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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No: SSA–2024–0044]
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
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
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signature with a user identification
number (User ID) and a password. IRES
provides registration, authentication,
and authorization gateway services for
Business-to-Government (B2G) suites of
services, including, but not limited to:
a. Business Services Online (BSO)
D Claimant Representative Services
b. Government Services Online (GSO)
(OMB #0960–0757)
D Office of Child Support
Enforcement (OCSE) Services
D Secure exchange of information
between SSA and third parties in
support of SSA and other federal
government-supported programs
c. Customer Support Application (CSA)
D CSA provides customer support
service for IRES. CSA allows users
to complete the registration process
via a telephone interview with a
Social Security customer service
representative.
The IRES System verifies the identity
of individuals, businesses,
organizations, entities, and government
agencies seeking to use SSA’s secured
internet and telephone applications.
Individuals need this verification to
electronically request and exchange
business data with SSA. Requestors
provide SSA with the information
needed to establish their identities.
Once SSA verifies identity, the IRES
system issues the requestor a user
identification number and a password to
conduct business with SSA.
Respondents are employers; employees;
third party submitters of wage data
business entities providing taxpayer
identification information; appointed
representatives; representative payees;
and data exchange partners conducting
business in support of SSA programs.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
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
(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 by clicking on
Currently under Review—Open for
Public Comments and choosing to click
on one of SSA’s published items. Please
reference Docket ID Number [SSA–
2024–0044] in your submitted response.
I. The information collections below
are pending at SSA. SSA will submit
them to OMB within 60 days from the
date of this notice. To be sure we
consider your comments, we must
receive them no later than January 6,
2025. Individuals can obtain copies of
the collection instruments by writing to
the above email address.
1. Integrated Registration Services
(IRES) System—20 CFR 401.45—0960–
0626. IRES is an internet-based
application that replaces the
respondent’s handwritten paper-based
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) **
IRES Internet Registrations ......................................................
IRES Internet Requestors .........................................................
IRES CS (CSA) Registrations ...................................................
266,210
14,472,710
2,216
1
1
1
5
2
11
22,184
482,424
406
* $42.82
* 42.82
* 42.82
** $949,919
** 20,657,396
** 17,385
Total ...................................................................................
14,741,136
........................
........................
505,014
........................
** 21,624,700
* We based this figure on an overall average of the average U.S. citizen’s hourly salary, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00-00000); hourly wages for Information and Record Keeping Analysts hourly salary, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data. (Information
and Record Clerks, All Other (bls.gov)); and average hourly wages for paralegals/legal assistants (Paralegals and Legal Assistants (bls.gov); and lawyers (Lawyers
(bls.gov) as posted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
** 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. 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
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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
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card. At an individual’s request, SSA
uses Form SSA–132 to send the
individual’s SSN to an employer.
Mailing this information to the
employer: (1) ensures the employer has
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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
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
SSA–132 .......................................................
I
their application or the SSN to their
employers.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
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
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
I
361,902
I
1
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
I
5
I
30,159
Average
wait time in
field office
(minutes) **
I
* $31.48
** 24
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) ***
I
*** $5,506,482
* 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#000000).
** We based this figure on the average FY 2024 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.
II. SSA submitted the information
collections below to OMB for clearance.
Your comments regarding these
information collections would be most
useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30
days from the date of this publication.
To be sure we consider your comments,
we must receive them no later than
December 6, 2024. Individuals can
obtain copies of these OMB clearance
packages by writing to the
OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov.
SSA’s records, or provides information
that resolves the discrepancy, SSA adds
the reported earnings to the
respondent’s Social Security record. We
use Forms SSA–L2765, SSA–L3365, and
SSA–L4002 for this purpose. The
respondents are self-employed
individuals and employees whose name
and SSN information do not agree with
their employer’s and SSA’s records.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB
approved information collection.
1. Requests for Self-Employment
Information, Employee Information, and
Employer Information—20 CFR
422.120—0960–0508. When SSA cannot
identify Form W–2 wage data for an
individual, we place the data in an
earnings suspense file and contact the
individual (and certain instances the
employer) to obtain the correct
information. If the respondent furnishes
the name and Social Security Number
(SSN) information that agrees with
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) **
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) ***
SSA–L2765 * .............................................................................
SSA–L3365 * .............................................................................
SSA–L4002 * .............................................................................
1
1
1
1
1
1
10
10
10
1
1
1
** $31.48
** 31.48
** 31.48
*** $31.48
*** 31.48
*** 31.48
Totals .................................................................................
