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Dated: April 30, 2020.
Vanessa A. Countryman,
Secretary.
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Sunshine Act Meetings
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
[FR Doc. 2020–09631 Filed 5–1–20; 11:15 am]
Notice is hereby given,
pursuant to the provisions of the
Government in the Sunshine Act, Public
Law 94–409, that the Securities and
Exchange Commission Small Business
Capital Formation Advisory Committee
on Small and Emerging Companies will
hold a public meeting on Friday, May 8,
2020, via videoconference.
PLACE: The meeting will begin at 1:00
p.m. (ET) and will be open to the public.
The meeting will be conducted by
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at the Commission’s headquarters, 100 F
Street NE, Washington, DC 20549.
Members of the public may watch the
webcast of the meeting on the
Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.
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being issued because a majority of the
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MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The agenda
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regulations affecting small and emerging
companies.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
For further information and to ascertain
what, if any, matters have been added,
deleted or postponed; please contact
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TIME AND DATE:
BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No. SSA–2020–0022]
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 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,
Or you may submit your comments
online through www.regulations.gov,
referencing Docket ID Number [SSA–
2020–0022].
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 July 6, 2020. Individuals can
obtain copies of the collection
instruments by writing to the above
email address.
1. Application for Survivor’s
Benefits—20 CFR 404.611(a) and (c)—
0960–0062. Surviving family members
of armed services personnel can file for
Social Security and veterans’ benefits
with SSA, or at the Veterans
Administration (VA). Applicants filing
for Title II survivor benefits at the VA
complete Form SSA–24, which the VA
forwards to SSA for processing. SSA
uses the information to determine
eligibility for benefits. The respondents
are survivors of deceased armed services
personnel who are applying for benefits
at the VA.
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)
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Average
wait time in
field office
(minutes) **
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) ***
SSA–8060–U3 ...........................................................................
3,200
1
15
800
* $22.50
** 24
*** $75,533
* We based this figures on average U.S. citizen’s hourly salary, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data. https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_stru.htm.
** We based this figure on the average FY 2020 wait times for field offices, based on SSA’s current management information data.
*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather, these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to respondents to complete the
application.
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2. Railroad Employment
Questionnaire—20CFR 404.1401, and
404.1406–404.1408—0960–0078.
Railroad workers, their dependents, or
survivors can concurrently apply for
railroad retirement and Social Security
benefits at SSA if the number holder, or
claimant on the number holder’s Social
Security Number, worked in the railroad
industry. SSA uses Form SSA–671 to
coordinate Social Security claims
processing with the Railroad Retirement
Board, and to determine benefit
entitlement and amount. The
respondents are Social Security benefit
applicants previously employed by a
railroad, or dependents of railroad
workers.
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)
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Average
wait time in
field office
(minutes) **
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) ***
SSA–671 ...................................................................................
125,000
1
5
10,417
* $22.50
** 24
*** $234,923
* We based these figures on average U.S. citizen’s hourly salary, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data. https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes434199.htm.
** We based this figure on the average FY 2020 wait times for field offices, based on SSA’s current management information data.
*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather, these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to respondents to complete the
application.
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3. State Mental Institution Policy
Review Booklet—20 CFR 404.2035,
404.2065, 416.635, & 416.665—0960–
0110. SSA uses Form SSA–9584–BK: (1)
To determine if the policies and
practices of a state mental institution
acting as a representative payee for SSA
beneficiaries conform to SSA’s
mental institutions serving as
representative payees for Social Security
beneficiaries and Supplemental Security
Income (SSI) recipients.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
regulations in the use of benefits; (2) to
confirm institutions are performing
other duties and responsibilities
required of representative payees; and
(3) as the basis for conducting onsite
reviews of the institutions and
preparing subsequent reports of
findings. The respondents are state
Modality of completion
Number of
respondents
Frequency
of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Average
wait time in
field office
(minutes) **
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) ***
SSA–9584 .................................................................................
68
1
60
68
* $15.00
** 24
*** $1,380
* We based this figure on average Personal Care and Service Workers hourly salary, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data. https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes390000.htm.
** We based this figure on the average FY 2020 wait times for field offices, based on SSA’s current management information data.
*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather, these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to respondents to complete the
application.
