Charging Standard Administrative Fees for Non-Program Information, 45002-45003 [2018-19028]

Download as PDF 45002 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 171 / Tuesday, September 4, 2018 / Notices ensure access. Help for Skype can be found at https://support.office.com/enus/skype-for-business. Participants can join the Skype meeting at: https:// meet.lync.com/sba123/abgarcia/MYK5Y 480. For additional instructions on joining via Skype, please email veteransbusiness@sba.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), SBA announces the meeting of the Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs (ACVBA). The ACVBA is established pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 657(b) note, and serves as an independent source of advice and policy. The purpose of this meeting is to focus on strategic planning, updates on past and current events, and the ACVBA’s objectives for 2018. Additional Information: This meeting is open to the public. Advance notice of attendance is requested. Anyone wishing to attend and/or make comments to the ACVBA must contact SBA’s Office of Veterans Business Development no later than August 29, 2018 at veteransbusiness@sba.gov. Comments for the record will be limited to five minutes to accommodate as many participants as possible. Written comments should be sent to the above by August 29, 2018. Special accommodation requests should also be directed to SBA’s Office of Veterans Business Development at (202) 205– 6773 or veteransbusiness@sba.gov. For more information on veteran owned small business programs, please visit www.sba.gov/ovbd. Dated: August 14, 2018. Mitchell Tyner, SBA Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 2018–19115 Filed 8–31–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8025–01–P SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development U.S. Small Business Administration. ACTION: Notice of open Federal Interagency Task Force Meeting. AGENCY: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is issuing this notice to announce the location, date, time and agenda for the next meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development. The meeting is open to the public. DATES: Wednesday, September 5, 2018, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:54 Aug 31, 2018 Jkt 244001 U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW, Washington, DC 20416. Where: Eisenhower Conference Room B, located on the concourse level. Contact Info: (Teleconference Dial-in) 1–202–765–1264, Access Code: 15898176; (Webinar) Skype for Business will be utilized for this meeting. Those wishing to attend via Skype should test their systems prior to the meeting to ensure access. Help for Skype can be found at https://support.office.com/enus/skype-for-business. Participants can join the Skype meeting at https:// meet.lync.com/sba l23/abgarcia/ LQ7MS9H3. For additional instructions on joining via Skype, please email veteransbusiness@sba.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), SBA announces the meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development (Task Force). The Task Force is established pursuant to Executive Order 13540 to coordinate the efforts of Federal agencies to improve capital, business development opportunities, and pre-established federal contracting goals for small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans and servicedisabled veterans. Moreover, the Task Force shall coordinate administrative and regulatory activities and develop proposals relating to ‘‘six focus areas’’: (1) Improving capital access and capacity of small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans and service-disabled veterans through loans, surety bonding, and franchising; (2) ensuring achievement of the preestablished Federal contracting goals for small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans and service disabled veterans through expanded mentor-prote´ge´ assistance and matching such small business concerns with contracting opportunities; (3) increasing the integrity of certifications of status as a small business concern owned and controlled by a veteran or servicedisabled veteran; (4) reducing paperwork and administrative burdens on veterans in accessing business development and entrepreneurship opportunities; (5) increasing and improving training and counseling services provided to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans; and (6) making other improvements relating to the support for veterans business development by the Federal Government. Additional Information: This meeting is open to the public. Advance notice of ADDRESSES: PO 00000 Frm 00146 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 attendance is requested. Anyone wishing to attend and/or make comments to the Task Force must contact SBA’s Office of Veterans Business Development no later than August 29, 2018 at veteransbusiness@ sba.gov. Comments for the record should be applicable to the ‘‘six focus areas’’ of the Task Force and will be limited to five minutes in the interest of time and to accommodate as many participants as possible. Written comments should also be sent to the above email no later than August 29, 2018. Special accommodations requests should also be directed to SBA’s Office of Veterans Business Development at (202) 205–6773 or to veteransbusiness@ sba.gov. For more information on veteran owned small business programs, please visit www.sba.gov/ovbd. Dated: August 14, 2018. Mitchell Tyner, SBA Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 2018–19125 Filed 8–31–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Revocation of License of Small Business Investment Company Pursuant to the authority granted to the United States Small Business Administration by the Windup Order of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, entered August 25, 2016, the United States Small Business Administration hereby revokes the license of New England Partners Capital, L.P., a Delaware Limited Partnership, to function as a small business investment company under the Small Business Investment Company License No. 01710368 issued to New England Partners Capital, L.P., on February 26, 1998 and said license is hereby declared null and void as of August 25, 2016. United States Small Business Administration Dated: August 22, 2018. A. Joseph Shepard, Associate Administrator, Office of Investment and Innovation. [FR Doc. 2018–19136 Filed 8–31–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8025–01–P SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION [Docket No. SSA–2018–0047] Charging Standard Administrative Fees for Non-Program Information AGENCY: E:\FR\FM\04SEN1.SGM Social Security Administration. 04SEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 171 / Tuesday, September 4, 2018 / Notices Notice of updated schedule of standardized administrative fees. ACTION: On August 22, 2012,1 we announced in the Federal Register a schedule of standardized administrative fees we charge to the public. We charge these fees to recover our full costs when we provide information and related services for non-program purposes. We are announcing an update to the previously published schedule of standardized administrative fees.2 The updated standard fee schedule is part of our continuing effort to standardize fees for non-program information requests. Standard fees provide consistency and ensure we recover the full cost of supplying information when we receive a request for a purpose not directly related to the administration of a program under the Social Security Act (Act). DATES: The changes described above are applicable for requests we receive on or after October 1, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristina Poist, Social Security Administration, Office of Finance, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235–6401, (410) 597–1977. For information on eligibility or filing for benefits, visit our website, socialsecurity.gov, or call our national toll-free number, 1–800–772–1213 or TTY 1–800–325–0778. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 1106 of the Act and the Privacy Act 3 authorize the Commissioner of Social Security to promulgate regulations regarding agency records and information and to charge fees for providing information and related services. Our regulations and operating instructions identify when we will charge fees for information.4 Under our regulations, whenever we determine a request for information is for any purpose not directly related to the administration of the Social Security programs, we require the requester to pay the full cost of providing the information. New Information: We are required to review and update standardized administrative fees at least every two years. Based on the most recent cost analysis, the following table provides the new schedule of standardized administrative fees per request: sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: Copying an Electronic Folder $38 Copying a Paper Folder $75 1 77 FR 50757, Aug. 22, 2012. FR 67414, Sept. 30, 2016. 3 42 U.S.C. 1306 and 5 U.S.C. 552a, respectively. 4 See 20 CFR 402.170, 402.175; Program Operations Manual System (POMS) GN 03311.005. 2 81 VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:54 Aug 31, 2018 Jkt 244001 Regional Office Certification 5 $64 Record Extract $31 Third Party Manual SSN Verification $33 Office of Central Operations Certification 6 $34 W2/W3 Requests 7 $81 Form SSA–7050, Request for Social Security Earnings Information $91 Request for Copy of Original Application for Social Security Card (Form SS–5) $24 Request for Computer Extract of Social Security Number Application (Numident) $22 We charge $91 for each Form SSA– 7050 for detailed yearly Social Security Earnings information. We will certify the detailed earnings information for an additional $34. Note: Certification is usually not necessary. A requester can obtain certified and non-certified detailed yearly Social Security earnings in formation by completing Form SSA– 7050, Request for Social Security Earnings Information. A requester can continue to obtain non-certified, yearly earnings totals (Form SSA–7004, Request for a Social Security Statement) through our free online service my Social Security, a personal online account for Social Security information and services. Online Social Security Statements display uncertified, yearly earnings, free of charge, and do not show any employer information. Certified yearly Social Security earnings totals cost $34 and are available by completing Form SSA–7050. We will continue to evaluate all standard fees at least every two years to ensure we capture the full costs associated with providing information for non-program-related purposes. We require nonrefundable advance payment of the standard fee by check, money order, or credit card. We do not accept cash. Only one form of payment is acceptable in the full amount of the standard fee. If we revise any of the standard fees, we will publish another notice in the Federal Register. For other non-program requests for information not addressed here or within the current schedule of standardized administrative fees, we will continue to charge fees calculated on a case-by-case basis to recover our full cost of supplying the information. No other changes will apply to the schedule of standardized administrative fees announced in the Federal Register 1 on August 22, 2012. 5 Requests received in a field office, regional office, or headquarters component. 6 Requests received in the Office of Central Operations. 7 W2/W3 Fee is $81 per request, not dependent on the number of years or number of individuals within request. PO 00000 Frm 00147 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 45003 Additional Information Additional information is available on our Business Services website or by written request to: Social Security Administration, Office of Public Inquiries, Windsor Park Building, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235. Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security. [FR Doc. 2018–19028 Filed 8–31–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4191–02–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Pilot Schools— FAR 141 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. AGENCY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information collection. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following collection of information was published on June 14, 2018. The collection involves the submission of FAA Form 8420–8, which is used as the base document to initiate and/or confirm the status of the schools’ eligibility to hold an FAA Form 8000– 4, Air Agency Certificate. DATES: Written comments should be submitted by October 4, 2018. ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget. Comments should be addressed to the attention of the Desk Officer, Department of Transportation/FAA, and sent via electronic mail to oira_ submission@omb.eop.gov, or faxed to (202) 395–6974, or mailed to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503. Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of this information collection, including (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for FAA’s performance; (b) the accuracy of the SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\04SEN1.SGM 04SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45002-45003]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19028]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

[Docket No. SSA-2018-0047]


Charging Standard Administrative Fees for Non-Program Information

AGENCY: Social Security Administration.

