financial institutions that received Social Security payments.
Type of Request: Extension of an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 15.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 5 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 1 hour.
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
[[Page 33314]]
no later than August 10, 2009. You can obtain a copy of the OMB
clearance packages by calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 410 9653758 or by writing to the above email address.
1. Statement of Claimant or Other Person20 CFR 404.702 & 416.57009600045. SSA uses the SSA795 to obtain information from claimants or other persons having knowledge of facts in connection with claims for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Social Security benefits when there is no standard form to collect the needed information. SSA then uses the information to process claims for benefits or for ongoing issues related to the above programs. The respondents are applicants/recipients of SSI or Social Security benefits, or others who are in a position to provide information pertinent to the claim(s).
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 305,500.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 76,375 hours.
2. Claim for Amounts Due in the Case of a Deceased Beneficiary20 CFR 404.503(b)09600101. A completed SSA1724 ensures proper payment of an underpayment due a deceased beneficiary. It is required when there is insufficient information in the file to identify the person(s) entitled to the underpayment, or the person's address. Generally, SSA collects the information when a surviving widow(er) is not already entitled to a monthly benefit on the same earnings record, or is not filing for a lumpsum death payment as a livingwith spouse. The respondents are applicants for underpayments owed to deceased beneficiaries.
Note: This is a correction notice. SSA published this information collection with the incorrect burden information on April 07, 2009 at 74 FR 15808. We are revising the burden
information.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 250,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 10 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 41,667 hours.
3. State Agency Report of Obligations for SSA Disability Programs (SSA4513); Time Report of Personnel Services for Disability Determination Services (SSA4514); State Agency Schedule of Equipment Purchased for SSA Disability Programs (SSA871)20 CFR 404.16260960 0421. SSA uses Forms SSA4513, SSA4514, and SSA871 to collect data necessary for detailed analysis and evaluation of costs State Disability Determination Services (DDS) incur in making disability determinations for SSA. The data are also utilized in determining funding levels for each DDS. Respondents are State DDSs.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 54.
Estimated Annual Burden: 756 hours.
Average burden Estimated
Respondents Frequency of Total annual per response annual burden
response responses (min) (hours)
SSA4513 &Addendum.............. 54 4 216 90 324
SSA4514........................ 54 4 216 90 324
SSA871......................... 54 4 216 30 108
Totals...................... 54 .............. .............. .............. 756
4. Social Security Number Verification Services20 CFR 401.45 09600660. Internal Revenue Service regulations obligate employers to provide SSA with wage and tax data 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) 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 79 12,590,050 26 1,089,002 [[Page 33315]]
Dated: July 6, 2009.
John Biles,
Reports Clearance Officer, Center for Reports Clearance, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. E916303 Filed 7909; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 419102P