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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Request and
Comment Request
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.) 104–13, the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
effective October 1, 1995. This notice
includes revisions to OMB-approved
information collections and extensions
(no change) of existing OMB-approved
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. Mail, e-mail, 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 listed
below.
(OMB), Office of Management and
Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA, Fax:
202–395–6974, e-mail address:
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov;
(SSA), Social Security
Administration, DCBFM, Attn: Reports
Clearance Officer, 1333 Annex Building,
6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD
21235, Fax: 410–965–6400, e-mail
address: OPLM.RCO@ssa.gov.
I. The information collections listed
below are pending at SSA. SSA will
submit them to OMB within 60 days
from the date of this notice. Therefore,
your comments would be most helpful
if you submit them to SSA within 60
days from the date of this publication.
You can obtain copies of the collection
instruments by calling the SSA Reports
Clearance Officer at 410–965–0454 or by
writing to the address listed above.
1. Disability Update Report—20 CFR
404.1589–.1595, 416.988–.996—0960–
0511. SSA periodically reviews current
disability benefits recipients’ cases to
determine if these beneficiaries should
continue to receive disability payments.
In cases where these reviews indicate
beneficiaries might have experienced a
medical improvement, SSA must
investigate further. The Agency uses
form SSA–455/SSA–455–OCR–SM, the
Disability Update Report, for this
purpose. Specifically, SSA uses the
information it gathers on this form to
determine if (1) There is enough
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evidence to warrant referring the
beneficiary for a full medical
Continuing Disability Review (CDR); (2)
the beneficiary’s impairment has not
changed enough to warrant a CDR; or (3)
there are unresolved work-related issues
for the beneficiary. The respondents are
Title II and Title XVI disability payment
recipients.
Type of Request: Extension of an
OMB-approved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 880,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 15
minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 220,000
hours.
2. Help America Vote Act (HAVA)—
0960–0706. H.R. 3295, the Help America
Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002, mandates that
States verify the identities of newly
registered voters. When newly
registered voters do not have drivers’
licenses or State-issued ID cards, they
must supply the last four digits of their
Social Security Numbers (SSNs) to their
Type of
respondent
Information
collection
requirement
Title II Payment
Recipients.
Financial Institutions (banks).
Totals .........
benefits recipients choose to receive
their payments via the Direct Deposit
Program, in which SSA transfers funds
directly to recipients’ accounts at a
financial institution (FI). However,
many Title II payment recipients still
receive their payments through
traditional paper checks. In an effort to
encourage these beneficiaries to change
from paper checks to the Direct Deposit
Program, SSA is collaborating with the
Department of the Treasury and several
FIs to implement the National Direct
Deposit Initiative. In this program, SSA
will work with FIs to determine which
of the target Title II beneficiaries have
accounts at the participating banks. The
banks will then send forms to these
beneficiaries encouraging them to enroll
in the Direct Deposit Program. The
respondents are the participating FIs
and Title II beneficiaries currently
receiving their payments via check.
Type of Request: Extension of an
OMB-approved information collection.
local State election agencies for
verification. The election agencies
forward this information to their State
Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA)
that inputs the data into the American
Association of Motor Vehicle
Administrations, a central consolidation
system that routes the voter data to
SSA’s Help America Vote Verification
system. Once SSA’s HAVV system has
confirmed the identity of the voter, the
information will be returned along the
same route (in reverse) until it reaches
the State election agency. The official
respondents for this collection are the
State MVAs.
Type of Request: Extension of an
OMB-approved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 2,352,204.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 2
minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 78,407
hours.
3. National Direct Deposit Initiative—
31 CFR 210—0960–0711. Many SSA
Average
burden
response
(minutes)
Estimated
annual
burden
(hours)
Number of
respondents
Frequency
of response
Direct Deposit
Enrollment
Form.
Data screening/
matching activities; SSA’s
data management requirements.
100,000
1
2
10
1
240
...........................
110,000
....................
....................
3,373
Total Estimated Annual Burden
(hours): 3,373 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Cost Burden
($): $10,390.
4. Authorization to Disclose
Information to Social Security
Administration—20 CFR 404.1512 & 20
CFR 416.912—0960–0623. SSA must
obtain sufficient medical evidence to
Number of
reports by
each
respondent
N/A
$1,039
$10,390
....................
10,390
N/A
make eligibility determinations for
Social Security disability benefits and
SSI payments. For SSA to obtain
medical evidence, an applicant must
authorize his or her medical source(s) to
release the information to SSA. The
applicant may use form SSA–827 to
provide consent for the release of
information. Generally, the State DDS
Total respondents
N/A
...........................
