Social Security Administration 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Attorney Advisor Program Sunset Date Extension
Document Number: E9-16510
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-07-13
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
We are extending for two years our rule authorizing attorney advisors to conduct certain prehearing procedures and to issue fully favorable decisions. The current rule is scheduled to expire on August 10, 2009. In this final rule, we are extending the sunset date to August 10, 2011. We are making no other substantive changes.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request
Document Number: E9-16303
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-07-10
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Compassionate Allowances for Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias; Office of the Commissioner, Hearing
Document Number: E9-16277
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2009-07-09
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
We are considering ways to quickly identify diseases and other serious medical conditions that obviously meet the definition of disability under the Social Security Act (Act) and can be identified with minimal objective medical information. We are calling this method ``Compassionate Allowances.'' We will hold a hearing on July 29, 2009, to obtain information about possible methods of identifying adults with Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias and the advisability of implementing compassionate allowances for people with these diseases.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request
Document Number: E9-14916
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-25
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Occupational Information Development Advisory Panel Meeting
Document Number: E9-14374
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-19
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Exclusion of Certain Military Pay From Deemed Income and Resources
Document Number: E9-13621
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2009-06-11
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
We propose to revise our rules to clarify that, for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) purposes, we do not consider any combat-related military pay as income when we determine whether spouses and children of members of the uniformed services are eligible for SSI. The proposed rules also would clarify that we do not consider combat- related military pay as income when we determine the spouse's or child's proper payment amount. These proposed rules also would provide that, when we determine whether spouses and children are eligible for SSI, we do not consider retroactive payments of certain military pay as resources for 9 months following receipt. These proposed rules would protect spouses and children of members of the uniformed services from a reduction in, or loss of, benefits because their spouse or parent serves in a combat zone.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request
Document Number: E9-13316
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-09
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended; Computer Matching Program (Social Security Administration/Law Enforcement Agencies (SSA/LEA))-Match Number 5001
Document Number: E9-13203
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-05
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
In accordance with the Privacy Act, as amended, this notice announces renewal of an existing computer matching program that we are currently conducting with LEA.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request
Document Number: E9-11716
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-05-21
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request
Document Number: E9-11715
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-05-20
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended; Computer Matching Program (SSA/States, SDX-BENDEX-SVES Files)-Match 6000 and 6003)
Document Number: E9-11714
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-05-20
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
In accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act, as amended, this notice announces a renewal of an existing computer matching program that we are currently conducting with the States.
Occupational Information Development Advisory Panel Meeting
Document Number: E9-11068
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-05-13
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Age as a Factor in Evaluating Disability
Document Number: E9-10733
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2009-05-08
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
We are withdrawing the proposed rules entitled ``Age as a Factor in Evaluating Disability'' that we published in the Federal Register on November 4, 2005.
Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended; Proposed Alteration to Existing System of Records, New Routine Use, and General Housekeeping Changes
Document Number: E9-9840
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-04-29
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
We are issuing public notice of our intent to alter, add a new routine use, and make minor housekeeping changes to an existing system of records in accordance with the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and (e)(11)). The affected system of records is the Working File of the Appeals Council (60-0004), hereinafter referred to as the AC Working File. The proposed alterations will result in the following changes:
Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended; Proposed Alteration to Existing System of Records, New Routine Use, and General Housekeeping Changes
Document Number: E9-9835
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-04-29
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
We are issuing public notice of our intent to alter, add a new routine use, and make minor housekeeping changes to an existing system of records in accordance with the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4)) and (e)(11). The affected system of records is the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Working File on Claimant Cases (60-0005), hereinafter referred to as the ALJ Working File. The proposed alterations will result in the following changes:
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request
Document Number: E9-9593
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-04-28
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request
Document Number: E9-9318
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-04-24
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Financial Literacy Research Consortium Request for Applications (RFA); Program Announcement No. SSA-ORP-09-1
Document Number: E9-9151
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-04-22
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Social Security benefits are a key foundation in providing income security for millions of Americans. However, they are intended to complement other sources of income wherever feasible, such as pensions, tax-deferred retirement savings accounts, or personal savings. The current economic climate means that many Americans are now in danger of having insufficient savings for retirement and other life events. This situation occurs at a time when workers also need to take increasing responsibility for their savings decisions as many employers are moving from defined benefit to defined contribution plans.
Future Systems Technology Advisory Panel Meeting
Document Number: E9-9149
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-04-21
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request
Document Number: E9-7453
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-04-07
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Occupational Information Development Advisory Panel Meeting
Document Number: E9-6614
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-25
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request
Document Number: E9-6323
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-23
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request
Document Number: E9-5994
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-19
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Agreement on Social Security Between the United States and the Republic of Poland; Entry Into Force
Document Number: E9-4104
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-02-26
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
We are giving notice that an agreement coordinating the United States (U.S.) and the Polish social security programs will enter into force on March 1, 2009. The agreement with the Republic of Poland, which was signed on April 2, 2008, is similar to U.S. social security agreements already in force with 23 other countriesAustralia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea (South), Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Agreements of this type are authorized by section 233 of the Social Security Act. 42 U.S.C. 433. Like the other agreements, the U.S.-Polish agreement eliminates dual social security coverage. This situation exists when a worker from one country works in the other country and is covered under the social security systems of both countries for the same work. When dual coverage occurs without such agreements in force, the worker, the worker's employer, or both may be required to pay social security contributions to the two countries simultaneously. Under the U.S.- Polish agreement, a worker who is sent by an employer in one country to work in the other country for 5 or fewer years remains covered only by the sending country. The agreement includes additional rules that eliminate dual U.S. and Polish coverage in other work situations. The agreement also helps eliminate situations where workers suffer a loss of benefit rights because they have divided their careers between the two countries. Under the agreement, workers may qualify for partial U.S. benefits or partial Polish benefits based on combined (totalized) work credits from both countries. Persons who would like a copy of the agreement or want more information about its provisions may write to the Social Security Administration, Office of International Programs, Post Office Box 17741, Baltimore, MD 21235-7741 or visit the Social Security Web site at https://www.socialsecurity.gov/international.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request
Document Number: E9-3894
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-02-25
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Title XVI: Determining Childhood Disability-The Functional Equivalence Domain of “Attending and Completing Tasks”
Document Number: E9-3380
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-02-18
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
We are giving notice of SSR 09-4p. This SSR consolidates information from our regulations, training materials, and question-and- answer documents about the functional equivalence domain of ``Attending and completing tasks.'' It also explains our policy about that domain.
