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2. Benefit Offset National
Demonstration—0960–0785. SSA is
undertaking the Benefit Offset National
Demonstration (BOND)—a
demonstration and evaluation of policy
changes and services on the Social
Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
program—in an effort to produce strong
evidence about the effectiveness of
potential solutions that would improve
the historically very low rate of return
to work among SSDI beneficiaries.
Under current law, Social Security
beneficiaries lose their SSDI benefit if
they have earnings or work activity
above the threshold of Substantial
Gainful Activity. The benefit-offset
component of this demonstration
reduces benefits by $1 for each $2 in
earnings above the BOND threshold,
resulting in a gradual reduction in
benefits as earnings increase. The
experimental design for BOND tests a
benefit offset alone and in conjunction
with enhanced work incentives
counseling. The central research
questions include:
• What is the effect of the benefit
offset alone on employment and other
outcomes?
• What is the effect of the benefit
offset in combination with enhanced
work incentives counseling on
employment and other outcomes?
The public survey data collections
have four components—an impact
study, a cost-benefit analysis, a
participation analysis, and a process
study. The data collections are a
primary source for data to measure the
effects of a more generous benefit offset
and the provision of enhanced work
incentives counseling on SSDI
beneficiaries’ work efforts and earnings.
Ultimately, these data will benefit
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
Participation Agreement .......................................................
Baseline Survey ...................................................................
Stage 2, 12-month Interim Survey .......................................
Stage 1, 36-month Survey ...................................................
Stage 2, 36-month Survey ...................................................
Enhanced Work Incentives Assessment .............................
Key Informant Interviews .....................................................
Stage 2, Participant Focus Groups .....................................
Stage 1, First Contact Letter Survey ...................................
12,954
12,954
10,363
8,000
10,363
3,089
100
600
500
Totals ............................................................................
Number of
responses
89,923
Dated: January 27, 2014.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Director, Social Security
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2014–01828 Filed 1–29–14; 8:45 am]
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Request and
Comment Request
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Frequency of
response
researchers, policy analysts, policy
makers and the United States Congress
in a wide range of program areas. The
effects of BOND on the well-being of
SSDI beneficiaries could manifest
themselves in many dimensions and
could be relevant to an array of other
public programs. This project offers the
first opportunity to obtain reliable
measures of these effects based upon a
nationally representative sample. The
long-term indirect benefits of this
research are therefore likely to be
substantial. Respondents are SSDI
beneficiaries and concurrent SSDI
beneficiaries and Supplemental Security
Income recipients who we randomly
assign to the study (Stage 1), and SSDI
beneficiaries who agree to participate in
the study (Stage 2).
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
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 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
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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, OLCA,
Attn: Reports Clearance Director, 3100
West High Rise, 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 March 31,
2014. Individuals can obtain copies of
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12,954
12,954
10,363
8,000
10,363
3,089
700
600
500
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
20
41
29
49
60
35
60
90
3
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
4,318
8,852
5,009
6,533
10,363
1,802
700
900
25
38,502
the collection instruments by writing to
the above email address.
1. Questionnaire About Employment
or Self-Employment Outside the United
States—20 CFR 404.401(b)(1), 404.415 &
404.417—0960–0050. When a Social
Security beneficiary or claimant reports
work outside the United States, SSA
uses Form SSA–7163 to determine if
foreign work deductions are applicable.
Specifically, SSA uses Form SSA–7163
to determine: (1) Whether work
performed by beneficiaries outside the
United States is cause for deductions
from their monthly benefits; (2) which
of two work tests (foreign or regular test)
is applicable; and (3) the number of
months, if any, for SSA-imposed
deductions. As the respondents are
beneficiaries living and working outside
the United States, SSA must determine
whether the annual earnings test applies
to all earnings from work covered by the
Social Security Act (Act), including
earnings from covered work performed
outside the United States. However,
because of the differences in foreign
currency values, it is administratively
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impractical to apply this test to earnings
from non-covered work performed
outside the United States and base it on
United States dollars. Accordingly, the
45-hour work test provides for
deductions from the benefits of
employees under full retirement age
who engage in non-covered
remunerative activity for more than 45
hours in a calendar month. SSA asks
beneficiaries working outside the
United States to complete this form
annually or every other year (depending
on the country of residence).