40
Total annual
cost burden
Printing/ mailing
of 100,000 enrollment forms.
3,333
Estimated
cost burden
per
respondent
Cost
requirement
completes the form(s) based on
information provided by the applicant,
and sends the form(s) to the designated
medical source(s). The respondents are
applicants for Title II benefits and Title
XVI payments.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Total annual
responses
Estimated
number of
minutes per
response
Total burden
hours
Reading, Signing, and Dating the 1st SSA–827 (10 minutes)
3,853,928 .........................................................................................................
1
3,853,928
10
642,321
11,561,784
1
192,696
3
29,312
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Signing and Dating Three Additional SSA–827s
3,853,928 .........................................................................................................
3
Reading the Explanation of the SSA–827 on the Internet
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Collectively:
Number of Respondents: 3,853,928.
Frequency of Response (Average per
case): 4.
Average Burden per Response: 13
minutes to complete all 4 forms.
Average Burden to Read Internet
Instructions: 3 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden for Reading
Internet Explanation: 29,312.
Estimated Annual Burden to read
instructions and complete the form:
864,329 hours.
5. Review of the Disability Hearing
Officer’s Reconsidered Determinations
Before It Is Issued—20 CFR 404.913–
404.918, 404.1512–404.1515, 404.1589,
416.912–416.915, 416.989, 416.1413–
416.1418, 404.918(d) and 416.1418(d)—
0960–0709. When SSA approves a
claimant for Social Security Disability
Benefits, it periodically conducts a
Continuing Disability Review (CDR),
during which the Agency reviews the
claimant’s status to see if his/her
condition has improved to the point
where the claimant is capable of
working. If SSA notifies a claimant that
the Agency will cease paying his/her
benefits, he/she may appeal that
determination. The first appeal gives the
claimant the opportunity for a full
evidentiary hearing before a Disability
Hearing Officer (DHO). A federal
component reviews a small sample of
the DHOs’ determinations. It is rare for
the reviewing component to reverse a
DHO determination favorable to the
claimant. Before SSA can effect the
unfavorable determination, the claimant
has 10 days to provide a written
statement explaining why SSA should
not stop his/her payments. That written
statement is the information collected in
this process. In the last three years, we
experienced an average of eight
instances where the reviewing unit
reversed the DHO determination.
Respondents are CDR claimants whose
benefits are going to cease.
Type of Request: Extension of an
OMB-approved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 8.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 60
minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 8 hours.
II. SSA has submitted the information
collections listed below. Your
comments on the information
collections will be most useful if OMB
and SSA receive them within 30 days
from the date of this publication. You
can request a copy of the information
collections by e-mail,
OPLM.RCO@ssa.gov, fax 410–965–6400,
or by calling the SSA Reports Clearance
Officer at 410–965–0454.
1. Youth Transition Process
Demonstration Evaluation Data
Collection—0960–0687
Background
The purpose of the Youth Transition
Demonstration (YTD) project is to help
young people with disabilities make the
transition from school to work. While
participating in the project, youth can
continue to work and/or continue their
education because SSA waives certain
disability program rules and offers
services to youth who are receiving
disability benefits or have a high
probability of receiving them. SSA will
fully implement YTD projects in 10 sites
across the country. The evaluation will
produce empirical evidence on the
effects of the waivers and project
services including educational
attainment, employment, earnings, and
receipt of benefits by youth with
disabilities but also on the Social
Security Trust Fund and federal income
tax revenues. This type of project is
authorized by Sections 1110 and 234 of
the Social Security Act.
Project Description
Given the importance of estimating
YTD effects as accurately as possible,
we will evaluate the project using
rigorous analytic methods based on
randomly assigning youth to a treatment
or control group. We will conduct
several data collections. These include
(1) Baseline interviews with youth and
their parents or guardians prior to
random assignment; (2) follow-up
interviews at 12 and 36 months after
random assignment; (3) interviews
and/or roundtable discussions with
local program administrators, program
supervisors, and service delivery staff;
and (4) focus groups of youths, their
parents, and service providers. The
respondents are youths with disabilities
enrolled in the project; their parents or
guardians; program staff; and service
providers.
Type of Request: Revision of an
existing OMB clearance.
Average
burden per
response
(hours)
Responses
per
respondent
Number of
respondents
Total response
burden
(hours)
Data collection year
Collection
2008 ..............................
Baseline ..............................................................
Informed consent ................................................
12 month follow-up .............................................
In-depth interviews .............................................
Focus group ........................................................
Program staff/service provider ...........................