1
........................
........................
3
........................
*** 94.44
* SSA does not currently send out any of these collections; however, we included 1 hour burden placeholders for each collection, in the event we need to send
these notices out in the near future.
** 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).
*** 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. 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 (RPs) to manage
the dedicated account in accordance
with our rules, including using the
funds for permitted expenditures and
reporting on the use of funds. When the
SSI recipient requires a dedicated
account, SSA notifies the RP to inform
them of the need to open the dedicated
account and of the rules for managing a
dedicated account, including the
required submission of a written report
accounting for the use of money paid to
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
recipients into the dedicated account.
SSA allows the respondent to submit
their own written report, or use Form
SSA–6233, which simplifies the process
for the respondents. SSA uses Form
Modality of completion
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
SSA–6233 .....................................................
68,000
1
20
SSA–6233 to: (1) ensure the RPs use the
payments for the recipient’s current
maintenance and personal needs and
properly conserves the remainder; and
(2) confirm the funds paid into the
dedicated account are spent and saved
in compliance with the law.
Respondents are RPs for SSI recipients.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
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) ***
22,667
$31.48 *
21 **
$1,462,781 ***
* 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#000000).
** We based this figure on averaging both the average FY 2024 wait times for field offices (24 minutes) and teleservice centers (19 minutes), based on SSA’s current management information data.
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*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Supplemental Security Income 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. Social Security Number
Verification Services—20 CFR 401.45—
0960–0660. Internal Revenue Service
regulations require employers to
provide wage and tax data to SSA using
Form W–2, or its electronic equivalent.
As part of this process, the employer
must furnish the employee’s name and
SSN. In addition, the employee’s name
and SSN must match SSA’s records for
SSA to post earnings to the employee’s
earnings record, which SSA maintains.
SSA offers the Social Security Number
Verification Service (SSNVS), which
allows employers to verify the reported
names and SSNs of their employees
match those in SSA’s records. SSNVS is
a cost-free, voluntary method for
employers to verify employee
information via the internet. SSA
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
SSNVS ..........................................................
I
Frequency of
response
I
44,891
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Number of
responses
I
60
annotates data an employer supplies to
SSA for verification that does not match
SSA’s records with a no match indicator
and returns it to the employer. The
respondents are employers who need to
verify SSN data using SSA’s records.
I
2,663,460
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) **
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
I
5
221,955
I
$43.65 *
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) ***
I
$9,688,336 **
* We based this figure on the average hourly wage for Accountants and Auditors, as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data (Accountants and Auditors
(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.
4. Request for Deceased Individual’s
Social Security Record—20 CFR
402.130—0960–0665. The Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA), at 5 U.S.C.
552(a)(3) of the U.S. Code, provides
instructions for members of the public
to request records from Federal
Agencies. When a member of the public
requests an individual’s Social Security
record under FOIA, SSA needs the
name and address of the requestor as
well as a description of the requested
record to process the request. While
SSA respondents may submit these
requests in writing, SSA also allows for
the use of Form SSA–711, Deceased
Individual’s Social Security Records, for
FOIA requests for a deceased
individual’s records for genealogical
research, family estate matters, and
other reasons. SSA then uses the
information the respondent provides on
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
Frequency of
response
Form SSA–711, or via an internet
request through SSA’s electronic
Freedom of Information Act Xpress
(FOIAXpress) website, to: (1) verify the
wage earner is deceased; and (2) access
the correct Social Security record.
Respondents are members of the public
requesting deceased individuals’ Social
Security records.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Number of
responses
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) **
Average wait
time in
field office
or for
teleservice
centers
(minutes) **
Internet Request through FOIAXpress .........
SSA–711 (paper) ..........................................
49,800
200
1
1
7
7
5,810
23
* $31.48
* $31.48
........................
** 21
*** $182,899
*** $2,928
Total .......................................................
50,000
........................
........................
5,833
........................
........................
*** $185,827
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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).
** We based this figure on averaging both the average FY 2024 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. Sheltered Workshop Wage
Reporting—0960–0771. Sheltered
workshops are private non-profit
organizations or institutions that
implement a recognized program of
rehabilitation for handicapped workers
or provide such workers with
remunerative employment or other
occupational rehabilitating activity of an
educational or therapeutic nature.
