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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No: SSA–2023–0014]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Request and
Comment Request
The Social Security Administration
(SSA) publishes a list of information
collection packages requiring clearance
by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) in compliance with
Public Law 104–13, the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, effective October
1, 1995. This notice includes revisions
of OMB-approved information
collections.
SSA is soliciting comments on the
accuracy of the agency’s burden
estimate; the need for the information;
its practical utility; ways to enhance its
quality, utility, and clarity; and ways to
minimize burden on respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology. Mail, email, or
fax your comments and
recommendations on the information
collection(s) to the OMB Desk Officer
CFR 31.6051–2—0960–0432. Each year
employers report the wage amounts they
paid their employees to the Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) for tax purposes,
and separately to SSA for retirement
and disability coverage purposes.
Employers should report the same
figures to SSA and the IRS; however,
each year some of the employer wage
reports SSA receives show wage
amounts lower than those employers
report to the IRS. SSA uses Forms SSA–
L93–SM, SSA–L94–SM, SSA–95–SM,
and SSA–97–SM to request revised
amounts to ensure employees receive
full credit for their wages. SSA is also
creating the online IRS/SSA
Reconciliation portal which is a
streamlined version of the SSA–95–SM
and the SSA–97–SM. The IRS/SSA
Reconciliation portal will guide
employers to the appropriate solutions
and will link the users to online tools
to correct issues. The respondents are
employers who reported lower wage
amounts to SSA than they reported to
the IRS.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
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–2023–0014].
(SSA) Social Security Administration,
OLCA, Attn: Reports Clearance Director,
Mail Stop 3253 Altmeyer, 6401 Security
Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235, Fax: 833–
410–1631, 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–2023–0014].
I. The information collections below
are pending at SSA. SSA will submit it
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 31, 2023. Individuals can
obtain copies of the collection
instruments by writing to the above
email address.
1. Missing and Discrepant Wage
Reports Letter and Questionnaire—26
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion for forms
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–95–SM and SSA–97–SM (and accompanying cover letters SSA–L93, L94) (paper version) .....................................
IRS/SSA Reconciliation (online version) ...................................
356,800
89,200
1
1
30
30
178,400
44,600
* $28.01
28.01
** $4,996,984
** 1,249,246
Totals .................................................................................
446,000
........................
........................
223,000
........................
6,246,230
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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).
** 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. 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 the Social Security
Administration (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
Supplemental Security Income (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
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uses this wage and employment
information to help determine program
eligibility and payment amounts.
The public can complete 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
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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.
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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) *
Average
wait time
in field
office or for
teleservice
centers
(minutes) **
Total annual
opportunity cost
(dollars) ***
SSA–8240 (paper) ..................................
Web Title II & Title XVI Electronic (MCS,
MSSICS, and eWork) ..........................
Internet ....................................................
150,000
1
8
20,000
* $12.81
........................
*** $256,200
697,580
147,820
1
1
3
3
34,879
7,391
* 12.81
* 12.81
* 21
0
*** 3,574,400
*** 94,679
Totals ...............................................
995,400
........................
........................
62,270
........................
........................
*** 3,925,279
* We based this figure on the average DI payments based on SSA’s current FY 2023 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2023factsheet.pdf).
