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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No: SSA–2021–0030]
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,
Comments: https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Submit your
comments online referencing Docket
ID Number [SSA–2021–0030].
(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.
Or you may submit your comments
online through https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain, referencing Docket
ID Number [SSA–2021–0030].
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 19, 2021. Individuals
can obtain copies of the collection
instruments by writing to the above
email address.
1. Certificate of Support—20 CFR
404.370, 404.408a, and 404.750—0960–
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0001. A parent of a deceased, fully
insured worker may be entitled to Social
Security Old-Age, Survivors, and
Disability Insurance (OASDI) benefits
based on the earnings record of the
deceased worker under certain
conditions. One of the conditions is
when the parent receives at least one-
half support from the deceased worker
at certain points in time. The one-half
support requirement also applies to a
spousal applicant in determining
whether OASDI benefits are subject to
Government Pension Offset (GPO). SSA
uses Form SSA–760, Certificate of
Support, to determine if the parent of a
deceased worker or a spouse applicant
meets the one-half support requirement.
Respondents are parents of deceased
workers and spouses who may meet the
GPO exception.
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) *
Total annual
opportunity
cost (dollars) **
SSA–760 ..................................................
18,000
1
15
4,500
* $27.07
** 121,815
* We based this figure on the average U.S. worker’s hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00-0000).
** 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. Medical Source Opinion of
Patient’s Capability to Manage
Benefits—20 CFR 404.2015 and
416.615—0960–0024. SSA appoints a
representative payee in cases where we
determine beneficiaries are not capable
of managing their own benefits. In these
instances, we require medical evidence
to determine the beneficiaries’
capability of managing or directing their
benefit payments. SSA collects medical
evidence on Form SSA–787, Medical
Source Opinion of Patient’s Capability
to Manage Benefits, to: (1) Determine
beneficiaries’ capability or inability to
handle their own benefits; and (2) assist
in determining the beneficiaries’ need
for a representative payee. The
respondents are the beneficiary’s
physicians, or medical officers of the
institution in which the beneficiary
resides.
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) *
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) **
SSA–787 ..................................................
767,737
1
20
255,912
$105.22
$26,927,061
* We based this figure on the national average medical professionals’ salaries as reported by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://
www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes291228.htm).
** 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.
3. Work Activity Report—Employee—
20 CFR 404.1520(b), 404.1571–404.1576,
404.1584–404.1593, and 416.971–
404.976—0960–0059. SSA uses Form
SSA–821–BK, Work Activity Report—
Employee, and its electronic version,
the SSA–821–APP, to collect recipient
employment information to determine
whether recipients worked after
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Modality of completion
Number of
respondents
becoming disabled and, if so, whether
the work is substantial gainful activity.
SSA uses the SSA–821–BK and SSA–
821–APP to obtain work information
during the initial claims process, the
continuing disability review process,
post-adjudicative work issue actions,
and for Supplemental Security Income
(SSI) claims involving work issues. SSA
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
reviews and evaluates the data to
determine if the applicant or recipient
meets the disability requirements of the
law. The respondents are applicants or
recipients of Title II Social Security
Disability, and Title XVI SSI applicants.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Average wait
time in field
office or for
teleservice
Centers
(minutes) **
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) ***
SSA-821-BK (Paper) ....
SSA–821–APP (Electronic) ........................
319,900
1
30
159,950
* $10.95
** 21
*** $2,977,469
91,400
1
30
45,700
* 10.95
........................
*** 500,415
Totals ....................
411,300
........................
........................
205,650
........................
........................
*** 3,477,884
* We based this figure on the average DI payments based on SSA’s current FY 2021 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2021FactSheet.pdf).
** We based this figure on averaging both the average FY 2021 wait times for field offices and teleservice centers, 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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complete Form SSA–8000–BK,
Application for Supplemental Security
Income, to apply for SSI. SSA uses the
information from Form SSA–8000–BK,
and its electronic intranet counterpart,
the SSI Claim System, to: (1) Determine
whether SSI claimants meet all statutory
4. Application for Supplemental
Security Income—20 CFR 416.207 and
416.305–416.335, subpart C—0960–
0229. The SSI program provides aged,
blind, and disabled individuals who
have little or no income, with funds for
food, clothing, and shelter. Individuals
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
and regulatory eligibility requirements;
and (2) calculate SSI payment amounts.
The respondents are applicants for SSI
or their representative payees. Type of
Request: Revision of an OMB-approved
information collection.