4. Modified Benefit Formula
Questionnaire-Employer—20 CFR 401 &
402—0960–0477. Sections 215(a)(7) and
215(d)(3) of the Social Security Act
requires SSA to use a modified benefit
formula to compute Social Security
retirement or disability benefits for
persons first eligible (after 1985) for
both a Social Security benefit and a
pension or annuity, based on
employment not covered by Social
Security. This method is the Windfall
Elimination Provision (WEP). SSA
makes a determination regarding
whether the WEP is applicable, and
when to apply it to a person’s benefit.
SSA uses Form SSA–58 to verify the
claimant’s allegations on Form SSA–150
(OMB #0906–0395, Modified Benefits
Formula Questionnaire). SSA also uses
Form SSA–58 to determine if the
modified benefit formula is applicable
and when to apply it to a person’s
benefits. SSA sends Form SSA–58 to an
employer for pension related
information, if the claimant is unable to
provide it. The respondents are
employers of people who are eligible
after 1985 for both Social Security
benefits and a pension based on work
not covered by SSA.
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)
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Average
wait time in
field office
(minutes) **
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) ***
SSA–58 .....................................................................................
26,925
1
3
1,346
* $20.39
** 24
*** $27,934
*We based this figure on average Information and Records clerk’s hourly salary, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data. https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/
oes434199.htm.
** We based this figure on the average FY 2020 wait times for field offices, based on SSA’s current management information data.
*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather, these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to respondents to complete the
application.
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5. Disability Update Report—20 CFR
404.1589–404.1595 and 416.988–
416.996—0960–0511. As part of our
statutory requirements, SSA
periodically uses Form SSA–455, the
Disability Update Report, to evaluate
current Title II disability beneficiaries’
and Title XVI disability payment
recipients’ continued eligibility for
Social Security disability payments.
Specifically, SSA uses the form to
determine if: (1) There is enough
evidence to warrant referring the
respondent for a full medical
Continuing Disability Review (CDR); (2)
the respondent’s impairments are still
present and indicative of no medical
improvement, precluding the need for a
CDR; or (3) the respondent has
unresolved work-related issues. SSA
mails Form SSA–455 to specific
disability recipients, whom we select as
possibly qualifying for the CDR process.
SSA pre-fills the form with data specific
to the disability recipient, except for the
sections we ask the recipients to
complete. When SSA receives the
completed form, we scan it into SSA’s
system. This allows us to gather the
information electronically, and enables
SSA to process the returned forms
through automated decision logic to
decide the proper course of action to
take. The respondents are recipients of
Title II and Title XVI Social Security
disability payments.
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)
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Average
wait time in
field office
(minutes) **
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) ***
SSA–455 .........................................................................
1,300,000
1
15
325,000
* $10.22
** 24
*** $3,321,745
* We based this figure on average DI payments, as reported in SSA’s disability insurance payment data.
** We based this figure on the average FY 2020 wait times for field offices, based on SSA’s current management information data.
*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather, these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to respondents to complete the
application.
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6. Authorization for the Social
Security Administration to Obtain Wage
and Employment Information from
Payroll Data Providers—0960–0807.
Section 824 of the Bipartisan Budget Act
(BBA) of 2015, Public Law 114–74,
authorizes SSA to enter into information
exchanges with payroll data providers
for the purposes of improving program
administration and preventing improper
payments in the Social Security
Disability Insurance (SSDI) and SSI
programs. SSA uses Form SSA–8240,
‘‘Authorization for the Social Security
Administration to Obtain Wage and
Employment Information from Payroll
Data Providers,’’ to secure the
authorization needed from the relevant
members of the public to obtain their
wage and employment information from
payroll data providers. Ultimately, SSA
uses this wage and employment
information to help determine program
eligibility and payment amounts.
The public completes Form SSA–
8240 using the following modalities: A
paper form; the internet; and an inoffice or telephone interview, during
which an SSA employee documents the
wage and employment information
authorization information on one of
SSA’s internal systems (the Modernized
Claims System (MCS); the SSI Claims
System; eWork; or iMain). The
individual’s authorization remains
effective until one of the following four
events occurs:
• SSA makes a final adverse decision
on the application for benefits, and the
applicant has filed no other claims or
appeals under the Title for which SSA
obtained the authorization;
• the individual’s eligibility for
payments ends, and the individual has
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency
of
response
not filed other claims or appeals under
the Title for which SSA obtained the
authorization;
• the individual revokes the
authorization verbally or in writing; or
• the deeming relationship ends (for
SSI purposes only).