** We based this figure by averaging the average FY 2023 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.
3. Notice to Electronic Information
Exchange Partners to Provide Contractor
List—0960–0820. The Federal standards
of the Privacy Act of 1974; EGovernment act of 2002; and the
National Institute of Standard Special
Publications 800–53–4, require SSA to
maintain oversight of the information it
provides to Electronic Information
Exchange Partners (EIEPs). EIEPs obtain
SSA data for the administration of
federally funded and state-administered
programs. SSA has a responsibility to
monitor and protect the personally
identifiable information SSA shares
with other Federal and State agencies,
and private organizations through the
Computer Matching and Privacy
Protection Act, and the Information
Exchange Agreements (IEA). Under the
terms of the State Transmission
Component IEA, and agency IEA, EIEPs
agree to comply with Electronic
Information Exchange security
requirements and procedures for State
and local Agencies exchanging
electronic information with SSA. SSA’s
Technical Systems Security
Requirements document provides all
agencies using SSA data ensure SSA’s
information is not processed;
maintained; transmitted; or stored in; or
by means of data communications
channel; electronic devices; computers;
or computer networks located in
geographic or virtual areas not subject to
U.S. law. SSA conducts tri-annual
compliance reviews of all State and
local agencies, and Tribes with whom
we have an IEA, to verify appropriate
security safeguards remain in place to
protect the confidentiality of
information SSA supplies. SSA requires
any organization with an electronic data
exchange agreement, to provide the SSA
Regional Office contact a current list of
contractors, or agents who have access
to SSA data upon request. SSA uses
Form SSA–731, Notice to Electronic
Information Exchange Partners to
Provide Contractor List to collect this
information. The respondents are
Federal agencies, as well as State, local,
or tribal agencies who exchange
electronic information with SSA.
Type of Request: Revision to 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–731 ...................................................................................
300
1
20
100
$28.01*
$2.801**
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* We based this figure on average State, local and tribal government worker’s salaries, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.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.
II. SSA submitted the information
collection below to OMB for clearance.
Your comments regarding this
information collection would be most
useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30
days from the date of this publication.
To be sure we consider your comments,
we must receive them no later than July
3, 2023. Individuals can obtain copies of
the OMB clearance package by writing
to OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov.
Evidence From Excluded Medical
Sources of Evidence—20 CFR 404.1503b
and 416.903b—0960–0803. Section 812
of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015
(BBA), ‘‘Exclusion of certain medical
sources of evidence,’’ mandates that
SSA exclude evidence in disability
decisions from certain medical sources.
BBA Section 812 amended section
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223(d)(5) of the Social Security Act
(Act) by adding a subsection ‘‘C.’’
Section 223(d)(5)(C)(i) of the Act, as
amended, requires SSA to exclude
evidence (except for good cause) from
medical sources: (1) convicted of a
felony under sections 208 or 1632 of the
Act; (2) excluded from participating in
any Federal health care program under
section 1128 of the Act; or (3) imposed
with a civil monetary penalty (CMP),
assessment, or both, for submitting false
evidence, under section 1129 of the Act.
We also implemented section
223(d)(5)(C), as amended, through
regulations at 20 CFR 404.1503b and
416.903b of the Code of Federal
Regulations. These regulations require
excluded medical sources to self-report
their excluded status, in writing, each
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time they submit evidence related to a
claim for benefits under Titles II or XVI
of the Act. Excluded medical sources’
duty to self-report their excluded status
applies to evidence they submit to SSA
directly, or through a representative,
claimant, or other individual or entity.
As needed, SSA informs the medical
sources we suspect should be excluded
of these requirements through a Fact
Sheet we send to them via mail, or
which they can find on our website
where we list the regulatory
requirements under BBA section 812. In
addition, along with the Fact Sheet and
website, we provide sample statements
as templates which the affected medical
sources can use to create their own
written statements as required under
our regulations. The respondents for
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this collection are medical sources that:
(1) meet one of the exclusionary
categories set forth in section
223(d)(5)(C)(i) of the Act, as amended;
(2) furnish evidence related to a claim
for benefits under Titles II or XVI of the
Act; and (3) had failed to self-identify as
Modality of completion
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
response
Number of
responses
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) **
404.1503b(c), 416.903b(c) ............................
200
3
600
20
200
$43.80 *
$8,760 **
* We based this figure
(Healthcare Practitioners
** This figure does not
retical opportunity costs
application.
on the average Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations worker’s hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data
and Technical Occupations (bls.gov)).
represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather, these are theofor the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to respondents to complete the
Dated: May 25, 2023.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 12033]
International Traffic in Arms
Regulations: Reissuance and Update
of Open General Licenses 1 and 2
Publication of updated general
licenses.
