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SUMMARY:
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 104–13, the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, effective October
1, 1995. This notice includes a new
information collection, and revisions 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
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
minimize 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 SSA Reports Clearance Officer at
the following addresses or fax numbers.
(OMB), Office of Management and
Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA,
Fax: 202–395–6974, Email address:
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
(SSA), Social Security Administration,
DCRDP, Attn: Reports Clearance
Director, 107 Altmeyer Building, 6401
Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235,
Fax: 410–966–2830, Email address:
OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov
I. 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 October 15,
2013. Individuals can obtain copies of
the collection instruments by writing to
the above email address.
1. Request for Corrections of Earnings
Record—20 CFR 404.820 and 20 CFR
422.125—0960–0029. Individuals
alleging their earnings records in SSA’s
files are inaccurate use Form SSA–7008
to provide the information SSA needs to
check earnings posted, and as necessary,
initiate development to resolve any
inaccuracies. The respondents are
individuals who request correction of
earnings posted to their Social Security
earnings record.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
37,500
337,500
1
1
10
10
6,250
56,250
Totals ........................................................................................................
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Paper form .......................................................................................................
In-person or telephone interview .....................................................................
375,000
........................
........................
62,500
2. Protection and Advocacy for
Beneficiaries of Social Security
(PABSS)—20 CFR 435.51–435.52—
0960–0768. In March of 2013, Social
Security announced its intention to
award grants to reestablish communitybased protection and advocacy projects
in every State, U.S. Territories, and the
Hopi and Navajo tribal nations, as
authorized under Section 1150 of the
Social Security Act (Act). Awardees are
the 57 Protection & Advocacy (P&A)
18 17
organizations established under Title I
of the Developmental Disabilities
Assistance and Bill of Rights Act. The
PABSS projects are part of Social
Security’s strategy to increase the
number of Social Security Disability
Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental
Security Income (SSI) recipients who
return to work and achieve financial
independence and self-sufficiency as
the result of receiving support,
representation, advocacy, or other
services. The overarching objective of
the PABSS program is to provide
information and advice about obtaining
vocational rehabilitation and
employment services, and to provide
advocacy or other services a beneficiary
with a disability may need to secure,
maintain, or regain gainful employment.
The PABSS Annual Program
Performance Report collects statistical
information from each of the PABSS
projects in an effort to manage and
CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
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capture program performance and
quantitative data. Social Security uses
the information to evaluate the efficacy
of the program, and to ensure
beneficiaries are receiving quality
services. The project data is valuable to
Social Security in its analysis of and
future planning for the SSDI and SSI
programs. The respondents are the 57
PABSS project sites, and recipients of
SSDI and SSI programs.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
PABSS Program Grantees ..............................................................................
SSDI and SSI Recipients ................................................................................
57
5,000
1
1
60
30
57
2,500
Totals ........................................................................................................
5,057
........................
........................
2,557
II. SSA submitted the information
collections below to OMB for clearance.
Your comments regarding the
information collections would be most
useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30
days from the date of this publication.
To be sure we consider your comments,
we must receive them no later than
September 13, 2013. Individuals can
obtain copies of the OMB clearance
packages by writing to
OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov.
1. Promoting Readiness of Minors in
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
(PROMISE) Evaluation—Preliminary
Activities—0960–NEW.
Background
The Promoting Readiness of Minors in
SSI (PROMISE) program pursues
positive outcomes for children with
disabilities who receive SSI and their
families by reducing dependency on
SSI. The Department of Education is
awarding grants to States to improve the
provision and coordination of services
and support for children with
disabilities who receive SSI and their
families to achieve improved outcomes.
PROMISE Evaluation
With support from the Department of
Labor and the Department of Health and
Human Services, SSA will evaluate the
PROMISE program. SSA will contract
with an evaluator to conduct the
evaluation. The assessment will require
a process evaluation of the PROMISE
projects, an impact analysis of
important outcomes, and a cost-benefit
analysis. This will be a multi-site
project conducted in four States. The
evaluation contractor and the local
PROMISE projects will collect data on
project participants.