Average wait
time in field
office or for
teleservice
centers
(minutes) **
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
Total annual opportunity cost
(dollars) ***
Modality of completion
Number of respondents
SSI Claim System ..
SSA–8000–BK
(Paper Form) ......
1,212,512
1
35
707,299
* $19.01
** 21
*** $21,513,199
20,941
1
41
14,310
* 19.01
** 21
*** 411,357
Totals ..............
1,233,453
........................
........................
721,609
........................
........................
*** 21,924,556
* We based this figure by averaging both the average DI payments based on SSA’s current FY 2021 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/
2021FactSheet.pdf), and the average U.S. worker’s hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm ).
** We based this figure on averaging both the average FY 2021 wait times for field offices and teleservice centers, 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. State Supplementation Provisions:
Agreement; Payments—20 CFR
416.2095–416.2098, and 416.2099—
0960–0240. Section 1618 of the Social
Security Act (Act) requires those states
administering their own supplementary
income payment program(s) to
demonstrate compliance with the Act by
passing Federal cost-of-living increases
on to individuals who are eligible for
state supplementary payments. States
are required to report to SSA their
compliance of the passing-along of such
increases. In general, states report their
supplementary payment information
annually by the maintenance-ofpayment levels method. However, SSA
may ask them to report up to four times
in a year by the total-expenditures
method. Regardless of the method, the
states confirm their compliance with the
requirements, and provide any changes
to their optional supplementary
payment rates. SSA uses the
information to determine each state’s
compliance or noncompliance with the
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
pass-along requirements of the Act to
determine eligibility for Medicaid
reimbursement. If a state fails to keep
payments at the required level, it
becomes ineligible for Medicaid
reimbursement under Title XIX of the
Act. Respondents are state agencies
administering supplementary income
payment programs.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) **
SSA–8019–U2 (Paper) ............................
SSI Claims System (Intranet) ..................
11
22
1
1
60
60
11
22
* $21.46
* 21.46
** $236
** 472
Totals ................................................
33
........................
........................
33
........................
** 708
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* We based this figure on the average state Eligibility for Government Programs Interviewers hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor
Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes434061.htm).
** 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.
6. Representative Payee Report of
Benefits and Dedicated Account—20
CFR 416.546, 416.635, 416.640, and
416.665—0960–0576. SSA requires
representative payees to submit a
written report accounting for the use of
money paid to Social Security or SSI
recipients, and to establish and
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maintain a dedicated account for these
payments. SSA uses Form SSA–6233,
Representative Payee Report of Benefits
and Dedicated Account, to: (1) Ensure
the representative payees use the
payments for the recipient’s current
maintenance and personal needs; and
(2) confirm the expenditures of funds
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from the dedicated account remain in
compliance with the law. Respondents
are representative payees for SSI and
Social Security recipients.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB
approved information collection.
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Modality of completion
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
SSA–6233 ....................
31,500
1
20
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Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Average wait
time in field
office or for
teleservice
centers
(minutes) **
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) ***
10,500
* $27.07
** 21
*** $582,682
* We based this figure on average U.S. worker’s hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/
oes_nat.htm#00-0000).
** We based this figure on averaging both the average FY 2021 wait times for field offices and teleservice centers, 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. Credit Card Payment Form—0960–
0648. SSA uses Form SSA–1414, Credit
Card Payment Form, to process: (1)
Credit card payments from former
employees and vendors with
outstanding debts to the agency; (2)
advance payments for reimbursable
agreements; and (3) credit card
payments for all Freedom of Information
Act (FOIA) requests requiring payment.
The respondents are former employees
and vendors who have outstanding
debts to the agency; entities who have
reimbursable agreements with SSA; and
individuals who request information
through FOIA.
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) *
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) **
SSA–1414 ...........................
6,000 ..................................
1
2
200
* $27.07
** $5,414
* We based this figure on the average U.S. worker’s hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00-0000).
** 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.
8. Notification of a Social Security
Number (SSN) to an Employer for Wage
Reporting Purposes—20 CFR
422.103(a)—0960–0778. Individuals
applying for employment must provide
an SSN or indicate they have applied for
one. However, when an individual
applies for an initial SSN, there is a
delay between the assignment of the
number and the delivery of the SSN
card. At an individual’s request, SSA
uses Form SSA–132, Notification of a
Social Security Number (SSN) to an
Employer for Wage Reporting Purposes,
to send the individual’s SSN to an
employer. Mailing this information to
the employer: (1) Ensures the employer
has the correct SSN for the individual;
(2) allows SSA to receive correct
earnings information for wage reporting
purposes; and (3) reduces the delay in
the initial SSN assignment and delivery
of the SSN information directly to the
employer. It also enables SSA to verify
the employer as a safeguard for the
applicant’s personally identifiable
information. The respondents are
individuals applying for an initial SSN
who ask SSA to mail confirmation of
their application or the SSN to their
employers.