SSA requests authorization on an asneeded basis as part of the following
processes: (a) SSDI and SSI initial
claims; (b) SSI redeterminations; and (c)
SSDI Work Continuing Disability
Reviews. The respondents are
individuals who file for, or are currently
receiving, SSDI or SSI payments, and
any person whose income and resources
SSA counts when determining an
individual’s SSI eligibility or payment
amount.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB
approved information collection.
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Average
wait time in
field office
(minutes) **
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) ***
SSA–8240 (paper) ..........................................................
Web Title II & Title XVI Electronic (MCS, MSSICS, and
eWork) .........................................................................
Internet ............................................................................
150,000
1
6
15,000
* $10.22
** 24
*** $153,545
3,492,903
467,883
1
1
2
2
116,430
15,596
10.22
* 10.22
0
0
*** 1,189,915
*** 159,391
Totals .......................................................................
4,110,786
....................
....................
147,026
....................
....................
*** 1,502,851
* We based this figure on average DI payments, as reported in SSA’s disability insurance payment data.
** We based this figure on the average FY 2020 wait times for field offices, based on SSA’s current management information data.
*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather, these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to respondents to complete the
application.
7. myWageReport—20 CFR
404.1520(b), 404.1571–1576, &
404.1584–1593—0960–0808. The
myWageReport application enables
SSDI beneficiaries and representative
payees to report earnings electronically.
It generates a receipt for the beneficiary
and/or representative payee, thus
providing confirmation that SSA
received the earnings report. SSA
screens the information submitted
through the myWageReport application
and determines if we need additional
employment information. If so, agency
personnel reach out to beneficiaries or
their representative payees and use
Form SSA–821, Work Activity Report
(0960–0059), to collect the additional
required information. The respondents
for this collection are SSDI recipients or
their representative payees.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB
approved information collection.
Modality of completion
Number of
respondents
Frequency
of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) **
myWageReport .................................................................................................
88,000
1
7
10,267
* $10.22
** $104,929
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* We based this figure on average DI payments, as reported in SSA’s disability insurance payment data.
** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather, these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to respondents to complete the
application.
Dated: April 30, 2020.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security
Administration.
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
Meeting No. 20–02
Sunshine Act Meetings
The TVA Board of Directors will hold
a public meeting on May 7, 2020. Due
to the COVID–19 outbreak, the meeting
will be conducted via teleconference.
The meeting will be called to order at
10 a.m. ET to consider the agenda items
listed below. TVA management will
answer questions from the news media
following the Board meeting.
[FR Doc. 2020–09580 Filed 5–4–20; 8:45 am]
TIME AND DATE:
BILLING CODE 4191–02–P
PLACE:
10 a.m. on May 7, 2020.
Please use the following link for
the live stream of the meeting: https://
tva.me/KVwB50znCn1.
STATUS:
Open, via live streaming only.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No. SSA-2020-0022]
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 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: [email protected]
(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: [email protected]
Or you may submit your comments online through www.regulations.gov,
referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-2020-0022].
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 July
6, 2020. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection instruments by
writing to the above email address.
1. Application for Survivor's Benefits--20 CFR 404.611(a) and (c)--
0960-0062. Surviving family members of armed services personnel can
file for Social Security and veterans' benefits with SSA, or at the
Veterans Administration (VA). Applicants filing for Title II survivor
benefits at the VA complete Form SSA-24, which the VA forwards to SSA
for processing. SSA uses the information to determine eligibility for
benefits. The respondents are survivors of deceased armed services
personnel who are applying for benefits at the VA.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average Total annual
Average Estimated theoretical Average wait opportunity
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of burden per total annual hourly cost time in cost
respondents response response burden amount field office (dollars)
(minutes) (hours) (dollars) * (minutes) ** ***
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SSA-8060-U3........................................... 3,200 1 15 800 * $22.50 ** 24 *** $75,533
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* We based this figures on average U.S. citizen's hourly salary, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data. https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_stru.htm.
** We based this figure on the average FY 2020 wait times for field offices, based on SSA's current management information data.