Current Information Collection Request
SSA will pursue OMB approval for
subsequent project surveys and focus
group interviews at a later date. In this
information collection request, SSA is
only seeking OMB clearance for one preproject activity: an initial intake
interview including a request for
consent from the participants,
documented on a demonstration
enrollment form. Local project staff will
conduct these interviews at the local
project sites, or in areas convenient for
the families. The demonstration
enrollment form will provide contact
information for purposes of project
administration, as well as work and
education history, and health status, for
baseline measurement purposes. The
demonstration enrollment form will also
allow SSA to obtain informed consent
from the participants and their parents
or guardians. The respondents are
minors receiving SSI who will
eventually participate in the PROMISE
project, their parents or guardians, and,
if applicable, additional household
members.
Type of Request: This is a new
information collection.
Modality of completion
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
Demonstration Enrollment Form ......................................................................
8,000
1*
7
933
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* Each respondent will complete this forms only once for the duration of the PROMISE project.
This is a correction notice: When SSA
published the 60-day Federal Register
Notice for this information collection at
78 FR 22935, on April 17, 2013, we
included two forms: a demonstration
enrollment form, and a consent form.
Since then we have combined the two
forms into a single form, and updated
our burden chart accordingly. In
addition, we decided local project staff
will conduct the intake interviews and
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help the respondents fill out the form,
rather than hiring a contractor to do this
initial task for the PROMISE project.
2. Application for Child’s Insurance
Benefits—20 CFR 404.350–404.368,
404.603, & 416.350—0960–0010. Title II
of the Act provides for the payment of
monthly benefits to children of an
insured retired, disabled, or deceased
worker. Section 202(d) of the Act
discloses the conditions and
requirements the applicant must meet
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when filing an application. SSA uses
the information on Form SSA–4–BK to
determine entitlement for children of
living and deceased workers to monthly
Social Security payments. Respondents
are guardians completing the form on
behalf of the children of living or
deceased workers, or the children of
living or deceased workers.
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Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
Life Claims (paper) ..........................................................................................
Life Claims—Modernized Claims System (MCS) ............................................
Life Claims—Signature Proxy ..........................................................................
Death Claims (paper) ......................................................................................
Death Claims (MCS) ........................................................................................
Death Claims—Signature Proxy ......................................................................
18,500
351,500
351,500
6,000
114,000
114,000
1
1
1
1
1
1
12
12
11
12
12
11
3,700
70,300
64,442
1,200
22,800
20,900
Totals ........................................................................................................
955,500
........................
........................
183,342
3. Certificate of Coverage Request—20
CFR 404.1913—0960–0554. The United
States has agreements with 24 foreign
countries to eliminate double Social
Security coverage and taxation where,
except for the provisions of the
agreement, a worker would be subject to
coverage and taxes in both countries.
These agreements contain rules for
determining the country under whose
laws the worker’s period of employment
is covered, and to which country the
worker will pay taxes. The agreements
further dictate that, upon the request of
the worker or employer, the country
under whose system the period of work
is covered will issue a certificate of
coverage. The certificate serves as proof
of exemption from coverage and
taxation under the system of the other
country. The information we collect
assists us in determining a worker’s
coverage and in issuing a U.S. certificate
of coverage as appropriate. Per our
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
Requests via Letter—Individuals (minus Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, &
Sweden) .......................................................................................................
Requests via Internet—Individuals (minus Denmark, Netherlands, Norway,
& Sweden) ....................................................................................................
Requests via Letter—Individuals in Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, & Sweden ...............................................................................................................
Requests via Internet—Individuals in Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, &
Sweden ........................................................................................................
Requests via Letter—Employers (minus Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, &
Sweden) .......................................................................................................
Requests via Internet—Employers (minus Denmark, Netherlands, Norway,
& Sweden) ....................................................................................................
Requests via Letter—Employers in Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, & Sweden ...............................................................................................................
Requests via Internet—Employers in Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, &
Sweden ........................................................................................................