Respondents for this collection are
beneficiaries or claimants for Social
Security benefits who are engaged in
work outside the United States.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Modality of completion
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
SSA–7163 ........................................................................................................
20,000
1
12
4,000
2. Statement of Death by Funeral
Director—20 CFR 404.715 and
404.720—0960–0142. When an SSAinsured worker dies, the funeral director
or funeral home responsible for the
worker’s burial or cremation completes
Form SSA–721 and sends it to SSA.
SSA uses this information for three
purposes: (1) To establish proof of death
for the insured worker; (2) to determine
if the insured individual was receiving
any pre-death benefits SSA needs to
terminate; and (3) to ascertain which
surviving family member is eligible for
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
SSA–721 ..........................................................................................................
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
March 3, 2014. Individuals can obtain
copies of the OMB clearance packages
the lump-sum death payment or for
other death benefits. The respondents
are funeral directors who handled death
arrangements for the insured
individuals.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Frequency of
response
319,811
by writing to OR.Reports.Clearance@
ssa.gov.
1. Statement of Agricultural Employer
(Year Prior to 1988; and 1988 and
later)—20 CFR 404.702, 404.802,
404.1056—0960–0036. If agricultural
workers believe their employers (1) did
not report their wages or (2) reported
incorrect wage amounts, SSA will assist
them in resolving this issue.
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
1
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
4
21,321
Specifically, SSA will send Forms SSA–
1002–F3 or SSA–1003–F3 to the
agricultural employers to collect
evidence of wages paid. The
respondents are agricultural employers
whose workers request wage verification
or correction for their earnings records.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Modality of completion
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
SSA–1002 ........................................................................................................
SSA–1003 ........................................................................................................
7,500
25,000
1
1
30
30
3,750
12,500
Total ..........................................................................................................
32,500
........................
........................
16,250
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2. Request for Waiver of Special
Veterans Benefits (SVB) Overpayment
Recovery or Change in Repayment
Rate—20 CFR 408.900–408.950–0960–
0698. Title VIII of the Act requires SSA
to pay a monthly benefit to qualified
World War II veterans who reside
outside the United States. When an
overpayment in this SVB occurs, the
beneficiary can request a waiver of
recovery of the overpayment or a change
in the repayment rate. SSA uses the
SSA–2032–BK to obtain the information
necessary to establish whether the
claimant meets the waiver of recovery
provisions of the overpayment, and to
determine the repayment rate if we do
not waive repayment. Respondents are
SVB beneficiaries who have
overpayments on their Title VIII record
and wish to file a claim for waiver of
recovery or change in repayment rate.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Modality of completion
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
SSA–2032–BK .................................................................................................
450
1
120
900
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Dated: January 27, 2014.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Director, Social Security
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2014–01827 Filed 1–29–14; 8:45 am]
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No. SSA–2014–0003]
Public Availability of Social Security
Administration Fiscal Year (FY) 2013
Service Contract Inventory
Social Security Administration.
Notice of Public Availability of
FY 2013 Service Contract Inventories.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with Section
743 of Division C of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act of 2010 (Pub. L.
111–117), we are publishing this notice
to advise the public of the availability
of the FY 2013 Service Contract
inventory. This inventory provides
information on FY 2013 service contract
actions over $25,000. We organized the
information by function to show how
we distribute contracted resources
throughout the agency. We developed
the inventory in accordance with
guidance issued on November 5, 2010
by the Office of Management and
Budget’s Office of Federal Procurement
Policy (OFPP). OFPP’s guidance is
available at https://www.whitehouse.gov/
sites/default/files/omb/procurement/
memo/service-contract-inventoriesguidance-11052010.pdf. You can access
the inventory and summary of the
inventory on our homepage at the
following link: https://
www.socialsecurity.gov/sci.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Ploss, Office of Budget, Social
Security Administration, 6401 Security
Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235–6401.