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Sheltered workshops perform a service
for their clients by reporting monthly
wages directly to SSA. SSA uses the
information these workshops provide to
verify and post monthly wages to SSI
recipient’s records. Most workshops
report monthly wage totals to their local
SSA office, so we can adjust the client’s
SSI payment amount in a timely manner
and prevent overpayments. Sheltered
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workshops are motivated to report
wages voluntarily as a service to their
clients. Respondents are sheltered
workshops that report monthly wages
for services performed in the workshop.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
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Modality of completion
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
response
Total
number of
responses
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) ***
Sheltered Workshop Wage
Reporting .......................
244
12
2,928
15
732
$23.28 *
24 **
$44,302 ***
* We based this on average Rehabilitation Counselors hourly salary, as reported in Bureau of Labor Statistics data (Rehabilitation Counselors (bls.gov))
** We based this figure on the average FY 2024 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.
Dated: November 1, 2024.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security
Administration.
ben.walsh@faa.gov; phone: 202–267–
8233.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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BILLING CODE 4191–02–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. FAA–2024–1988]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of a Renewed Approval of
Information Collection: Small
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS)
Safety Event Reporting
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA
invites public comments about our
intention to request the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval to renew an information
collection. The Federal Register Notice
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the following collection of
information was published on July 31,
2024. The collection involves
information that must be reported to the
FAA about small unmanned aircraft
system (sUAS) safety events if they
result in serious injury or damage
exceeding certain thresholds.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by December 6, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Benjamin Walsh by email at:
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Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for FAA’s
performance; (b) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information collection; and (d)
ways that the burden could be
minimized without reducing the quality
of the collected information. The agency
will summarize and/or include your
comments in the request for OMB’s
clearance of this information collection.
OMB Control Number: 2120–0767.
Title: Small Unmanned Aircraft
Systems (sUAS) Safety Event Reporting.
Form Numbers: N/A (web portal:
https://faadronezone.faa.gov).
Type of Review: Renewal of an
information collection.
Background: The Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the following
collection of information was published
on July 31, 2024 (89 FR 61575). The title
of this information collection is being
changed from ‘‘Small Unmanned
Aircraft Systems (sUAS) Accident
Reporting’’ to ‘‘Small Unmanned
Aircraft Systems (sUAS) Safety Event
Reporting’’ to reflect the change made to
the title of the applicable regulation (14
CFR 107.9) in 2022. The regulations at
14 CFR 107.9 requires that a small
unmanned aircraft system safety event
be reported if it causes: (1) serious
injury to any person or any loss of
consciousness; or (2) damage to any
property, other than the small
unmanned aircraft, unless the cost of
repair or fair market value in the event
of total loss does not exceed $500. The
information collected by the FAA
through its DroneZone web portal,
Flight Standards District Offices, one of
the Regional Operations Centers, or the
Washington Operations Center for each
small UAS safety event will be used to
investigate and determine regulatory
compliance. In addition, the safety
event information will go into the FAA
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aircraft accident database for safety
analysis purposes by the FAA Office of
Accident Investigation and Analysis,
pursuant to its statutory safety mission.
As is currently the case for manned
aircraft accidents, small UAS safety
event data will be made available to the
public and the National Transportation
Safety Board (NTSB).
Respondents: Small Unmanned
Aircraft System operators that
experience a safety event that must be
reported to the FAA per 14 CFR, 107.9.
Approximately 41 per year.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
10.25 hours.
Issued in Washington, DC, on November 1,
2024.
Joseph Morra,
Manager, Emerging Technologies Division,
AFS–700.
[FR Doc. 2024–25812 Filed 11–5–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA–2023–0036]
Notice of Availability of Interim
Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality
Improvement (CMAQ) Program
Guidance as Revised by the Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law (BIL)
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of availability of Interim
Guidance; request for comment.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
availability of FHWA CMAQ Program
Interim Guidance (Interim Guidance).
The Interim Guidance provides
information and guidance on eligibility,
transfer, and other CMAQ Program
requirements under the BIL, enacted as
the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs
Act. The CMAQ Program requirements
in the BIL took effect on October 1,
2021, and apply to all funding obligated
on or after that date, whether carryover
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No: SSA-2024-0044]
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
(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 by clicking on Currently under
Review--Open for Public Comments and choosing to click on one of SSA's
published items. Please reference Docket ID Number [SSA-2024-0044] in
your submitted response.
I. The information collections below are pending at SSA. SSA will
submit them to OMB within 60 days from the date of this notice. To be
sure we consider your comments, we must receive them no later than
January 6, 2025. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection
instruments by writing to the above email address.
