[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 102 (Thursday, May 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28852-28853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13246]
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and
Comment Request
In compliance with Public Law 104-13, the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, the Social Security Administration (SSA) is providing notice
of its information collections that require submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). 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 on ways to minimize burden on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
I. The information collections listed below will be submitted to
OMB within 60 days from the date of this notice. Therefore, comments
and recommendations regarding the information collections would be most
useful if received by the Agency within 60 days from the date of this
publication. Comments should be directed to the SSA Reports Clearance
Officer at the address listed at the end of this publication. You can
obtain a copy of the collection instruments by calling the SSA Reports
Clearance Officer on (410) 965-4145, or by writing to him at the
address listed at the end of this publication.
1. Request for Information--0960-NEW. The information collected on
this form will be used by SSA's Office of the Inspector General (OIG)
to conduct periodic eligibility reviews of beneficiaries residing in
foreign countries. The form is designed to replace the current time-
consuming and expensive method of conducting these reviews by selecting
sample cases and conducting in person interviews. The form will permit
OIG to review all beneficiary residents of the foreign country under
study, thereby narrowing the scope of the beneficiaries requiring in
person visits to those who do not respond or to those who provide
questionable evidence. The respondents are Social Security
beneficiaries residing in foreign countries.
Number of Respondents: 900.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden Per Response: 30 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 450 hours.
2. Application for Parent's Insurance Benefits--0960-0012. The
information collected on form SSA-7 is used by the Social Security
Administration to determine entitlement of an individual to parent's
insurance benefits. The respondents are parents who were dependents on
the worker for at least one-half of their support.
Number of Respondents: 1,400.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden Per Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 350 hours.
3. 0960-NEW. State Partnership Initiative (SPI) Cooperative
Agreements. Executive Order 13078 dated March 13, 1998, Increasing
Employment of Adults With Disabilities, orders that a National Task
Force be established to create a coordinated and aggressive national
policy to bring adults with disabilities into gainful employment at a
rate that is as close as possible to that of the general adult
population. E.O. 13078 specifies that the Task Force ``evaluate and,
where appropriate, coordinate and collaborate on, research and
demonstration priorities of Task Force member agencies related to
employment of adults with disabilities.''
To comply with the EO, SSA released cooperative agreement
announcements in 1998 to approximately 650 State agencies nationwide to
conduct demonstration projects that assist States in developing service
delivery models that increase the rates of gainful employment of people
with disabilities. Eighteen State agencies have been selected to
participate in the demonstration projects.
SSA has employed a monitoring and technical assistance contractor
to collect information from the State awardees' databases on behalf of
SSA. The Contractor will use the information to evaluate whether and to
what extent the service delivery models achieve the overall goals of
the demonstration projects and will report project results to SSA. SSA
will use the results to conduct a net outcome evaluation to determine
the long-term effectiveness of the interventions.
Following is a table that outlines the public reporting burden of
the 18 State agencies for this project:
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Estimated
Title of collection Number of annual Frequency of Average burden per annual burden
responses response response (hours)
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Demonstration Site Form......... 16 (electronic).... One Time........... 1 minute........... .3
2 (manual)......... One Time........... 1 minute........... .1
Participant Demographic Data 3,080 (electronic). One Time........... 15 minutes......... 770
Form. 300 (manual)....... One Time........... 20 minutes......... 100
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Participant Employment Data Form 3,080 (electronic). One Time........... 5 minutes.......... 257
300 (manual)....... One Time........... 7 minutes.......... 35
Participant Update Form......... 12,320 (electronic) Quarterly.......... 4 minutes.......... 821
1,200 (manual)..... Quarterly.......... 5 minutes.......... 100
Change in Employment Status..... 1,540 (electronic). Completed only if 3 minutes.......... 77
150 (Manual)....... employment changes. 4 minutes.......... 10
State Quarterly................. 72................. Quarterly.......... 15 minutes for each 18
report.
State Semiannual................ 36................. Semiannual......... ................... 9
Annual Reports.................. 18................. Annual............. ................... 4.5
Stakeholder Interviews.......... 50................. Varies per 10 minutes......... 8.3
Stakeholder.
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Total....................... ................... ................... ................... 2,210.2
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II. The information collections listed below have been submitted to
OMB for clearance. Written comments and recommendations on the
information collections would be most useful if received within 30 days
from the date of this publication. Comments should be directed to the
SSA Reports Clearance Officer and the OMB Desk Officer at the addresses
listed at the end of this publication. You can obtain copies of the OMB
clearance packages by calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer on
(410) 965-4145, or by writing to him.
1. Current Rule Regarding Continuation of Full Benefit Standard for
Persons Institutionalized--0960-0516. The information collected by the
Social Security Administration will be used to determine if a recipient
of Supplemental Security Income benefits, who is temporarily
institutionalized, is eligible to receive a full benefit. The
respondents will be such recipients and their physicians.
Number of Respondents: 60,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden Per Response: 5 minutes.
Estimated Average Burden: 5,000 hours.
2. Request for Review of Hearing Decision/Order--0960-0277. The
information collected on form HA-520 is needed to afford claimants
their statutory right under the Social Security Act to request review
of a hearing decision. The data will be used to determine the course of
action appropriate to resolve each issue. The respondents are claimants
denied or dissatisfied with a decision made regarding their claim.
Number of Respondents: 103,932.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden Per Response: 10 minutes.
Estimated Average Burden: 17,322 hours.
3. Statement Regarding Date of Birth and Citizenship--0960-0016.
The information collected on form SSA-702 is used by the Social
Security Administration in conjunction with other evidence to establish
a claimant's age or citizenship when better proofs are not available.
The respondents are individuals who have knowledge of the birth and
citizenship of the applicant.
Number of Respondents: 1,200.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden Per Response: 10 minutes.
Estimated Average Burden: 200 hours.
4. Disability Update Report--0960-0511. The Social Security Act
requires a periodic review of the disabled status of recipients whose
benefits are based on disability to determine whether they continue to
be eligible for these benefits. SSA uses the information collected on
the SSA-455 to identify those beneficiaries who have medically improved
and/or returned to work and have substantial earnings, and to decide
whether a full medical continuing disability review should be conducted
or deferred to a later date. The respondents are recipients of
supplemental security income and/or social security disability
benefits.
Number of Respondents: 900,000.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden Per Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 225,000 hours.
(SSA Address)
Social Security Administration, DCFAM, Attn: Frederick W.
Brickenkamp, 6401 Security Blvd., 1-A-21 Operations Bldg., Baltimore,
MD 21235.
(OMB Address)
Office of Management and Budget, OIRA, Attn: Lori Schack, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10230, 725 17th St., NW, Washington,
D.C. 20503.
Dated: May 20, 1999.
Frederick W. Brickenkamp,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-13246 Filed 5-26-99; 8:45 am]
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