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Florence E. Harmon,
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[FR Doc. E9–27466 Filed 11–16–09; 8:45 am]
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed 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.
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 Director for Reports
Clearance to the addresses or fax
numbers shown below.
(OMB)
Office of Management and Budget, Attn:
Desk Officer for SSA, Fax: 202–395–
6974, E-mail address:
OIRA_Submission@omb.oep.gov.
(SSA)
Social Security Administration,
DCBFM, Attn: Director, Center for
Reports Clearance, 1333 Annex
Building, 6401 Security Blvd.,
Baltimore, MD 21235, Fax: 410–965–
0454, E-mail address: OPLM.RCO@
ssa.gov.
The information collections below are
pending at SSA. SSA will submit them
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 January 19, 2010. Individuals
can obtain copies of the collection
instruments by calling the SSA Director
for Reports Clearance at 410–965–0454
or by writing to the above e-mail
address.
1. Integrated Registration Services
(IRES) System—20 CFR 401.45—0960–
0626. The IRES system verifies the
identity of individuals, businesses,
organizations, entities, and government
agencies that use SSA’s eService
Internet and telephone applications to
request and exchange business data
with SSA. Requestors provide SSArequired information to establish their
identities. 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. In this
Information Collection Request (ICR),
we are making revisions to IRES for
certain applications.
Type of Request: Revision to an OMBapproved information collection.
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Number of
respondents
Respondent types
Estimated
annual burden
(hours)
268,000
,300,000
88,000
120,794
5
2
11
11
22,333
43,333
16,133
22,146
Total ......................................................................................................................................
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Appointed Representatives Registering via Internet ...................................................................
All Other Business Services Online (BSO) Respondents Registering via Internet ....................
Appointed Representatives Registering via CSA Intranet ..........................................................
All Other BSO Respondents Registering via CSA Intranet ........................................................
1,776,794
........................
103,945
2. Request for Business Entity
Taxpayer Information—0960–0731. SSA
will use the information collected via an
Internet application to register law firms
or other business entities that wish to
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serve as appointed representatives and
receive direct payment of fees from SSA
for representing claimants before SSA.
These entities will also be able to
designate individuals as entity
administrators, who they authorize to
perform certain duties on behalf of the
entities (such as providing bank account
information, maintaining entity
information, and updating individual
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affiliations). In addition, SSA will use
the information to meet any requirement
to issue a Form 1099–MISC to law firms
or other business entities pursuant to
sections 6041 and 6045(f) of the Internal
Revenue Code. The respondents are law
firms or other business entities that
wish to serve as appointed
representatives and receive direct
payment of fees.
Type of Request: Revision to an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of Respondents: 8,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden Per Response: 20
minutes.
to do business with us; (2) allows them
access to our records for the claimants
they represent; (3) facilitates direct
payment of authorized fees to appointed
representatives; and (4) collects
information needed to meet Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) requirements to
issue specific IRS forms, if we pay these
representatives in excess of a specific
amount.
This ICR is for changes we will
implement to the collection in 2010.
The respondents are appointed claimant
representatives.
Type of Request: Revision to an OMBapproved information collection.
Estimated Annual Burden: 2,667
hours.
3. Appointed Representative
Services—0960–0732. SSA uses Form
SSA–1699 to register:
• Individuals appointed as
representatives;
• Individuals who will perform
advocacy services on behalf of an
appointed representative;
• Individuals who will act on behalf
of an appointed representative and want
access to our electronic services; and
• Individuals who will serve as
administrators for an entity appointed
as a representative.
By registering these individuals, SSA:
(1) Authenticates and authorizes them
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
Estimated
annual burden
(hours)
SSA–1699 (paper form) ...................................................................................
Internet-based SSA–1699 ...............................................................................
52,800
13,200
1
1
30
22
26,400
4,840
Totals ........................................................................................................
66,000
........................
........................
31,240
Dated: November 10, 2009,
Elizabeth A. Davidson,
Director, Center for Reports Clearance Social
Security Administration.
[FR Doc. E9–27509 Filed 11–16–09; 8:45 am]
(OMB)
Office of Management and Budget,
Attn: Desk Officer for SSA, Fax: 202–
395–6974, E-mail address:
OIRA_Submion@omb.eop.gov.
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(SSA)
Social Security Administration,
DCBFM, Attn: Director, Center for
Reports Clearance, 1333 Annex
Building, 6401 Security Blvd.,
Baltimore, MD 21235, Fax: 410–965–
0454, E-mail 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 January 19, 2010. Individuals
can obtain copies of the collection
instrument by calling the SSA Director
for Reports Clearance at 410–965–0454
or by writing to the above email address.
1. Important Information about Your
Appeal, Waiver Rights and Repayment
Options—20 CFR 404.502–521–0960–
NEW. SSA uses Form SSA–3105 in an
overpayment situation to explain the
claimant’s rights to reconsideration,
waiver, or a different repayment rate.
