98-15298. Agency Information Collection Activities; Request for Emergency Review by the Office of Management and Budget

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 110 (Tuesday, June 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31545-31546]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15298]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Agency Information Collection Activities; Request for Emergency 
Review by the Office of Management and Budget

    The Social Security Administration publishes a list of information 
collection packages that will require clearance by OMB in compliance 
with P.L. 104-13 effective October 1, 1995, The Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995. The information collection listed below has been submitted to 
OMB for emergency clearance. OMB approval has been requested by June 
18, 1998: 0960-NEW. Survey of Widows(ers) Eligible for Higher 
Retirement Benefits. The Social Security Administration will survey a 
sample of widow(er) beneficiaries over the age of 70 to determine 
whether they would file for the higher retirement benefit for which 
they appear eligible, if the opportunity to file for this benefit was 
explained in a person contact. Two attempts to contact the 
beneficiaries by letter have already been made, but the beneficiaries 
have not filed for the additional benefits, which could be a 
substantial increase. The information collected from this sample 
population will provide the empirical basis for reaching a decision 
regarding whether some or all of the approximately 23,000 beneficiaries 
in the entire population should be personally contacted. The 
respondents are a sample of over age 70 SSA title II beneficiaries who 
are eligible to receive a higher retirement benefit.
    Number of Respondents: 390.
    Frequencey of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 10 Minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 65 hours.
    To receive a copy of the form or clearance packages, call the SSA 
Reports Clearance Officer on [phone] or write to him at the 
address listed below. Written comments and recommendations regarding 
the information collection (s) should be directed to the OMB Desk 
Officer and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at the following addresses:

(OMB) Office of Management and Budget, OIRA, Attn: Laura Oliven, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10230, 725 17th St., NW, Washington, DC 
20503
(SSA) Social Security Administration, DCFAM, Attn: Frederick W.

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Brickenkamp, 6401 Security Blvd, 1-A-21 Operations Bldg., Baltimore, MD 
21235.

    Dated: June 3, 1998.
Frederick W. Brickenkamp,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-15298 Filed 6-8-98; 8:45 am]
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