2,531
2,531
1,502
120
60
32
1
1
1
1
1
1
0.55
0.083
0.83
0.42
1.5
1
1,392
210
1,247
50
90
32
Total 2008 .............
.............................................................................
........................
........................
..........................
3,021
Dated: July 7, 2008.
Elizabeth A. Davidson,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security
Administration.
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and
Comment Request
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.)
104-13, the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 1, 1995.
This notice includes revisions to OMB-approved information collections
and extensions (no change) of existing OMB-approved 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. Mail, e-mail, 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 listed below.
(OMB), Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA,
Fax: 202-395-6974, e-mail address: OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov;
(SSA), Social Security Administration, DCBFM, Attn: Reports
Clearance Officer, 1333 Annex Building, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore,
MD 21235, Fax: 410-965-6400, e-mail address: OPLM.RCO@ssa.gov.
I. The information collections listed below are pending at SSA. SSA
will submit them to OMB within 60 days from the date of this notice.
Therefore, your comments would be most helpful if you submit them to
SSA within 60 days from the date of this publication. You can obtain
copies of the collection instruments by calling the SSA Reports
Clearance Officer at 410-965-0454 or by writing to the address listed
above.
1. Disability Update Report--20 CFR 404.1589-.1595, 416.988-.996--
0960-0511. SSA periodically reviews current disability benefits
recipients' cases to determine if these beneficiaries should continue
to receive disability payments. In cases where these reviews indicate
beneficiaries might have experienced a medical improvement, SSA must
investigate further. The Agency uses form SSA-455/SSA-455-OCR-SM, the
Disability Update Report, for this purpose. Specifically, SSA uses the
information it gathers on this form to determine if (1) There is enough
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evidence to warrant referring the beneficiary for a full medical
Continuing Disability Review (CDR); (2) the beneficiary's impairment
has not changed enough to warrant a CDR; or (3) there are unresolved
work-related issues for the beneficiary. The respondents are Title II
and Title XVI disability payment recipients.
Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 880,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 220,000 hours.
2. Help America Vote Act (HAVA)--0960-0706. H.R. 3295, the Help
America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002, mandates that States verify the
identities of newly registered voters. When newly registered voters do
not have drivers' licenses or State-issued ID cards, they must supply
the last four digits of their Social Security Numbers (SSNs) to their
local State election agencies for verification. The election agencies
forward this information to their State Motor Vehicle Administration
(MVA) that inputs the data into the American Association of Motor
Vehicle Administrations, a central consolidation system that routes the
voter data to SSA's Help America Vote Verification system. Once SSA's
HAVV system has confirmed the identity of the voter, the information
will be returned along the same route (in reverse) until it reaches the
State election agency. The official respondents for this collection are
the State MVAs.
Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 2,352,204.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 2 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 78,407 hours.
3. National Direct Deposit Initiative--31 CFR 210--0960-0711. Many
SSA benefits recipients choose to receive their payments via the Direct
Deposit Program, in which SSA transfers funds directly to recipients'
accounts at a financial institution (FI). However, many Title II
payment recipients still receive their payments through traditional
paper checks. In an effort to encourage these beneficiaries to change
from paper checks to the Direct Deposit Program, SSA is collaborating
with the Department of the Treasury and several FIs to implement the
National Direct Deposit Initiative. In this program, SSA will work with
FIs to determine which of the target Title II beneficiaries have
accounts at the participating banks. The banks will then send forms to
these beneficiaries encouraging them to enroll in the Direct Deposit
Program. The respondents are the participating FIs and Title II
beneficiaries currently receiving their payments via check.
Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average Estimated Estimated
Information Number of Frequency burden annual cost burden Total
Type of respondent collection respondents of response response burden Cost requirement per annual cost
requirement (minutes) (hours) respondent burden
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title II Payment Recipients..... Direct Deposit 100,000 1 2 3,333 N/A N/A N/A
Enrollment Form.
Financial Institutions (banks).. Data screening/ 10 1 240 40 Printing/ mailing $1,039 $10,390
matching of 100,000
activities; SSA's enrollment forms.
data management
requirements.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Totals...................... ................... 110,000 ........... ........... 3,373 ................... ........... 10,390
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Total Estimated Annual Burden (hours): 3,373 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Cost Burden ($): $10,390.