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–132 ......................
124,668
1
2
4,156
* $27.07
** 24
*** $1,462,403
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* We based this figure on average U.S. worker’s hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/
oes_nat.htm#00-0000).
** We based this figure on the average FY 2021 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.
9. Data Exchange Request Form—20
CFR 401.100—0960–0802. SSA
maintains approximately 3,000 data
exchange agreements and regularly
receives new requests from Federal,
State, local, and foreign governments, as
well as private organizations, to share
data electronically. SSA engages in
various forms of data exchanges from
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Social Security number verifications to
computer matches for benefit eligibility,
depending on the requestor’s business
needs. Section 1106 of the Act requires
we consider the requestor’s legal
authority to receive the data, our
disclosure policies, systems’ feasibility,
systems’ security, and costs before
entering into a data exchange
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agreement. We use Form SSA–157, Data
Exchange Request Form, for this
purpose. Requesting agencies,
governments, or private organizations
will use the form when voluntarily
initiating a request for data exchange
from SSA. Respondents are Federal,
State, local, and foreign governments, as
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well as private organizations seeking to
share data electronically with SSA.
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)
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) **
State, local, and tribal governments ........
Private sector organizations ....................
139
74
1
1
45
45
104
56
* $42.85
* $42.85
** $4,456
** $2,400
Totals ................................................
213
........................
........................
160
........................
** $6,856
* We based this figure by averaging the average Management Analyst hourly salary, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data
(www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes131111.htm); the average Business and Financial Operations hourly salary (www.bls.gov/oes/current/
oes130000.htm); and the average Epidemiologist hourly salary (www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes191041.htm).
** 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.
10. Fee Agreement for Representation
before the Social Security
Administration—0960–0810. The Act
requires individuals who represent a
claimant before the agency and want to
receive a fee for their services to obtain
SSA’s authorization of the fee. One way
to obtain the authorization is to submit
the fee agreement to the agency either in
writing or through using Form SSA–
1693, Fee Agreement for Representation
before the Social Security
Administration. Since representatives
currently use fee agreements which vary
in length, content, and complexity,
submission of a free-form fee agreement
may cause delays in SSA’s review time.
Therefore, SSA encourages respondents
to use Form SSA–1693 to submit the
information either using the paper form
or the electronically submittable e1693
through SSA’s website. SSA uses the
information from the SSA–1693 to
review the request and authorize any fee
to representatives who seek to charge
and collect a fee from a claimant. The
respondents are the representatives who
help claimants through the application
process, and the claimants who they
represent.
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) *
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) **
SSA–1693 ................................................
5,000
1
13
1,083
* $50.47
** $54,659
* We based this figure on the averaged total of the average Lawyer’s Legal Services wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data
(https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes231011.htm), and the average U.S. worker’s hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data
(https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00-0000).
** 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: August 17, 2021.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer,Social Security
Administration.
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Notice of Public Meeting in Preparation
for International Maritime Organization
Meeting
The Department of State will conduct
a public meeting at 10:00 a.m. on
Thursday, September 16, 2021, by way
of teleconference. Members of the
public may participate up to the
capacity of the teleconference phone
line, which can handle 500 participants.
To access the teleconference line,
participants should contact the meeting
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coordinator, LCDR Jessica Anderson, by
email at jessica.p.anderson@uscg.mil.
The primary purpose of the meeting is
to prepare for the seventy-first session of
the International Maritime
Organization’s (IMO) Technical
Cooperation Committee (TC 71) to be
held remotely from Monday, September
20, 2021 to Friday, September 24, 2021.