Phone (410) 965–4688, email
Mark.Ploss@SSA.gov.
SUMMARY:
Dated: January 27, 2014.
Michelle King,
Deputy Associate Commissioner, Office of
Budget, Office of Budget, Finance, Quality,
and Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 8613]
Culturally Significant Object Imported
for Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘Goya
and the Altamira Family’’
Notice is hereby given of the
following determinations: Pursuant to
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included in the exhibition ‘‘The Magna
Carta,’’ imported from abroad for
temporary exhibition within the United
States, are of cultural significance. The
objects are imported pursuant to a loan
agreement with the foreign owner or
custodian. I also determine that the
exhibition or display of the exhibit
objects at the Houston Museum of
Natural Science, Houston, TX, from on
or about February 14, 2014, until on or
about August 17, 2014, and at possible
additional exhibitions or venues yet to
be determined, is in the national
interest. I have ordered that Public
Notice of these Determinations be
published in the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information, including a list of
the exhibit objects, contact Julie
Simpson, Attorney-Adviser, Office of
the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of
State (telephone: 202–632–6467). The
mailing address is U.S. Department of
State, SA–5, L/PD, Fifth Floor (Suite
5H03), Washington, DC 20522–0505.
Dated: January 23, 2014.
Kelly Keiderling,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau
of Educational and Cultural Affairs,
Department of State.
Culturally Significant Objects Imported
for Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘Robert
Heinecken: Object Matter’’ Exhibition
[FR Doc. 2014–01887 Filed 1–29–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 8614]
Notice is hereby given of the
following determinations: Pursuant to
the authority vested in me by the Act of
October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C.
2459), Executive Order 12047 of March
27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and
Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat.
2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et
seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of
October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority
No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000 (and, as
appropriate, Delegation of Authority No.
257 of April 15, 2003), I hereby
determine that the objects to be
SUMMARY:
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SUMMARY:
the authority vested in me by the Act of
October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C.
2459), Executive Order 12047 of March
27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and
Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat.
2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et
seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of
October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority
No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000 (and, as
appropriate, Delegation of Authority No.
257 of April 15, 2003), I hereby
determine that the object to be included
in the exhibition ‘‘Goya and the
Altamira Family,’’ imported from
abroad for temporary exhibition within
the United States, is of cultural
significance. The object is imported
pursuant to a loan agreement with the
foreign owner or custodian. I also
determine that the exhibition or display
of the exhibit object at The Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York, NY, from on
or about April 22, 2014, until on or
about August 3, 2014, and at possible
additional exhibitions or venues yet to
be determined, is in the national
interest. I have ordered that Public
Notice of these Determinations be
published in the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information, including a list of
the exhibit object, contact Julie
Simpson, Attorney-Adviser, Office of
the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of
State (telephone: 202–632–6467). The
mailing address is U.S. Department of
State, SA–5, L/PD, Fifth Floor (Suite
5H03), Washington, DC 20522–0505.
Culturally Significant Objects Imported
for Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘The
Magna Carta’’ Exhibition
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Dated: January 23, 2014.
Kelly Keiderling,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau
of Educational and Cultural Affairs,
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2014–01885 Filed 1–29–14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4710–05–P
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 8615]
Notice is hereby given of the
following determinations: Pursuant to
the authority vested in me by the Act of
October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C.
2459), Executive Order 12047 of March
27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and
Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat.
2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et
seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of
October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority
No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000 (and, as
appropriate, Delegation of Authority No.
257 of April 15, 2003), I hereby
determine that the objects to be
included in the exhibition ‘‘Robert
Heinecken: Object Matter,’’ imported
from abroad for temporary exhibition
within the United States, are of cultural
significance. The objects are imported
pursuant to loan agreements with the
foreign owner or custodian. I also
determine that the exhibition or display
of the exhibit objects at The Museum of
Modern Art, New York, NY, from on or
about March 15, 2014, until on or about
June 22, 2014; the Armand Hammer
SUMMARY:
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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 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, OLCA, Attn: Reports Clearance Director,
3100 West High Rise, 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
March 31, 2014. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection
instruments by writing to the above email address.