1. Integrated Registration Services (IRES) System--20 CFR 401.45--
0960-0626. IRES is an internet-based application that replaces the
respondent's handwritten paper-based signature with a user
identification number (User ID) and a password. IRES provides
registration, authentication, and authorization gateway services for
Business-to-Government (B2G) suites of services, including, but not
limited to:
a. Business Services Online (BSO)
[ssquf] Claimant Representative Services
b. Government Services Online (GSO) (OMB #0960-0757)
[ssquf] Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) Services
[ssquf] Secure exchange of information between SSA and third
parties in support of SSA and other federal government-supported
programs
c. Customer Support Application (CSA)
[ssquf] CSA provides customer support service for IRES. CSA allows
users to complete the registration process via a telephone interview
with a Social Security customer service representative.
The IRES System verifies the identity of individuals, businesses,
organizations, entities, and government agencies seeking to use SSA's
secured internet and telephone applications. Individuals need this
verification to electronically request and exchange business data with
SSA. Requestors provide SSA with the information needed to establish
their identities. Once SSA verifies identity, the IRES system issues
the requestor a user identification number and a password to conduct
business with SSA. Respondents are employers; employees; third party
submitters of wage data business entities providing taxpayer
identification information; appointed representatives; representative
payees; and data exchange partners conducting business in support of
SSA 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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IRES Internet Registrations............................. 266,210 1 5 22,184 * $42.82 ** $949,919
IRES Internet Requestors................................ 14,472,710 1 2 482,424 * 42.82 ** 20,657,396
IRES CS (CSA) Registrations............................. 2,216 1 11 406 * 42.82 ** 17,385
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Total............................................... 14,741,136 .............. .............. 505,014 .............. ** 21,624,700
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* We based this figure on an overall average of the average U.S. citizen's hourly salary, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00-00000); hourly wages for Information and Record Keeping Analysts hourly salary, as reported by Bureau of Labor
Statistics data. (Information and Record Clerks, All Other (bls.gov)); and average hourly wages for paralegals/legal assistants (Paralegals and Legal
Assistants (bls.gov); and lawyers (Lawyers (bls.gov) as posted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
** 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. 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 to send the individual's SSN to an employer. Mailing this
information to the employer: (1) ensures the employer has
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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.......................... 361,902 1 5 30,159 * $31.48 ** 24 *** $5,506,482
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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).
** We based this figure on the average FY 2024 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.
II. SSA submitted the information collections below to OMB for
clearance. Your comments regarding these information collections would
be most useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30 days from the date of
this publication. To be sure we consider your comments, we must receive
them no later than December 6, 2024. Individuals can obtain copies of
these OMB clearance packages by writing to the
[email protected].
1. Requests for Self-Employment Information, Employee Information,
and Employer Information--20 CFR 422.120--0960-0508. When SSA cannot
identify Form W-2 wage data for an individual, we place the data in an
earnings suspense file and contact the individual (and certain
instances the employer) to obtain the correct information. If the
respondent furnishes the name and Social Security Number (SSN)
information that agrees with SSA's records, or provides information
that resolves the discrepancy, SSA adds the reported earnings to the
respondent's Social Security record. We use Forms SSA-L2765, SSA-L3365,
and SSA-L4002 for this purpose. The respondents are self-employed
individuals and employees whose name and SSN information do not agree
with their employer's and SSA's records.
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-L2765 *............................................. 1 1 10 1 ** $31.48 *** $31.48
SSA-L3365 *............................................. 1 1 10 1 ** 31.48 *** 31.48
SSA-L4002 *............................................. 1 1 10 1 ** 31.48 *** 31.48
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Totals.............................................. 1 .............. .............. 3 .............. *** 94.44
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* SSA does not currently send out any of these collections; however, we included 1 hour burden placeholders for each collection, in the event we need to
send these notices out in the near future.
** 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).
*** 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. 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 (RPs) to manage the dedicated account in
accordance with our rules, including using the funds for permitted
expenditures and reporting on the use of funds. When the SSI recipient
requires a dedicated account, SSA notifies the RP to inform them of the
need to open the dedicated account and of the rules for managing a
dedicated account, including the required submission of a written
report accounting for the use of money paid to Supplemental Security
Income (SSI) recipients into the dedicated account. SSA allows the
respondent to submit their own written report, or use Form SSA-6233,
which simplifies the process for the respondents. SSA uses Form SSA-
6233 to: (1) ensure the RPs use the payments for the recipient's
current maintenance and personal needs and properly conserves the
remainder; and (2) confirm the funds paid into the dedicated account
are spent and saved in compliance with the law. Respondents are RPs for
SSI recipients.