The agenda items to be considered at
the public meeting mirror those to be
considered at the IMO TC 71 meeting,
and include:
—Adoption of the agenda
—Work of other bodies and
organizations
—Integrated Technical Cooperation
Programme: Annual report for 2020
—Resource mobilization and
partnerships
—The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development
—Report of the evaluation of the ITCP
activities for the period of 2016–2019
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—Long-term strategy for the review and
reform of IMO’s technical cooperation
—Regional presence and coordination
—IMO Member State Audit Scheme
—Capacity-building: Strengthening the
impact of women in the maritime
sector
—Global maritime training institutions
—Application of the document on the
Organization and method of work of
the Technical Cooperation Committee
—Work programme
—Election of Chair and Vice-Chair for
2022
—Any other business
—Consideration of the report of the
Committee on its seventy-first session
Please note: the IMO may, on short
notice, adjust the TC 71 agenda to
accommodate the constraints associated
with the virtual meeting format. Any
changes to the agenda will be reported
to those who RSVP and those in
attendance at the meeting.
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No: SSA-2021-0030]
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,
Comments: https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Submit your
comments online referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-2021-0030].
(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 https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-
2021-0030].
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 19, 2021. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection
instruments by writing to the above email address.
1. Certificate of Support--20 CFR 404.370, 404.408a, and 404.750--
0960-
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0001. A parent of a deceased, fully insured worker may be entitled to
Social Security Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI)
benefits based on the earnings record of the deceased worker under
certain conditions. One of the conditions is when the parent receives
at least one-half support from the deceased worker at certain points in
time. The one-half support requirement also applies to a spousal
applicant in determining whether OASDI benefits are subject to
Government Pension Offset (GPO). SSA uses Form SSA-760, Certificate of
Support, to determine if the parent of a deceased worker or a spouse
applicant meets the one-half support requirement. Respondents are
parents of deceased workers and spouses who may meet the GPO exception.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Average burden Estimated total theoretical Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden hourly cost opportunity
respondents response (minutes) (hours) amount cost (dollars)
(dollars) * **
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SSA-760........................................... 18,000 1 15 4,500 * $27.07 ** 121,815
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* We based this figure on the average U.S. worker's hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00-0000).
** 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. Medical Source Opinion of Patient's Capability to Manage
Benefits--20 CFR 404.2015 and 416.615--0960-0024. SSA appoints a
representative payee in cases where we determine beneficiaries are not
capable of managing their own benefits. In these instances, we require
medical evidence to determine the beneficiaries' capability of managing
or directing their benefit payments. SSA collects medical evidence on
Form SSA-787, Medical Source Opinion of Patient's Capability to Manage
Benefits, to: (1) Determine beneficiaries' capability or inability to
handle their own benefits; and (2) assist in determining the
beneficiaries' need for a representative payee. The respondents are the
beneficiary's physicians, or medical officers of the institution in
which the beneficiary resides.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Average burden Estimated total theoretical Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden hourly cost opportunity
respondents response (minutes) (hours) amount cost (dollars)
(dollars) * **
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SSA-787........................................... 767,737 1 20 255,912 $105.22 $26,927,061
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* We based this figure on the national average medical professionals' salaries as reported by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes291228.htm).
** 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.
3. Work Activity Report--Employee--20 CFR 404.1520(b), 404.1571-
404.1576, 404.1584-404.1593, and 416.971-404.976--0960-0059. SSA uses
Form SSA-821-BK, Work Activity Report--Employee, and its electronic
version, the SSA-821-APP, to collect recipient employment information
to determine whether recipients worked after becoming disabled and, if
so, whether the work is substantial gainful activity. SSA uses the SSA-
821-BK and SSA-821-APP to obtain work information during the initial
claims process, the continuing disability review process, post-
adjudicative work issue actions, and for Supplemental Security Income
(SSI) claims involving work issues. SSA reviews and evaluates the data
to determine if the applicant or recipient meets the disability
requirements of the law. The respondents are applicants or recipients
of Title II Social Security Disability, and Title XVI SSI applicants.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average wait
Average Average time in field Total annual
Number of Frequency of burden per Estimated theoretical office or for opportunity
Modality of completion respondents response response total annual hourly cost teleservice cost (dollars)
(minutes) burden (hours) amount Centers ***
(dollars) * (minutes) **
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SSA[dash]821[dash]BK (Paper)............ 319,900 1 30 159,950 * $10.95 ** 21 *** $2,977,469
SSA-821-APP (Electronic)................ 91,400 1 30 45,700 * 10.95 .............. *** 500,415
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Totals.............................. 411,300 .............. .............. 205,650 .............. .............. *** 3,477,884
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* We based this figure on the average DI payments based on SSA's current FY 2021 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2021FactSheet.pdf).