4. Authorization to Disclose Information to Social Security
Administration--20 CFR 404.1512 & 20 CFR 416.912--0960-0623. SSA must
obtain sufficient medical evidence to make eligibility determinations
for Social Security disability benefits and SSI payments. For SSA to
obtain medical evidence, an applicant must authorize his or her medical
source(s) to release the information to SSA. The applicant may use form
SSA-827 to provide consent for the release of information. Generally,
the State DDS completes the form(s) based on information provided by
the applicant, and sends the form(s) to the designated medical
source(s). The respondents are applicants for Title II benefits and
Title XVI payments.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Number of Estimated
reports by Total annual number of Total burden
Total respondents each responses minutes per hours
respondent response
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reading, Signing, and Dating the 1st SSA-827 (10 minutes)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3,853,928....................................... 1 3,853,928 10 642,321
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Signing and Dating Three Additional SSA-827s
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3,853,928....................................... 3 11,561,784 1 192,696
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reading the Explanation of the SSA-827 on the Internet
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
586,232......................................... 1 586,232 3 29,312
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Collectively:
Number of Respondents: 3,853,928.
Frequency of Response (Average per case): 4.
Average Burden per Response: 13 minutes to complete all 4 forms.
Average Burden to Read Internet Instructions: 3 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden for Reading Internet Explanation: 29,312.
Estimated Annual Burden to read instructions and complete the form:
864,329 hours.
5. Review of the Disability Hearing Officer's Reconsidered
Determinations Before It Is Issued--20 CFR 404.913-404.918, 404.1512-
404.1515, 404.1589, 416.912-416.915, 416.989, 416.1413-416.1418,
404.918(d) and 416.1418(d)--0960-0709. When SSA approves a claimant for
Social Security Disability Benefits, it periodically conducts a
Continuing Disability Review (CDR), during which the Agency reviews the
claimant's status to see if his/her condition has improved to the point
where the claimant is capable of working. If SSA notifies a claimant
that the Agency will cease paying his/her benefits, he/she may appeal
that determination. The first appeal gives the claimant the opportunity
for a full evidentiary hearing before a Disability Hearing Officer
(DHO). A federal component reviews a small sample of the DHOs'
determinations. It is rare for the reviewing component to reverse a DHO
determination favorable to the claimant. Before SSA can effect the
unfavorable determination, the claimant has 10 days to provide a
written statement explaining why SSA should not stop his/her payments.
That written statement is the information collected in this process. In
the last three years, we experienced an average of eight instances
where the reviewing unit reversed the DHO determination. Respondents
are CDR claimants whose benefits are going to cease.
Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 8.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 60 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 8 hours.
II. SSA has submitted the information collections listed below.
Your comments on the information collections will be most useful if OMB
and SSA receive them within 30 days from the date of this publication.
You can request a copy of the information collections by e-mail,
OPLM.RCO@ssa.gov, fax 410-965-6400, or by calling the SSA Reports
Clearance Officer at 410-965-0454.
1. Youth Transition Process Demonstration Evaluation Data Collection--
0960-0687
Background
The purpose of the Youth Transition Demonstration (YTD) project is
to help young people with disabilities make the transition from school
to work. While participating in the project, youth can continue to work
and/or continue their education because SSA waives certain disability
program rules and offers services to youth who are receiving disability
benefits or have a high probability of receiving them. SSA will fully
implement YTD projects in 10 sites across the country. The evaluation
will produce empirical evidence on the effects of the waivers and
project services including educational attainment, employment,
earnings, and receipt of benefits by youth with disabilities but also
on the Social Security Trust Fund and federal income tax revenues. This
type of project is authorized by Sections 1110 and 234 of the Social
Security Act.
Project Description
Given the importance of estimating YTD effects as accurately as
possible, we will evaluate the project using rigorous analytic methods
based on randomly assigning youth to a treatment or control group. We
will conduct several data collections. These include (1) Baseline
interviews with youth and their parents or guardians prior to random
assignment; (2) follow-up interviews at 12 and 36 months after random
assignment; (3) interviews and/or roundtable discussions with local
program administrators, program supervisors, and service delivery
staff; and (4) focus groups of youths, their parents, and service
providers. The respondents are youths with disabilities enrolled in the
project; their parents or guardians; program staff; and service
providers.
Type of Request: Revision of an existing OMB clearance.
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Average
Number of Responses per burden per Total response
Data collection year Collection respondents respondent response burden
(hours) (hours)
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2008.......................... Baseline........ 2,531 1 0.55 1,392
Informed consent 2,531 1 0.083 210
12 month follow- 1,502 1 0.83 1,247
up.
In-depth 120 1 0.42 50
interviews.
Focus group..... 60 1 1.5 90
Program staff/ 32 1 1 32
service
provider.
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Total 2008................ ................ .............. .............. .............. 3,021
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Dated: July 7, 2008.
Elizabeth A. Davidson,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-15752 Filed 7-10-08; 8:45 am]
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