1. Questionnaire About Employment or Self-Employment Outside the
United States--20 CFR 404.401(b)(1), 404.415 & 404.417--0960-0050. When
a Social Security beneficiary or claimant reports work outside the
United States, SSA uses Form SSA-7163 to determine if foreign work
deductions are applicable. Specifically, SSA uses Form SSA-7163 to
determine: (1) Whether work performed by beneficiaries outside the
United States is cause for deductions from their monthly benefits; (2)
which of two work tests (foreign or regular test) is applicable; and
(3) the number of months, if any, for SSA-imposed deductions. As the
respondents are beneficiaries living and working outside the United
States, SSA must determine whether the annual earnings test applies to
all earnings from work covered by the Social Security Act (Act),
including earnings from covered work performed outside the United
States. However, because of the differences in foreign currency values,
it is administratively
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impractical to apply this test to earnings from non-covered work
performed outside the United States and base it on United States
dollars. Accordingly, the 45-hour work test provides for deductions
from the benefits of employees under full retirement age who engage in
non-covered remunerative activity for more than 45 hours in a calendar
month. SSA asks beneficiaries working outside the United States to
complete this form annually or every other year (depending on the
country of residence).
Respondents for this collection are beneficiaries or claimants for
Social Security benefits who are engaged in work outside the United
States.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average burden Estimated total
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden
respondents response (minutes) (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SSA-7163.................................... 20,000 1 12 4,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2. Statement of Death by Funeral Director--20 CFR 404.715 and
404.720--0960-0142. When an SSA-insured worker dies, the funeral
director or funeral home responsible for the worker's burial or
cremation completes Form SSA-721 and sends it to SSA. SSA uses this
information for three purposes: (1) To establish proof of death for the
insured worker; (2) to determine if the insured individual was
receiving any pre-death benefits SSA needs to terminate; and (3) to
ascertain which surviving family member is eligible for the lump-sum
death payment or for other death benefits. The respondents are funeral
directors who handled death arrangements for the insured individuals.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Number of Frequency of burden per Estimated
Modality of completion respondents response response total annual
(minutes) burden (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SSA-721......................................... 319,811 1 4 21,321
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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 March 3, 2014. Individuals can obtain copies of the OMB
clearance packages by writing to OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov.
1. Statement of Agricultural Employer (Year Prior to 1988; and 1988
and later)--20 CFR 404.702, 404.802, 404.1056--0960-0036. If
agricultural workers believe their employers (1) did not report their
wages or (2) reported incorrect wage amounts, SSA will assist them in
resolving this issue. Specifically, SSA will send Forms SSA-1002-F3 or
SSA-1003-F3 to the agricultural employers to collect evidence of wages
paid. The respondents are agricultural employers whose workers request
wage verification or correction for their earnings records.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average burden Estimated total
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden
respondents response (minutes) (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SSA-1002.................................... 7,500 1 30 3,750
SSA-1003.................................... 25,000 1 30 12,500
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Total................................... 32,500 ............... ............... 16,250
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2. Request for Waiver of Special Veterans Benefits (SVB)
Overpayment Recovery or Change in Repayment Rate--20 CFR 408.900-
408.950-0960-0698. Title VIII of the Act requires SSA to pay a monthly
benefit to qualified World War II veterans who reside outside the
United States. When an overpayment in this SVB occurs, the beneficiary
can request a waiver of recovery of the overpayment or a change in the
repayment rate. SSA uses the SSA-2032-BK to obtain the information
necessary to establish whether the claimant meets the waiver of
recovery provisions of the overpayment, and to determine the repayment
rate if we do not waive repayment. Respondents are SVB beneficiaries
who have overpayments on their Title VIII record and wish to file a
claim for waiver of recovery or change in repayment rate.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average burden Estimated total
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden
respondents response (minutes) (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SSA-2032-BK................................. 450 1 120 900
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Dated: January 27, 2014.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Director, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2014-01827 Filed 1-29-14; 8:45 am]
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