** We based this figure on averaging both the average FY 2021 wait times for field offices and teleservice centers, 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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4. Application for Supplemental Security Income--20 CFR 416.207 and
416.305-416.335, subpart C--0960-0229. The SSI program provides aged,
blind, and disabled individuals who have little or no income, with
funds for food, clothing, and shelter. Individuals complete Form SSA-
8000-BK, Application for Supplemental Security Income, to apply for
SSI. SSA uses the information from Form SSA-8000-BK, and its electronic
intranet counterpart, the SSI Claim System, to: (1) Determine whether
SSI claimants meet all statutory and regulatory eligibility
requirements; and (2) calculate SSI payment amounts. The respondents
are applicants for SSI or their representative payees. Type of Request:
Revision of an OMB-approved information collection.
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Average wait
Average Average time in field
Number of Frequency of burden per Estimated theoretical office or for Total annual
Modality of completion respondents response response total annual hourly cost teleservice opportunity cost
(minutes) burden (hours) amount centers (dollars) ***
(dollars) * (minutes) **
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SSI Claim System..................... 1,212,512 1 35 707,299 * $19.01 ** 21 *** $21,513,199
SSA-8000-BK (Paper Form)............. 20,941 1 41 14,310 * 19.01 ** 21 *** 411,357
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Totals........................... 1,233,453 .............. .............. 721,609 .............. .............. *** 21,924,556
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* We based this figure by averaging both the average DI payments based on SSA's current FY 2021 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2021FactSheet.pdf), and the average U.S. worker's hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm ).
** We based this figure on averaging both the average FY 2021 wait times for field offices and teleservice centers, 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. State Supplementation Provisions: Agreement; Payments--20 CFR
416.2095-416.2098, and 416.2099--0960-0240. Section 1618 of the Social
Security Act (Act) requires those states administering their own
supplementary income payment program(s) to demonstrate compliance with
the Act by passing Federal cost-of-living increases on to individuals
who are eligible for state supplementary payments. States are required
to report to SSA their compliance of the passing-along of such
increases. In general, states report their supplementary payment
information annually by the maintenance-of-payment levels method.
However, SSA may ask them to report up to four times in a year by the
total-expenditures method. Regardless of the method, the states confirm
their compliance with the requirements, and provide any changes to
their optional supplementary payment rates. SSA uses the information to
determine each state's compliance or noncompliance with the pass-along
requirements of the Act to determine eligibility for Medicaid
reimbursement. If a state fails to keep payments at the required level,
it becomes ineligible for Medicaid reimbursement under Title XIX of the
Act. Respondents are state agencies administering supplementary income
payment programs.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Average burden Estimated theoretical Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response total annual hourly cost opportunity
respondents response (minutes) burden (hours) amount cost (dollars)
(dollars) * **
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SSA-8019-U2 (Paper)..................................... 11 1 60 11 * $21.46 ** $236
SSI Claims System (Intranet)............................ 22 1 60 22 * 21.46 ** 472
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Totals.............................................. 33 .............. .............. 33 .............. ** 708
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* We based this figure on the average state Eligibility for Government Programs Interviewers hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics
data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes434061.htm).
** 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.
6. Representative Payee Report of Benefits and Dedicated Account--
20 CFR 416.546, 416.635, 416.640, and 416.665--0960-0576. SSA requires
representative payees to submit a written report accounting for the use
of money paid to Social Security or SSI recipients, and to establish
and maintain a dedicated account for these payments. SSA uses Form SSA-
6233, Representative Payee Report of Benefits and Dedicated Account,
to: (1) Ensure the representative payees use the payments for the
recipient's current maintenance and personal needs; and (2) confirm the
expenditures of funds from the dedicated account remain in compliance
with the law. Respondents are representative payees for SSI and Social
Security recipients.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB approved information
collection.
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Average wait
Average time in field Total annual
Number of Frequency of Average burden Estimated total theoretical office or for opportunity
Modality of completion respondents response per response annual burden hourly cost teleservice cost (dollars)
(minutes) (hours) amount centers ***
(dollars) * (minutes) **
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SSA-6233......................... 31,500 1 20 10,500 * $27.07 ** 21 *** $582,682
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* We based this figure on average U.S. worker's hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00-0000).