ACTION:
The Department of State,
Directorate of Defense Trade Controls is
publishing two updated open general
licenses, permitting certain reexports
and retransfers as provided therein, in
the Federal Register: Open General
License No. 1 and Open General License
No. 2, each of which was previously
issued on DDTC’s website.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dilan Wickrema, Office of Defense
Trade Controls Policy, U.S. Department
of State, telephone (202) 663–1282, or
email DDTCCustomerService@state.gov.
ATTN: Open General Licenses 1 and 2.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July
13, 2022, pursuant to the authority of
section 38(a) of the Arms Export Control
Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(a)), as delegated to
the Secretary of State by E.O. 13637, 78
FR 16129, and as further delegated by
the Secretary of State, the Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for Defense
Trade Controls issued two open general
licenses as part of a pilot program
pursuant to the International Traffic in
Arms Regulations (ITAR), 22 CFR parts
120–130, § 120.22(b). These open
general licenses were originally
published with a validity date of one
year, effective August 1, 2022, through
July 31, 2023.
The Department of State, Directorate
of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) is
SUMMARY:
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an excluded source of medical evidence
as required in Section 223(d(5)(C)(i).
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now updating both open general
licenses to extend the validity period
and to update citations for ITAR
sections moved by rulemaking
subsequent to the issuance of the open
general licenses on July 13, 2022.
Extending the validity period of the
open general licenses by three years is
necessary in order to allow DDTC to
collect sufficient data to consider the
usefulness of the Open General License
pilot program and to provide industry
with sufficient comfort to be able to rely
on the open general licenses without
fear that they will expire more quickly
than a traditional license.
DDTC is also making certain nonsubstantive edits to both open general
licenses to clarify that multiple defense
articles need not be reexported or
retransferred simultaneously and the
open general licenses can be used to
reexport or retransfer a single defense
article.
Both updated Open General License
No. 1 and Open General License No. 2
have been published on DDTC’s website
and are now being published in the
Federal Register. The text of Open
General License No. 1 and Open General
License No. 2 are provided below.
Open General License No. 1
Qualifying Retransfers Within Australia,
Canada, and the United Kingdom
(a) The Directorate of Defense Trade
Controls (DDTC), pursuant to the
International Traffic in Arms
Regulations (ITAR) 120.22(b), hereby
provides the following Open General
License No. 1. Open General License
No. 1 licenses the retransfer (as defined
in ITAR120.52) of unclassified defense
articles to:
(1) the Government of Australia, the
Government of Canada, or the
Government of the United Kingdom;
(2) members of the Australian
Community as defined in ITAR
126.16(d), at all locations in Australia;
(3) members of the United Kingdom
Community as defined in ITAR
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126.17(d), at all locations in the United
Kingdom; or
(4) Canadian-registered persons as
defined in ITAR 126.5(b).
(b) The retransfer of any unclassified
defense article to any of the parties
listed in section (a) is subject to all the
following requirements, limitations, and
provisos:
(1) Requirements. The transferor shall:
(i) comply with the requirements of
ITAR 123.9(b);
(ii) maintain the following records of
each retransfer: a description of the
defense article, including technical data;
the name and address of the recipient
and the end-user, and other available
contact information (e.g., telephone
number and electronic mail address);
the name of the natural person
responsible for the transaction; the
stated end use of the defense article; the
date of the transaction; and the method
of transfer;
(iii) ensure that such records are made
available to DDTC upon request; and
(iv) utilize Open General License No.
1 as the license or other approval
number or exemption citation.
(2) Limitations and provisos:
(i) the defense article to be
retransferred was originally exported
pursuant to a license or other approval
issued by DDTC pursuant to section 38
of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA),
the Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty
between the United States and Australia
(ITAR 126.16), or the Defense Trade
Cooperation Treaty between the United
States and the United Kingdom, (ITAR
126.17);
(ii) a defense article originally
exported pursuant to ITAR 126.6(c) may
not be retransferred under this license;
(iii) a defense article described in
ITAR 126.16(a)(5) or 126.17(a)(5) may
not be retransferred under this license;
(iv) a defense article may not be
retransferred under this license if it is
listed on the Missile Technology
Control Regime (MTCR) Annex or
identified as Missile Technology (MT)
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No: SSA-2023-0014]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and
Comment Request
The Social Security Administration (SSA) publishes a list of
information collection packages requiring clearance by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with Public Law 104-13, the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 1, 1995. This notice
includes revisions of OMB-approved information collections.