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40
3,547
1
40
5,319
280
1
44
205
421
1
44
309
21,279
1
40
14,186
31,920
1
40
21,280
1,121
1
44
822
1,680
1
44
1,232
70,000
........................
........................
46,900
Number of
respondents
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Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
7,979
Automated Telephone Services ......................................................................
Internet Services ..............................................................................................
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Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
1
application, if we requested additional
documents (e.g., military discharge
papers, W–2s, birth records, etc.), and
provides the address for the office
processing the application. Once SSA
makes a decision on a claim, we post a
copy of the decision notice online for
the user to view. There are some
exceptions to posting a copy online,
such as disability denial notices (even if
filed electronically) or claims users did
Modality of completion
Frequency of
response
5,320
Totals ........................................................................................................
4. Application Status—20 CFR
401.45—0960–0763. Application Status
provides users with the capability to
check the status of their pending Social
Security claims either via the Internet or
the National 800 Number Automated
Telephone Service. Users need their
Social Security number and a
confirmation number to access this
information. The Application Status
shows users when SSA received the
agreements, we ask a set number of
questions to the workers and employers
prior to issuing a certificate of coverage;
however, our agreements with Denmark,
Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden
require us to ask more questions in
those countries. Respondents are
workers and employers wishing to
establish exemption from foreign Social
Security taxes.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
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not file via the Internet, as we may not
have those notices available for online
review. Respondents are current Social
Security claimants who wish to check
the status of their claims either through
the Internet or the National 800
Number.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Frequency of
response
498,477
6,032,016
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burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
2
1
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Totals ........................................................................................................
Dated: August 9, 2013.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Director, Social Security
Administration.
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Federal Aviation Administration
Aviation Rulemaking Advisory
Committee—New Task
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
AGENCY:
Notice of new task assignment
for the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory
Committee (ARAC).
ACTION:
The FAA assigned the
Aviation Rulemaking Advisory
Committee (ARAC) a new task to
provide recommendations regarding the
outdated Advisory Circular (AC) 120–
17A, Maintenance Control by Reliability
Methods guidance material. The FAA
needs to provide its employees and the
aviation industry with current
information for developing,
implementing, maintaining and
overseeing air carrier’s maintenance
reliability programs. This notice informs
the public of the new ARAC activity and
solicits membership for the
Maintenance Reliability Program
Working Group.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
K. Pitts, Federal Aviation
Administration, AFS–330 Air Carrier
Maintenance Branch, 800 Independence
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591;
email: Paul.K.Pitts@faa.gov, telephone:
(202) 385–6818, facsimile: (202) 385–
6474.
SUMMARY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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ARAC Acceptance of Task
As a result of the June 2013 ARAC
meeting, the FAA has assigned and
ARAC has accepted this task and will
establish the Maintenance Reliability
Program Working Group. The working
group will serve as staff to ARAC and
provide it advice and recommendations
on the assigned task. ARAC will review
and approve the recommendation report
that will be sent to the FAA.
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Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
6,530,493
........................
........................
Background
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Number of
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Modality of completion
The FAA established ARAC to
provide advice and recommendations to
the FAA Administrator, through the
Associate Administrator of Aviation
Safety, on the FAA’s rulemaking
activities. ARAC’s objective is to
improve the development of the FAA’s
regulations and guidance material by
providing information, advice, and
recommendations related to aviation
issues.
The National Transportation Safety
Board (NTSB) issued safety
recommendation, A–09–110, which
identified contradictory philosophy
regarding on-condition maintenance in
reliability program control mechanisms
recognized by the FAA. Specifically, it
requested the FAA to:
Resolve the differences between Advisory
Circular (AC) 120–17A and AC 120–16E
(now revised to AC 120–16F) in regard to
Federal Aviation Administration philosophy
and use of on-condition maintenance
programs.
Currently, AC 120–17A refers to the
Maintenance Steering Group 2 (MSG–2)
logic for developing maintenance
programs, which dates from the 1970’s.