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 total theoretical office or for
Modality of completion respondents response per response annual burden hourly cost teleservice
(minutes) (hours) amount centers
(dollars) ** (minutes) **
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SSA-6233......................... 68,000 1 20 22,667 $31.48 * 21 ** $1,462,781 ***
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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 2024 wait times for field offices (24 minutes) and teleservice centers (19 minutes), based on
SSA's current management information data.
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*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Supplemental Security Income 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. Social Security Number Verification Services--20 CFR 401.45--
0960-0660. Internal Revenue Service regulations require employers to
provide wage and tax data to SSA using Form W-2, or its electronic
equivalent. As part of this process, the employer must furnish the
employee's name and SSN. In addition, the employee's name and SSN must
match SSA's records for SSA to post earnings to the employee's earnings
record, which SSA maintains. SSA offers the Social Security Number
Verification Service (SSNVS), which allows employers to verify the
reported names and SSNs of their employees match those in SSA's
records. SSNVS is a cost-free, voluntary method for employers to verify
employee information via the internet. SSA annotates data an employer
supplies to SSA for verification that does not match SSA's records with
a no match indicator and returns it to the employer. The respondents
are employers who need to verify SSN data using SSA's records.
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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SSNVS............................ 44,891 60 2,663,460 5 221,955 $43.65 * $9,688,336 **
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* We based this figure on the average hourly wage for Accountants and Auditors, as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data (Accountants and
Auditors (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.
4. Request for Deceased Individual's Social Security Record--20 CFR
402.130--0960-0665. The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), at 5 U.S.C.
552(a)(3) of the U.S. Code, provides instructions for members of the
public to request records from Federal Agencies. When a member of the
public requests an individual's Social Security record under FOIA, SSA
needs the name and address of the requestor as well as a description of
the requested record to process the request. While SSA respondents may
submit these requests in writing, SSA also allows for the use of Form
SSA-711, Deceased Individual's Social Security Records, for FOIA
requests for a deceased individual's records for genealogical research,
family estate matters, and other reasons. SSA then uses the information
the respondent provides on Form SSA-711, or via an internet request
through SSA's electronic Freedom of Information Act Xpress (FOIAXpress)
website, to: (1) verify the wage earner is deceased; and (2) access the
correct Social Security record. Respondents are members of the public
requesting deceased individuals' Social Security records.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average wait Total
Average time in field annual
Number of Frequency of Number of Average burden Estimated theoretical office or for opportunity
Modality of completion respondents response responses per response total annual hourly cost teleservice cost
(minutes) burden (hours) amount centers (dollars)
(dollars) ** (minutes) ** ***
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Internet Request through 49,800 1 7 5,810 * $31.48 .............. *** $182,899
FOIAXpress..................
SSA-711 (paper).............. 200 1 7 23 * $31.48 ** 21 *** $2,928
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Total.................... 50,000 .............. .............. 5,833 .............. .............. *** $185,827
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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).
** We based this figure on averaging both the average FY 2024 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. Sheltered Workshop Wage Reporting--0960-0771. Sheltered
workshops are private non-profit organizations or institutions that
implement a recognized program of rehabilitation for handicapped
workers or provide such workers with remunerative employment or other
occupational rehabilitating activity of an educational or therapeutic
nature. Sheltered workshops perform a service for their clients by
reporting monthly wages directly to SSA. SSA uses the information these
workshops provide to verify and post monthly wages to SSI recipient's
records. Most workshops report monthly wage totals to their local SSA
office, so we can adjust the client's SSI payment amount in a timely
manner and prevent overpayments. Sheltered workshops are motivated to
report wages voluntarily as a service to their clients. Respondents are
sheltered workshops that report monthly wages for services performed in
the workshop.
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 Total number of per response annual burden hourly cost time in field opportunity
respondents response responses (minutes) (hours) amount office cost (dollars)
(dollars) ** (minutes) ** ***
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Sheltered Workshop Wage Reporting....................... 244 12 2,928 15 732 $23.28 * 24 ** $44,302 ***
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* We based this on average Rehabilitation Counselors hourly salary, as reported in Bureau of Labor Statistics data (Rehabilitation Counselors (bls.gov))
** We based this figure on the average FY 2024 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.
Dated: November 1, 2024.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-25782 Filed 11-5-24; 8:45 am]
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