SSA is soliciting comments on the accuracy of the agency's burden
estimate; the need for the information; its practical utility; ways to
enhance its quality, utility, and clarity; and ways to minimize burden
on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology. Mail, email, or fax your
comments and recommendations on the information collection(s) to the
OMB Desk Officer and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at the following
addresses or fax numbers.
(OMB) Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA.
Comments: https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Submit your
comments online referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-2023-0014].
(SSA) Social Security Administration, OLCA, Attn: Reports Clearance
Director, Mail Stop 3253 Altmeyer, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD
21235, Fax: 833-410-1631, Email address: [email protected].
Or you may submit your comments online through https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-
2023-0014].
I. The information collections below are pending at SSA. SSA will
submit it 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
31, 2023. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection instruments
by writing to the above email address.
1. Missing and Discrepant Wage Reports Letter and Questionnaire--26
CFR 31.6051-2--0960-0432. Each year employers report the wage amounts
they paid their employees to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for tax
purposes, and separately to SSA for retirement and disability coverage
purposes. Employers should report the same figures to SSA and the IRS;
however, each year some of the employer wage reports SSA receives show
wage amounts lower than those employers report to the IRS. SSA uses
Forms SSA-L93-SM, SSA-L94-SM, SSA-95-SM, and SSA-97-SM to request
revised amounts to ensure employees receive full credit for their
wages. SSA is also creating the online IRS/SSA Reconciliation portal
which is a streamlined version of the SSA-95-SM and the SSA-97-SM. The
IRS/SSA Reconciliation portal will guide employers to the appropriate
solutions and will link the users to online tools to correct issues.
The respondents are employers who reported lower wage amounts to SSA
than they reported to the IRS.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Average burden Estimated theoretical Total annual
Modality of completion for forms 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-95-SM and SSA-97-SM (and accompanying cover letters 356,800 1 30 178,400 * $28.01 ** $4,996,984
SSA-L93, L94) (paper version)..........................
IRS/SSA Reconciliation (online version)................. 89,200 1 30 44,600 28.01 ** 1,249,246
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Totals.............................................. 446,000 .............. .............. 223,000 .............. 6,246,230
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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).
** 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. 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 the Social Security Administration (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 Supplemental
Security Income (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 can complete 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 wait
Average time in field
Number of Frequency of Average burden Estimated theoretical office or for Total annual
Modality of completion respondents response per response total annual hourly cost teleservice opportunity cost
(minutes) burden (hours) amount centers (dollars) ***
(dollars) * (minutes) **
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SSA-8240 (paper)..................... 150,000 1 8 20,000 * $12.81 .............. *** $256,200
Web Title II & Title XVI Electronic 697,580 1 3 34,879 * 12.81 * 21 *** 3,574,400
(MCS, MSSICS, and eWork)............
Internet............................. 147,820 1 3 7,391 * 12.81 0 *** 94,679
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Totals........................... 995,400 .............. .............. 62,270 .............. .............. *** 3,925,279
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* We based this figure on the average DI payments based on SSA's current FY 2023 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2023factsheet.pdf).