*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
2. Railroad Employment Questionnaire--20CFR 404.1401, and 404.1406-
404.1408--0960-0078. Railroad workers, their dependents, or survivors
can concurrently apply for railroad retirement and Social Security
benefits at SSA if the number holder, or claimant on the number
holder's Social Security Number, worked in the railroad industry. SSA
uses Form SSA-671 to coordinate Social Security claims processing with
the Railroad Retirement Board, and to determine benefit entitlement and
amount. The respondents are Social Security benefit applicants
previously employed by a railroad, or dependents of railroad workers.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average Total annual
Average Estimated theoretical Average wait opportunity
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of burden per total annual hourly cost time in cost
respondents response response burden amount field office (dollars)
(minutes) (hours) (dollars) * (minutes) ** ***
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SSA-671............................................... 125,000 1 5 10,417 * $22.50 ** 24 *** $234,923
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* We based these figures on average U.S. citizen's hourly salary, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data. https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes434199.htm.
** We based this figure on the average FY 2020 wait times for field offices, based on SSA's current management information data.
*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
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3. State Mental Institution Policy Review Booklet--20 CFR 404.2035,
404.2065, 416.635, & 416.665--0960-0110. SSA uses Form SSA-9584-BK: (1)
To determine if the policies and practices of a state mental
institution acting as a representative payee for SSA beneficiaries
conform to SSA's regulations in the use of benefits; (2) to confirm
institutions are performing other duties and responsibilities required
of representative payees; and (3) as the basis for conducting onsite
reviews of the institutions and preparing subsequent reports of
findings. The respondents are state mental institutions serving as
representative payees for Social Security beneficiaries and
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average Total annual
Average Estimated theoretical Average wait opportunity
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of burden per total annual hourly cost time in cost
respondents response response burden amount field office (dollars)
(minutes) (hours) (dollars) * (minutes) ** ***
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SSA-9584.............................................. 68 1 60 68 * $15.00 ** 24 *** $1,380
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* We based this figure on average Personal Care and Service Workers hourly salary, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data. https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes390000.htm.
** We based this figure on the average FY 2020 wait times for field offices, based on SSA's current management information data.
*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
4. Modified Benefit Formula Questionnaire-Employer--20 CFR 401 &
402--0960-0477. Sections 215(a)(7) and 215(d)(3) of the Social Security
Act requires SSA to use a modified benefit formula to compute Social
Security retirement or disability benefits for persons first eligible
(after 1985) for both a Social Security benefit and a pension or
annuity, based on employment not covered by Social Security. This
method is the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP). SSA makes a
determination regarding whether the WEP is applicable, and when to
apply it to a person's benefit. SSA uses Form SSA-58 to verify the
claimant's allegations on Form SSA-150 (OMB #0906-0395, Modified
Benefits Formula Questionnaire). SSA also uses Form SSA-58 to determine
if the modified benefit formula is applicable and when to apply it to a
person's benefits. SSA sends Form SSA-58 to an employer for pension
related information, if the claimant is unable to provide it. The
respondents are employers of people who are eligible after 1985 for
both Social Security benefits and a pension based on work not covered
by SSA.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average Total annual
Average Estimated theoretical Average wait opportunity
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of burden per total annual hourly cost time in cost
respondents response response burden amount field office (dollars)
(minutes) (hours) (dollars) * (minutes) ** ***
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SSA-58................................................ 26,925 1 3 1,346 * $20.39 ** 24 *** $27,934
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*We based this figure on average Information and Records clerk's hourly salary, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data. https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes434199.htm.
** We based this figure on the average FY 2020 wait times for field offices, based on SSA's current management information data.
*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
5. Disability Update Report--20 CFR 404.1589-404.1595 and 416.988-
416.996--0960-0511. As part of our statutory requirements, SSA
periodically uses Form SSA-455, the Disability Update Report, to
evaluate current Title II disability beneficiaries' and Title XVI
disability payment recipients' continued eligibility for Social
Security disability payments. Specifically, SSA uses the form to
determine if: (1) There is enough evidence to warrant referring the
respondent for a full medical Continuing Disability Review (CDR); (2)
the respondent's impairments are still present and indicative of no
medical improvement, precluding the need for a CDR; or (3) the
respondent has unresolved work-related issues. SSA mails Form SSA-455
to specific disability recipients, whom we select as possibly
qualifying for the CDR process. SSA pre-fills the form with data
specific to the disability recipient, except for the sections we ask
the recipients to complete. When SSA receives the completed form, we
scan it into SSA's system. This allows us to gather the information
electronically, and enables SSA to process the returned forms through
automated decision logic to decide the proper course of action to take.