AC 120–16F, dated November 15, 2012,
provides guidance for the
implementation of an air carriers
maintenance program. Air carriers
consider the maintenance requirements
for identifying tasks and intervals when
establishing maintenance programs.
These considerations address corrective
and preventive maintenance on
airframes, engines, rotors, propellers,
appliances, and emergency equipment.
Recognizing the experience gained from
MSG–2, we now use MSG 3 logic,
which replaced MSC–2 logic in 1980,
for developing a more effective set of
procedures through analysis of aircraft
functions, rather than components. In
response to the NTSB safety
recommendation, the FAA is requesting
ARAC assistance to evaluate the
guidance contained in the AC’s that are
associated with methods for
establishing, monitoring, maintaining
and overseeing air carrier reliability
programs.
The Maintenance Reliability Program
Working Group will provide advice and
recommendations on the concepts and
standards for maintenance reliability
methods for ARAC review and approval.
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Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
117,150
The Task
The Maintenance Reliability Program
Working Group is to complete the
following:
1. Review the NTSB Recommendation
A–09–110. https://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/
recletters/2009/A09_108_111.pdf
2. Review AC 120–17A, ‘‘Maintenance
Control by Reliability Methods’’ https://
www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/
advisory_circulars/index.cfm/go/
document.information/documentID/
22744, and AC 120–16F ‘‘Air Carrier
Maintenance Programs’’. https://
www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/
Advisory_Circular/AC%20120-16F.pdf
3. Gather and review all internal and
external guidance documents that
reference or provide information on
establishing, monitoring, maintaining
and overseeing air carrier reliability
programs.
4. Determine whether updated
guidance material is appropriate and if
so, develop draft internal and external
guidance based on modern concepts,
which ensure a standardized
methodology for establishing,
monitoring, maintaining and overseeing
air carrier’s aircraft maintenance
reliability programs.
5. Develop and submit a report that
contains recommendations for ensuring
consistent establishment, monitoring,
maintaining and overseeing an air
carrier reliability program that explains
the decisions made in developing the
recommendation and any corresponding
documents.
6. The working group may be
reinstated to assist the ARAC by
responding to FAA’s questions or
concerns after the recommendation has
been submitted.
The report should document both
majority and minority positions on the
findings and the rationale for each
position. Any disagreements should be
documented, including the rationale for
each position and the reasons for the
disagreement.
Schedule
The recommendation report must be
submitted to the FAA for review and
acceptance no later than September 30,
2014.
Working Group Activity
The Maintenance Reliability Program
Working Group must comply with the
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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 104-13, the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 1, 1995. This notice
includes a new information collection, and revisions 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 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 SSA Reports Clearance Officer at the following
addresses or fax numbers.
(OMB), Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA,
Fax: 202-395-6974, Email address: OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
(SSA), Social Security Administration, DCRDP, Attn: Reports Clearance
Director, 107 Altmeyer Building, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD
21235, Fax: 410-966-2830, Email address: OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov
I. 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
October 15, 2013. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection
instruments by writing to the above email address.
1. Request for Corrections of Earnings Record--20 CFR 404.820 and
20 CFR 422.125--0960-0029. Individuals alleging their earnings records
in SSA's files are inaccurate use Form SSA-7008 to provide the
information SSA needs to check earnings posted, and as necessary,
initiate development to resolve any inaccuracies. The respondents are
individuals who request correction of earnings posted to their Social
Security earnings record.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average burden Estimated
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response total annual
respondents response (minutes) burden (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Paper form...................................... 37,500 1 10 6,250
In-person or telephone interview................ 337,500 1 10 56,250
---------------------------------------------------------------
Totals...................................... 375,000 .............. .............. 62,500
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2. Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security
(PABSS)--20 CFR 435.51-435.52--0960-0768. In March of 2013, Social
Security announced its intention to award grants to reestablish
community-based protection and advocacy projects in every State, U.S.
Territories, and the Hopi and Navajo tribal nations, as authorized
under Section 1150 of the Social Security Act (Act). Awardees are the
57 Protection & Advocacy (P&A) organizations established under Title I
of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act.