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ACTION: Notice of updated schedule of standardized administrative fees.

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SUMMARY: On August 22, 2012,\1\ we announced in the Federal Register a 
schedule of standardized administrative fees we charge to the public. 
We charge these fees to recover our full costs when we provide 
information and related services for non-program purposes. We are 
announcing an update to the previously published schedule of 
standardized administrative fees.\2\
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    \1\ 77 FR 50757, Aug. 22, 2012.
    \2\ 81 FR 67414, Sept. 30, 2016.
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    The updated standard fee schedule is part of our continuing effort 
to standardize fees for non-program information requests. Standard fees 
provide consistency and ensure we recover the full cost of supplying 
information when we receive a request for a purpose not directly 
related to the administration of a program under the Social Security 
Act (Act).

DATES: The changes described above are applicable for requests we 
receive on or after October 1, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristina Poist, Social Security 
Administration, Office of Finance, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, 
MD 21235-6401, (410) 597-1977. For information on eligibility or filing 
for benefits, visit our website, socialsecurity.gov, or call our 
national toll-free number, 1-800-772-1213 or TTY 1-800-325-0778.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Section 1106 of the Act and the Privacy Act \3\ authorize the 
Commissioner of Social Security to promulgate regulations regarding 
agency records and information and to charge fees for providing 
information and related services. Our regulations and operating 
instructions identify when we will charge fees for information.\4\ 
Under our regulations, whenever we determine a request for information 
is for any purpose not directly related to the administration of the 
Social Security programs, we require the requester to pay the full cost 
of providing the information.
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    \3\ 42 U.S.C. 1306 and 5 U.S.C. 552a, respectively.
    \4\ See 20 CFR 402.170, 402.175; Program Operations Manual 
System (POMS) GN 03311.005.
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    New Information: We are required to review and update standardized 
administrative fees at least every two years. Based on the most recent 
cost analysis, the following table provides the new schedule of 
standardized administrative fees per request:

Copying an Electronic Folder $38
Copying a Paper Folder $75
Regional Office Certification \5\ $64
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    \5\ Requests received in a field office, regional office, or 
headquarters component.
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Record Extract $31
Third Party Manual SSN Verification $33
Office of Central Operations Certification \6\ $34
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    \6\ Requests received in the Office of Central Operations.
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W2/W3 Requests \7\ $81
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    \7\ W2/W3 Fee is $81 per request, not dependent on the number of 
years or number of individuals within request.
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Form SSA-7050, Request for Social Security Earnings Information $91
Request for Copy of Original Application for Social Security Card 
(Form SS-5) $24
Request for Computer Extract of Social Security Number Application 
(Numident) $22

    We charge $91 for each Form SSA-7050 for detailed yearly Social 
Security Earnings information. We will certify the detailed earnings 
information for an additional $34. Note: Certification is usually not 
necessary. A requester can obtain certified and non-certified detailed 
yearly Social Security earnings in formation by completing Form SSA-
7050, Request for Social Security Earnings Information. A requester can 
continue to obtain non-certified, yearly earnings totals (Form SSA-
7004, Request for a Social Security Statement) through our free online 
service my Social Security, a personal online account for Social 
Security information and services. Online Social Security Statements 
display uncertified, yearly earnings, free of charge, and do not show 
any employer information. Certified yearly Social Security earnings 
totals cost $34 and are available by completing Form SSA-7050.
    We will continue to evaluate all standard fees at least every two 
years to ensure we capture the full costs associated with providing 
information for non-program-related purposes. We require nonrefundable 
advance payment of the standard fee by check, money order, or credit 
card. We do not accept cash. Only one form of payment is acceptable in 
the full amount of the standard fee. If we revise any of the standard 
fees, we will publish another notice in the Federal Register. For other 
non-program requests for information not addressed here or within the 
current schedule of standardized administrative fees, we will continue 
to charge fees calculated on a case-by-case basis to recover our full 
cost of supplying the information. No other changes will apply to the 
schedule of standardized administrative fees announced in the Federal 
Register \1\ on August 22, 2012.

Additional Information

    Additional information is available on our Business Services 
website or by written request to: Social Security Administration, 
Office of Public Inquiries, Windsor Park Building, 6401 Security 
Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235.

Nancy A. Berryhill,
Acting Commissioner of Social Security.
[FR Doc. 2018-19028 Filed 8-31-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4191-02-P
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