The respondents are recipients of Title II and Title XVI Social
Security disability payments.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Average Estimated theoretical Average wait Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of burden per total annual hourly cost time in opportunity cost
respondents response response burden amount field office (dollars) ***
(minutes) (hours) (dollars) * (minutes) **
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SSA-455......................................... 1,300,000 1 15 325,000 * $10.22 ** 24 *** $3,321,745
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* We based this figure on average DI payments, as reported in SSA's disability insurance payment data.
** We based this figure on the average FY 2020 wait times for field offices, based on SSA's current management information data.
*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
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6. Authorization for the Social Security Administration to Obtain
Wage and Employment Information from Payroll Data Providers--0960-0807.
Section 824 of the Bipartisan Budget Act (BBA) of 2015, Public Law 114-
74, authorizes SSA to enter into information exchanges with payroll
data providers for the purposes of improving program administration and
preventing improper payments in the Social Security Disability
Insurance (SSDI) and SSI programs. SSA uses Form SSA-8240,
``Authorization for the Social Security Administration to Obtain Wage
and Employment Information from Payroll Data Providers,'' to secure the
authorization needed from the relevant members of the public to obtain
their wage and employment information from payroll data providers.
Ultimately, SSA uses this wage and employment information to help
determine program eligibility and payment amounts.
The public completes Form SSA-8240 using the following modalities:
A paper form; the internet; and an in-office or telephone interview,
during which an SSA employee documents the wage and employment
information authorization information on one of SSA's internal systems
(the Modernized Claims System (MCS); the SSI Claims System; eWork; or
iMain). The individual's authorization remains effective until one of
the following four events occurs:
SSA makes a final adverse decision on the application for
benefits, and the applicant has filed no other claims or appeals under
the Title for which SSA obtained the authorization;
the individual's eligibility for payments ends, and the
individual has not filed other claims or appeals under the Title for
which SSA obtained the authorization;
the individual revokes the authorization verbally or in
writing; or
the deeming relationship ends (for SSI purposes only).
SSA requests authorization on an as-needed basis as part of the
following processes: (a) SSDI and SSI initial claims; (b) SSI
redeterminations; and (c) SSDI Work Continuing Disability Reviews. The
respondents are individuals who file for, or are currently receiving,
SSDI or SSI payments, and any person whose income and resources SSA
counts when determining an individual's SSI eligibility or payment
amount.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB approved information
collection.
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Average
Average Estimated Average wait time
Number of Frequency burden per total theoretical in field Total annual
Modality of completion respondents of response response annual hourly cost office opportunity cost
(minutes) burden amount (minutes) (dollars) ***
(hours) (dollars) * **
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SSA-8240 (paper)....................................... 150,000 1 6 15,000 * $10.22 ** 24 *** $153,545
Web Title II & Title XVI Electronic (MCS, MSSICS, and 3,492,903 1 2 116,430 10.22 0 *** 1,189,915
eWork)................................................
Internet............................................... 467,883 1 2 15,596 * 10.22 0 *** 159,391
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Totals............................................. 4,110,786 ........... ........... 147,026 ........... ........... *** 1,502,851
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* We based this figure on average DI payments, as reported in SSA's disability insurance payment data.
** We based this figure on the average FY 2020 wait times for field offices, based on SSA's current management information data.
*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
7. myWageReport--20 CFR 404.1520(b), 404.1571-1576, & 404.1584-
1593--0960-0808. The myWageReport application enables SSDI
beneficiaries and representative payees to report earnings
electronically. It generates a receipt for the beneficiary and/or
representative payee, thus providing confirmation that SSA received the
earnings report. SSA screens the information submitted through the
myWageReport application and determines if we need additional
employment information. If so, agency personnel reach out to
beneficiaries or their representative payees and use Form SSA-821, Work
Activity Report (0960-0059), to collect the additional required
information. The respondents for this collection are SSDI recipients or
their representative payees.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB approved information
collection.
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Average
Average Estimated theoretical Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of burden per total annual hourly cost opportunity
respondents response response burden amount cost
(minutes) (hours) (dollars) * (dollars) **
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myWageReport................ 88,000 1 7 10,267 * $10.22 ** $104,929
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* We based this figure on average DI payments, as reported in SSA's disability insurance payment data.
** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to
complete this application; rather, these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents
will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to respondents to complete the application.
Dated: April 30, 2020.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020-09580 Filed 5-4-20; 8:45 am]
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