The PABSS projects are part of Social Security's strategy to increase
the number of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients who return to work and
achieve financial independence and self-sufficiency as the result of
receiving support, representation, advocacy, or other services. The
overarching objective of the PABSS program is to provide information
and advice about obtaining vocational rehabilitation and employment
services, and to provide advocacy or other services a beneficiary with
a disability may need to secure, maintain, or regain gainful
employment. The PABSS Annual Program Performance Report collects
statistical information from each of the PABSS projects in an effort to
manage and
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capture program performance and quantitative data. Social Security uses
the information to evaluate the efficacy of the program, and to ensure
beneficiaries are receiving quality services. The project data is
valuable to Social Security in its analysis of and future planning for
the SSDI and SSI programs. The respondents are the 57 PABSS project
sites, and recipients of SSDI and SSI programs.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Estimated
Number of Frequency of Average burden total annual
Modality of completion respondents response per response burden
(minutes) (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PABSS Program Grantees.......................... 57 1 60 57
SSDI and SSI Recipients......................... 5,000 1 30 2,500
---------------------------------------------------------------
Totals...................................... 5,057 .............. .............. 2,557
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II. SSA submitted the information collections below to OMB for
clearance. Your comments regarding the information collections would be
most useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30 days from the date of this
publication. To be sure we consider your comments, we must receive them
no later than September 13, 2013. Individuals can obtain copies of the
OMB clearance packages by writing to OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov.
1. Promoting Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income
(SSI) (PROMISE) Evaluation--Preliminary Activities--0960-NEW.
Background
The Promoting Readiness of Minors in SSI (PROMISE) program pursues
positive outcomes for children with disabilities who receive SSI and
their families by reducing dependency on SSI. The Department of
Education is awarding grants to States to improve the provision and
coordination of services and support for children with disabilities who
receive SSI and their families to achieve improved outcomes.
PROMISE Evaluation
With support from the Department of Labor and the Department of
Health and Human Services, SSA will evaluate the PROMISE program. SSA
will contract with an evaluator to conduct the evaluation. The
assessment will require a process evaluation of the PROMISE projects,
an impact analysis of important outcomes, and a cost-benefit analysis.
This will be a multi-site project conducted in four States. The
evaluation contractor and the local PROMISE projects will collect data
on project participants.
Current Information Collection Request
SSA will pursue OMB approval for subsequent project surveys and
focus group interviews at a later date. In this information collection
request, SSA is only seeking OMB clearance for one pre-project
activity: an initial intake interview including a request for consent
from the participants, documented on a demonstration enrollment form.
Local project staff will conduct these interviews at the local project
sites, or in areas convenient for the families. The demonstration
enrollment form will provide contact information for purposes of
project administration, as well as work and education history, and
health status, for baseline measurement purposes. The demonstration
enrollment form will also allow SSA to obtain informed consent from the
participants and their parents or guardians. The respondents are minors
receiving SSI who will eventually participate in the PROMISE project,
their parents or guardians, and, if applicable, additional household
members.
Type of Request: This is a new information collection.
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Average burden Estimated total
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden
respondents response (minutes) (hours)
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Demonstration Enrollment Form............... 8,000 1* 7 933
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* Each respondent will complete this forms only once for the duration of the PROMISE project.
This is a correction notice: When SSA published the 60-day Federal
Register Notice for this information collection at 78 FR 22935, on
April 17, 2013, we included two forms: a demonstration enrollment form,
and a consent form. Since then we have combined the two forms into a
single form, and updated our burden chart accordingly. In addition, we
decided local project staff will conduct the intake interviews and help
the respondents fill out the form, rather than hiring a contractor to
do this initial task for the PROMISE project.