Claimants use Form SSA–3105 to
inform SSA they do not agree with
SSA’s initial overpayment
determination, they are unable to repay
the overpayment, or to request a waiver
for repayment to SSA. The respondents
are individuals who are overpaid
claimants who are requesting a waiver
of recovery for the overpayment,
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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 and extensions of
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, email, or
fax your comments and
recommendations on the information
collection(s) to the OMB Desk Officer
and the SSA Director for Reports
Clearance to the addresses or fax
numbers shown below.
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reconsideration of the fact of the
overpayment, or a lesser rate of
withholding of the overpayment.
Type of Request: New information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 800,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 15
minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 200,000
hours.
2. Notification of a Social Security
Number (SSN) to an Employer for Wage
Reporting—20 CFR 422.103–0960–
NEW. Individuals applying for
employment must provide an SSN or
indicate they have applied for one. The
information SSA collects on Form SSA–
112 allows SSA to send, at the
individual’s request, the individual’s
SSN to his or her employer. Mailing this
information to the employer ensures the
employer has the correct SSN for the
individual, allows SSA to receive
correct earnings information for wage
reporting purposes for the individual,
and reduces the delay between the
initial SSN assignment and delivery of
the SSN information to the employer.
The respondents are individuals who
are applying for an initial SSN and
request to have the information mailed
to their employer.
Type of Request: New information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 375,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 2
minutes.
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed 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.
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 Director for Reports Clearance to
the addresses or fax numbers shown below.
(OMB)
Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA, Fax: 202-
395-6974, E-mail address: OIRA_Submission@omb.oep.gov.
(SSA)
Social Security Administration, DCBFM, Attn: Director, Center for
Reports Clearance, 1333 Annex Building, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore,
MD 21235, Fax: 410-965-0454, E-mail address: OPLM.RCO@ssa.gov.
The information collections below are pending at SSA. SSA will
submit them 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
January 19, 2010. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection
instruments by calling the SSA Director for Reports Clearance at 410-
965-0454 or by writing to the above e-mail address.
1. Integrated Registration Services (IRES) System--20 CFR 401.45--
0960-0626. The IRES system verifies the identity of individuals,
businesses, organizations, entities, and government agencies that use
SSA's eService Internet and telephone applications to request and
exchange business data with SSA. Requestors provide SSA-required
information to establish their identities. 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. In this Information
Collection Request (ICR), we are making revisions to IRES for certain
applications.
Type of Request: Revision to an OMB-approved information
collection.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average burden Estimated
Respondent types Number of per response annual burden
respondents (minutes) (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Appointed Representatives Registering via Internet.............. 268,000 5 22,333
All Other Business Services Online (BSO) Respondents Registering ,300,000 2 43,333
via Internet...................................................
Appointed Representatives Registering via CSA Intranet.......... 88,000 11 16,133
All Other BSO Respondents Registering via CSA Intranet.......... 120,794 11 22,146
-----------------------------------------------
Total....................................................... 1,776,794 .............. 103,945
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2. Request for Business Entity Taxpayer Information--0960-0731. SSA
will use the information collected via an Internet application to
register law firms or other business entities that wish to serve as
appointed representatives and receive direct payment of fees from SSA
for representing claimants before SSA. These entities will also be able
to designate individuals as entity administrators, who they authorize
to perform certain duties on behalf of the entities (such as providing
bank account information, maintaining entity information, and updating
individual
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affiliations). In addition, SSA will use the information to meet any
requirement to issue a Form 1099-MISC to law firms or other business
entities pursuant to sections 6041 and 6045(f) of the Internal Revenue
Code. The respondents are law firms or other business entities that
wish to serve as appointed representatives and receive direct payment
of fees.
Type of Request: Revision to an OMB-approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 8,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden Per Response: 20 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 2,667 hours.
3. Appointed Representative Services--0960-0732. SSA uses Form SSA-
1699 to register:
Individuals appointed as representatives;
Individuals who will perform advocacy services on behalf
of an appointed representative;
Individuals who will act on behalf of an appointed
representative and want access to our electronic services; and
Individuals who will serve as administrators for an entity
appointed as a representative.
By registering these individuals, SSA: (1) Authenticates and
authorizes them to do business with us; (2) allows them access to our
records for the claimants they represent; (3) facilitates direct
payment of authorized fees to appointed representatives; and (4)
collects information needed to meet Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
requirements to issue specific IRS forms, if we pay these
representatives in excess of a specific amount.
This ICR is for changes we will implement to the collection in
2010. The respondents are appointed claimant representatives.
Type of Request: Revision to an OMB-approved information
collection.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average burden Estimated
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden
respondents response (minutes) (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SSA-1699 (paper form)........................... 52,800 1 30 26,400
Internet-based SSA-1699......................... 13,200 1 22 4,840
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Totals...................................... 66,000 .............. .............. 31,240
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Dated: November 10, 2009,
Elizabeth A. Davidson,
Director, Center for Reports Clearance Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-27509 Filed 11-16-09; 8:45 am]
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