[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 218 (Tuesday, November 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67434-67436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-26953]
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
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 and one extension 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,
Fax: 202-395-6974, Email address: [email protected].
(SSA) Social Security Administration, OLCA, Attn: Reports Clearance
Director, 3100 West High Rise, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD
21235, Fax: 410-966-2830, Email address: [email protected].
I. The information collection below is pending at SSA. SSA will
submit it 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 13, 2014. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection
instruments by writing to the above email address.
Statement of Agricultural Employer (Year Prior to 1988; and 1988
and later)--20 CFR 404.702, 404.802, 404.1056--0960-0036. If
agricultural workers believe their employers (1) did not report their
wages or (2) reported incorrect wage amounts, SSA will assist them in
resolving this issue. Specifically, SSA will send Forms SSA-1002-F3 or
SSA-1003-F3 to the agricultural employers to collect evidence of wages
paid. The respondents are agricultural employers whose workers request
wage verification or correction for their earnings records.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Estimated
Number of Frequency of Average burden total annual
Modality of completion respondents response per response burden
(minutes) (hours)
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SSA-1002........................................ 7,500 1 30 3,750
SSA-1003........................................ 25,000 1 30 12,500
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Totals...................................... 32,500 .............. .............. 16,250
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II. SSA submitted the information collections below to OMB for
clearance. Your comments regarding the 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 12, 2013. Individuals can obtain copies of the
OMB clearance packages by writing to [email protected].
1. Request for Corrections of Earnings Record--20 CFR 404.820 and
20 CFR 422.125--0960-0029. Individuals alleging their earnings records
in SSA's files are inaccurate use Form SSA-7008 to provide the
information SSA needs to check earnings posted, and as necessary,
initiate development to resolve any inaccuracies. The respondents are
individuals who request correction of earnings posted to their Social
Security earnings record.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Estimated
Number of Frequency of Average burden total annual
Modality of completion respondents response per response burden
(minutes) (hours)
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Paper Form...................................... 37,500 1 10 6,250
In-Person or Telephone Interview................ 337,500 1 10 56,250
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Totals...................................... 375,000 .............. .............. 62,500
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2. Incorporation by Reference of Oral Findings of Fact and
Rationale in Wholly Favorable Written Decisions (Bench Decision
Regulation)--20 CFR 404.953 and 416.1453--0960-0694. If an
administrative law judge (ALJ) makes a wholly favorable oral decision
that includes all the findings and rationale for the decision for a
claimant of Title II or Title XVI payments at an administrative appeals
hearing, the ALJ sends a Notice of Decision (Form HA-82), as the
records from the oral hearing preclude the need for a written decision.
We call this the incorporation-by-reference process. In addition, the
regulations for this process state that if the involved parties want a
record of the oral decision, they may submit a written request for
these records. SSA collects identifying information under the aegis of
Sections 20 CFR 404.953 and 416.1453 of the Code of Federal Regulations
to determine how to send interested individuals written records of a
favorable incorporation-by-reference oral decision made at an
administrative review hearing. Since there is no prescribed form to
request a written record of the decision, the involved parties send SSA
their contact information and reference the hearing for which they
would like a record. The respondents are applicants for Disability
Insurance Benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments or
their representatives to whom SSA gave a wholly favorable oral decision
under the regulations cited above.
Type of Request: Extension 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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HA-82....................................... 2,500 1 5 208
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3. Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security
(PABSS)--20 CFR 435.51-435.52--0960-0768. In March of 2013, Social
Security announced its intention to award grants to reestablish
community-based protection and advocacy projects in every State, U.S.
Territories, and the Hopi and Navajo tribal nations, as authorized
under Section 1150 of the Social Security Act (Act). Awardees are the
57 Protection & Advocacy (P&A) organizations established under Title I
of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act.
The PABSS projects are part of Social Security's strategy to increase
the number of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or SSI
recipients who return to work and achieve financial independence and
self-sufficiency as the result of receiving support, representation,
advocacy, or other services. The overarching objective of the PABSS
program is to provide information and advice about obtaining vocational
rehabilitation and employment services, and to provide advocacy or
other services a beneficiary with a disability may need to secure,
maintain, or regain gainful employment. The PABSS Annual Program
Performance Report collects statistical information from each of the
PABSS projects in an effort to manage and capture program performance
and quantitative data. Social Security uses the information to evaluate
the efficacy of the program, and to ensure beneficiaries are receiving
quality services. The project data is valuable to Social Security in
its analysis of and
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future planning for the SSDI and SSI programs. The respondents are the
57 PABSS project sites, and recipients of SSDI and SSI programs.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Estimated
Number of Frequency of Average burden total annual
Modality of completion respondents response per response burden
(minutes) (hours)
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PABSS Program Grantees.......................... 57 1 60 57
Beneficiaries................................... 5,000 1 30 2,500
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Totals...................................... 5,057 .............. .............. 2,557
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Dated: November 6, 2013.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Director, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-26953 Filed 11-8-13; 8:45 am]
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