2. Application for Child's Insurance Benefits--20 CFR 404.350-
404.368, 404.603, & 416.350--0960-0010. Title II of the Act provides
for the payment of monthly benefits to children of an insured retired,
disabled, or deceased worker. Section 202(d) of the Act discloses the
conditions and requirements the applicant must meet when filing an
application. SSA uses the information on Form SSA-4-BK to determine
entitlement for children of living and deceased workers to monthly
Social Security payments. Respondents are guardians completing the form
on behalf of the children of living or deceased workers, or the
children of living or deceased workers.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Estimated
Number of Frequency of Average burden total annual
Modality of completion respondents response per response burden
(minutes) (hours)
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Life Claims (paper)............................. 18,500 1 12 3,700
Life Claims--Modernized Claims System (MCS)..... 351,500 1 12 70,300
Life Claims--Signature Proxy.................... 351,500 1 11 64,442
Death Claims (paper)............................ 6,000 1 12 1,200
Death Claims (MCS).............................. 114,000 1 12 22,800
Death Claims--Signature Proxy................... 114,000 1 11 20,900
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Totals...................................... 955,500 .............. .............. 183,342
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3. Certificate of Coverage Request--20 CFR 404.1913--0960-0554. The
United States has agreements with 24 foreign countries to eliminate
double Social Security coverage and taxation where, except for the
provisions of the agreement, a worker would be subject to coverage and
taxes in both countries. These agreements contain rules for determining
the country under whose laws the worker's period of employment is
covered, and to which country the worker will pay taxes. The agreements
further dictate that, upon the request of the worker or employer, the
country under whose system the period of work is covered will issue a
certificate of coverage. The certificate serves as proof of exemption
from coverage and taxation under the system of the other country. The
information we collect assists us in determining a worker's coverage
and in issuing a U.S. certificate of coverage as appropriate. Per our
agreements, we ask a set number of questions to the workers and
employers prior to issuing a certificate of coverage; however, our
agreements with Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden require us to
ask more questions in those countries. Respondents are workers and
employers wishing to establish exemption from foreign Social Security
taxes.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Estimated
Number of Frequency of Average burden total annual
Modality of completion respondents response per response burden
(minutes) (hours)
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Requests via Letter--Individuals (minus Denmark, 5,320 1 40 3,547
Netherlands, Norway, & Sweden).................
Requests via Internet--Individuals (minus 7,979 1 40 5,319
Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, & Sweden)........
Requests via Letter--Individuals in Denmark, 280 1 44 205
Netherlands, Norway, & Sweden..................
Requests via Internet--Individuals in Denmark, 421 1 44 309
Netherlands, Norway, & Sweden..................
Requests via Letter--Employers (minus Denmark, 21,279 1 40 14,186
Netherlands, Norway, & Sweden).................
Requests via Internet--Employers (minus Denmark, 31,920 1 40 21,280
Netherlands, Norway, & Sweden).................
Requests via Letter--Employers in Denmark, 1,121 1 44 822
Netherlands, Norway, & Sweden..................
Requests via Internet--Employers in Denmark, 1,680 1 44 1,232
Netherlands, Norway, & Sweden..................
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Totals...................................... 70,000 .............. .............. 46,900
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4. Application Status--20 CFR 401.45--0960-0763. Application Status
provides users with the capability to check the status of their pending
Social Security claims either via the Internet or the National 800
Number Automated Telephone Service. Users need their Social Security
number and a confirmation number to access this information. The
Application Status shows users when SSA received the application, if we
requested additional documents (e.g., military discharge papers, W-2s,
birth records, etc.), and provides the address for the office
processing the application. Once SSA makes a decision on a claim, we
post a copy of the decision notice online for the user to view. There
are some exceptions to posting a copy online, such as disability denial
notices (even if filed electronically) or claims users did not file via
the Internet, as we may not have those notices available for online
review. Respondents are current Social Security claimants who wish to
check the status of their claims either through the Internet or the
National 800 Number.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Estimated
Number of Frequency of Average burden total annual
Modality of completion respondents response per response burden
(minutes) (hours)
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Automated Telephone Services.................... 498,477 1 2 16,616
Internet Services............................... 6,032,016 1 1 100,534
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Totals...................................... 6,530,493 .............. .............. 117,150
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Dated: August 9, 2013.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Director, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-19701 Filed 8-13-13; 8:45 am]
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