** We based this figure by averaging the average FY 2023 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.
3. Notice to Electronic Information Exchange Partners to Provide
Contractor List--0960-0820. The Federal standards of the Privacy Act of
1974; E-Government act of 2002; and the National Institute of Standard
Special Publications 800-53-4, require SSA to maintain oversight of the
information it provides to Electronic Information Exchange Partners
(EIEPs). EIEPs obtain SSA data for the administration of federally
funded and state-administered programs. SSA has a responsibility to
monitor and protect the personally identifiable information SSA shares
with other Federal and State agencies, and private organizations
through the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act, and the
Information Exchange Agreements (IEA). Under the terms of the State
Transmission Component IEA, and agency IEA, EIEPs agree to comply with
Electronic Information Exchange security requirements and procedures
for State and local Agencies exchanging electronic information with
SSA. SSA's Technical Systems Security Requirements document provides
all agencies using SSA data ensure SSA's information is not processed;
maintained; transmitted; or stored in; or by means of data
communications channel; electronic devices; computers; or computer
networks located in geographic or virtual areas not subject to U.S.
law. SSA conducts tri-annual compliance reviews of all State and local
agencies, and Tribes with whom we have an IEA, to verify appropriate
security safeguards remain in place to protect the confidentiality of
information SSA supplies. SSA requires any organization with an
electronic data exchange agreement, to provide the SSA Regional Office
contact a current list of contractors, or agents who have access to SSA
data upon request. SSA uses Form SSA-731, Notice to Electronic
Information Exchange Partners to Provide Contractor List to collect
this information. The respondents are Federal agencies, as well as
State, local, or tribal agencies who exchange electronic information
with SSA.
Type of Request: Revision to 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-731........................................... 300 1 20 100 $28.01* $2.801**
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* We based this figure on average State, local and tribal government worker's salaries, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.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.
II. SSA submitted the information collection below to OMB for
clearance. Your comments regarding this information collection would be
most useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30 days from the date of this
publication. To be sure we consider your comments, we must receive them
no later than July 3, 2023. Individuals can obtain copies of the OMB
clearance package by writing to [email protected].
Evidence From Excluded Medical Sources of Evidence--20 CFR
404.1503b and 416.903b--0960-0803. Section 812 of the Bipartisan Budget
Act of 2015 (BBA), ``Exclusion of certain medical sources of
evidence,'' mandates that SSA exclude evidence in disability decisions
from certain medical sources. BBA Section 812 amended section 223(d)(5)
of the Social Security Act (Act) by adding a subsection ``C.'' Section
223(d)(5)(C)(i) of the Act, as amended, requires SSA to exclude
evidence (except for good cause) from medical sources: (1) convicted of
a felony under sections 208 or 1632 of the Act; (2) excluded from
participating in any Federal health care program under section 1128 of
the Act; or (3) imposed with a civil monetary penalty (CMP),
assessment, or both, for submitting false evidence, under section 1129
of the Act. We also implemented section 223(d)(5)(C), as amended,
through regulations at 20 CFR 404.1503b and 416.903b of the Code of
Federal Regulations. These regulations require excluded medical sources
to self-report their excluded status, in writing, each time they submit
evidence related to a claim for benefits under Titles II or XVI of the
Act. Excluded medical sources' duty to self-report their excluded
status applies to evidence they submit to SSA directly, or through a
representative, claimant, or other individual or entity. As needed, SSA
informs the medical sources we suspect should be excluded of these
requirements through a Fact Sheet we send to them via mail, or which
they can find on our website where we list the regulatory requirements
under BBA section 812. In addition, along with the Fact Sheet and
website, we provide sample statements as templates which the affected
medical sources can use to create their own written statements as
required under our regulations. The respondents for
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this collection are medical sources that: (1) meet one of the
exclusionary categories set forth in section 223(d)(5)(C)(i) of the
Act, as amended; (2) furnish evidence related to a claim for benefits
under Titles II or XVI of the Act; and (3) had failed to self-identify
as an excluded source of medical evidence as required in Section
223(d(5)(C)(i).
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 Number of per response annual burden hourly cost opportunity
respondents response responses (minutes) (hours) amount cost (dollars)
(dollars) * **
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404.1503b(c), 416.903b(c)........ 200 3 600 20 200 $43.80 * $8,760 **
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* We based this figure on the average Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations worker's hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor
Statistics data (Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations (bls.gov)).
** 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: May 25, 2023.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2023-11579 Filed 5-31-23; 8:45 am]
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