Social Security Ruling, SSR 09-2p.; Title XVI: Determining Childhood Disability-Documenting a Child's Impairment-Related Limitations
Document Number: E9-3378
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-02-18
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
We are giving notice of SSR 09-2p. This SSR provides policy interpretations and consolidates information from our regulations, training materials, and question-and-answer documents about documenting and evaluating evidence of a child's impairment-related limitations and related issues.
Social Security Ruling, SSR 09-8p. Title XVI: Determining Childhood Disability-The Functional Equivalence Domain of “Health and Physical Well-Being”
Document Number: E9-3385
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-02-17
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
We are giving notice of SSR 09-8p. This SSR consolidates information from our regulations, training materials, and question-and- answer documents about the functional equivalence domain of ``Health and physical well-being.'' It also explains our policy about that domain.
Title XVI: Determining Childhood Disability-The Functional Equivalence Domain of “Caring for Yourself”
Document Number: E9-3384
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-02-17
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
We are giving notice of SSR 09-7p. This SSR consolidates information from our regulations, training materials, and question-and- answer documents about the functional equivalence domain of ``Caring for yourself.'' It also explains our policy about that domain.
Social Security Ruling, SSR 09-6p.; Title XVI: Determining Childhood Disability-The Functional Equivalence Domain of “Moving About and Manipulating Objects”
Document Number: E9-3383
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-02-17
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
We are giving notice of SSR 09-6p. This SSR consolidates information from our regulations, training materials, and question-and- answer documents about the functional equivalence domain of ``Moving about and manipulating objects.'' It also explains our policy about that domain.
Title XVI: Determining Childhood Disability-The Functional Equivalence Domain of “Interacting and Relating With Others”
Document Number: E9-3382
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-02-17
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
We are giving notice of SSR 09-5p. This SSR consolidates information from our regulations, training materials, and question-and- answer documents about the functional equivalence domain of ``Interacting and relating with others.'' It also explains our policy about that domain.
Social Security Ruling, SSR 09-3p.; Title XVI: Determining Childhood Disability-The Functional Equivalence Domain of “Acquiring and Using Information”
Document Number: E9-3379
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-02-17
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
We are giving notice of SSR 09-3p. This SSR consolidates information from our regulations, training materials, and question-and- answer documents about the functional equivalence domain of ``Acquiring and using information.'' It also explains our policy about that domain.
Title XVI: Determining Childhood Disability Under the Functional Equivalence Rule-The “Whole Child” Approach
Document Number: E9-3375
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-02-17
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
We are giving notice of SSR 09-1p. This SSR provides policy interpretations and consolidates information from our regulations, training materials, and question-and-answer documents about our ``whole child'' approach for determining whether a child's impairment(s) functionally equals the listings.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request
Document Number: E9-3171
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-02-17
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Maximum Dollar Limit in the Fee Agreement Process
Document Number: E9-2332
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-02-04
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
We are increasing the maximum dollar amount limit for fee agreements approved under sections 206(a)(2)(A) and 1631(d)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act to $6,000. Effective June 22, 2009, decision- makers may approve fee agreements up to the new limit provided that the fee agreement otherwise meets the statutory conditions of the agreement process.
Expiration Date Extension for Musculoskeletal Body System Listings
Document Number: E9-2109
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-02-02
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This final rule extends for 2 years the date on which the Musculoskeletal System Listing of Impairments will no longer be effective. We use the body system listings at the third step of the sequential evaluation process when we evaluate your claim for benefits based on disability under title II and title XVI of the Social Security Act. Other than extending the effective date of the listings, we have not revised the musculoskeletal listings. This extension will ensure that we continue to have the medical evaluation criteria in the listings to adjudicate disability claims involving disorders of the musculoskeletal body system at the third step of the sequential evaluation process.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request
Document Number: E9-1897
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-30
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Occupational Information Development Advisory Panel Meeting
Document Number: E9-1733
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-27
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
The Social Security Administration published in the Federal Register of January 21, 2009, a document announcing the dates and times of the Notice of Inaugural Meeting of the Occupational Information Development Advisory Panel Meeting. This notice serves to correct the beginning time for the meeting on February 23, 2009. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request
Document Number: E9-1547
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-26
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Future Systems Technology Advisory Panel Meeting
Document Number: E9-1345
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-23
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Occupational Information Development Advisory Panel Meeting
Document Number: E9-950
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-21
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended; Computer Matching Program (SSA/Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD))-Match Number 1038
Document Number: E9-952
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-16
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
In accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act, as amended, we are announcing the renewal of an existing computer matching program we are currently conducting with BPD.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request
Document Number: E9-596
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-15
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended; Computer Matching Program (SSA/Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) Match Number 1074.
Document Number: E9-599
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-14
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
In accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act, as amended, this notice announces the renewal of an existing computer matching program that SSA is currently conducting with HHS/ACF/OCSE.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request
Document Number: E9-129
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-08
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
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