[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 212 (Friday, November 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65745-65747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-26054]
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed 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
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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,
Fax: 202-395-6974, Email address: [email protected];
(SSA), Social Security Administration, DCRDP, Attn: Reports Clearance
Director, 107 Altmeyer Building, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD
21235, Fax: 410-966-2830, Email address: [email protected].
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
December 31, 2013. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection
instruments by writing to the above email address.
1. Request for Waiver of Special Veterans Benefits (SVB)
Overpayment Recovery or Change in Repayment Rate--20 CFR 408.900-
408.950-0960-0698. Title VIII of the Social Security Act requires SSA
to pay a monthly benefit to qualified World War II veterans who reside
outside the United States. When an overpayment in this SVB occurs, the
beneficiary can request a waiver of recovery of the overpayment or a
change in the repayment rate. SSA uses the SSA-2032-BK to obtain the
information necessary to establish whether the claimant meets the
waiver of recovery provisions of the overpayment, and to determine the
repayment rate if we do not waive repayment. Respondents are SVB
beneficiaries who have overpayments on their Title VIII record and wish
to file a claim for waiver of recovery or change in repayment rate.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average burden Estimated total
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden
respondents response (minutes) (hours)
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SSA-2032-BK................................. 450 1 120 900
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2. Benefit Offset National Demonstration--0960-0785. SSA is
undertaking the Benefit Offset National Demonstration (BOND)--a
demonstration and evaluation of policy changes and services on the
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program--in an effort to
produce strong evidence about the effectiveness of potential solutions
that would improve the historically very low rate of return to work
among SSDI beneficiaries. Under current law, Social Security
beneficiaries lose their SSDI benefit if they have earnings or work
activity above the threshold of Substantial Gainful Activity. The
benefit-offset component of this demonstration reduces benefits by $1
for each $2 in earnings above the BOND threshold, resulting in a
gradual reduction in benefits as earnings increase. The experimental
design for BOND tests a benefit offset alone and in conjunction with
enhanced work incentives counseling. The central research questions
include:
What is the effect of the benefit offset alone on
employment and other outcomes?
What is the effect of the benefit offset in combination
with enhanced work incentives counseling on employment and other
outcomes?
The public survey data collections have four components--an impact
study, a cost-benefit analysis, a participation analysis, and a process
study. The data collections are a primary source for data to measure
the effects of a more generous benefit offset and the provision of
enhanced work incentives counseling on SSDI beneficiaries' work efforts
and earnings. Ultimately, these data will benefit researchers, policy
analysts, policy makers and the United States Congress in a wide range
of program areas. The effects of BOND on the well-being of SSDI
beneficiaries could manifest themselves in many dimensions and could be
relevant to an array of other public programs. This project offers the
first opportunity to obtain reliable measures of these effects based
upon a nationally representative sample. The long-term indirect
benefits of this research are therefore likely to be substantial.
Respondents are SSDI beneficiaries and concurrent SSDI beneficiaries
and Supplemental Security Income recipients who we randomly assign to
the study (Stage 1), and SSDI beneficiaries who agree to participate in
the study (Stage 2).
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average burden Estimated
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of Number of per response total annual
respondents response responses (minutes) burden (hours)
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Participation Agreement......... 12,954 1 12,954 20 4,318
Baseline Survey................. 12,954 1 12,954 41 8,852
Stage 2, 12-month Interim Survey 10,363 1 10,363 29 5,008
Stage 1, 36-month Survey........ 8,000 1 8,000 49 6,533
Stage 2, 36-month Survey........ 10,363 1 10,363 60 10,363
Enhanced Work Incentives 3,089 1 3,089 35 1,802
Assessment.....................
Key Informant Interviews........ 100 7 700 60 700
Stage 2, Participant Focus 600 1 600 90 900
Groups.........................
Stage 1, First Contact Letter 500 1 500 3 25
Survey.........................
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Totals...................... 89,923 .............. 59,523 .............. 38,501
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Dated: October 29, 2013.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Director, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-26054 Filed 10-31-13; 8:45 am]
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