** We based this figure on averaging both the average FY 2021 wait times for field offices and teleservice centers, 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. Credit Card Payment Form--0960-0648. SSA uses Form SSA-1414,
Credit Card Payment Form, to process: (1) Credit card payments from
former employees and vendors with outstanding debts to the agency; (2)
advance payments for reimbursable agreements; and (3) credit card
payments for all Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests requiring
payment. The respondents are former employees and vendors who have
outstanding debts to the agency; entities who have reimbursable
agreements with SSA; and individuals who request information through
FOIA.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Average burden Estimated total theoretical Total annual
Modality of completion Number of respondents Frequency of per response annual burden hourly cost opportunity
response (minutes) (hours) amount cost (dollars)
(dollars) * **
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SSA-1414............................... 6,000..................... 1 2 200 * $27.07 ** $5,414
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* We based this figure on the average U.S. worker's hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00-0000).
** 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.
8. Notification of a Social Security Number (SSN) to an Employer
for Wage Reporting Purposes--20 CFR 422.103(a)--0960-0778. Individuals
applying for employment must provide an SSN or indicate they have
applied for one. However, when an individual applies for an initial
SSN, there is a delay between the assignment of the number and the
delivery of the SSN card. At an individual's request, SSA uses Form
SSA-132, Notification of a Social Security Number (SSN) to an Employer
for Wage Reporting Purposes, to send the individual's SSN to an
employer. Mailing this information to the employer: (1) Ensures the
employer has the correct SSN for the individual; (2) allows SSA to
receive correct earnings information for wage reporting purposes; and
(3) reduces the delay in the initial SSN assignment and delivery of the
SSN information directly to the employer. It also enables SSA to verify
the employer as a safeguard for the applicant's personally identifiable
information. The respondents are individuals applying for an initial
SSN who ask SSA to mail confirmation of their application or the SSN to
their employers.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Average burden Estimated total theoretical Average wait Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden hourly cost time in field opportunity
respondents response (minutes) (hours) amount office cost (dollars)
(dollars) * (minutes) ** ***
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SSA-132.......................... 124,668 1 2 4,156 * $27.07 ** 24 *** $1,462,403
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* We based this figure on average U.S. worker's hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00-0000).
** We based this figure on the average FY 2021 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.
9. Data Exchange Request Form--20 CFR 401.100--0960-0802. SSA
maintains approximately 3,000 data exchange agreements and regularly
receives new requests from Federal, State, local, and foreign
governments, as well as private organizations, to share data
electronically. SSA engages in various forms of data exchanges from
Social Security number verifications to computer matches for benefit
eligibility, depending on the requestor's business needs. Section 1106
of the Act requires we consider the requestor's legal authority to
receive the data, our disclosure policies, systems' feasibility,
systems' security, and costs before entering into a data exchange
agreement. We use Form SSA-157, Data Exchange Request Form, for this
purpose. Requesting agencies, governments, or private organizations
will use the form when voluntarily initiating a request for data
exchange from SSA. Respondents are Federal, State, local, and foreign
governments, as
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well as private organizations seeking to share data electronically with
SSA.
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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State, local, and tribal governments.................... 139 1 45 104 * $42.85 ** $4,456
Private sector organizations............................ 74 1 45 56 * $42.85 ** $2,400
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Totals.............................................. 213 .............. .............. 160 .............. ** $6,856
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* We based this figure by averaging the average Management Analyst hourly salary, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes131111.htm); the average Business and Financial Operations hourly salary (www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes130000.htm); and the average
Epidemiologist hourly salary (www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes191041.htm).
** 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.
10. Fee Agreement for Representation before the Social Security
Administration--0960-0810. The Act requires individuals who represent a
claimant before the agency and want to receive a fee for their services
to obtain SSA's authorization of the fee. One way to obtain the
authorization is to submit the fee agreement to the agency either in
writing or through using Form SSA-1693, Fee Agreement for
Representation before the Social Security Administration. Since
representatives currently use fee agreements which vary in length,
content, and complexity, submission of a free-form fee agreement may
cause delays in SSA's review time. Therefore, SSA encourages
respondents to use Form SSA-1693 to submit the information either using
the paper form or the electronically submittable e1693 through SSA's
website. SSA uses the information from the SSA-1693 to review the
request and authorize any fee to representatives who seek to charge and
collect a fee from a claimant. The respondents are the representatives
who help claimants through the application process, and the claimants
who they represent.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Average burden Estimated total theoretical Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden hourly cost opportunity
respondents response (minutes) (hours) amount cost (dollars)
(dollars) * **
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SSA-1693.......................................... 5,000 1 13 1,083 * $50.47 ** $54,659
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* We based this figure on the averaged total of the average Lawyer's Legal Services wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes231011.htm), and the average U.S. worker's hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00-0000).
** 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: August 17, 2021.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer,Social Security Administration.
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