[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 234 (Friday, December 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 64435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31864]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection 
Requests

    This notice lists information collection packages that will require 
submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in compliance 
with Pub. L. 104-13 effective October 1, 1995, The Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995.
    Work Incapacitation and Reintegration Study--0960-0543. The purpose 
of this study is to identify those incentives and interventions that 
are most successful in assisting persons who are disabled due to a back 
condition to return to work. The information collected will be used 
primarily to complete a cross-national analysis of this issue. Data 
will also be gathered on subjects of particular importance in the U.S. 
The findings will provide policy-makers with information that will be 
highly useful in establishing disability policy. The respondents are 
persons entitled to Social Security Disability Insurance, Supplemental 
Security Income or State Temporary Disability Insurance benefits due to 
a back condition.
    Number of Respondents: 800.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 1 hour.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 800 hours.
    Written comments and recommendations regarding the information 
collection(s) should be sent within 60 days from the date of this 
publication, directly to the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at the 
following address: Social Security Administration, DCFAM, Attn: 
Nicholas E. Tagliareni, 6401 Security Blvd., 1-A-21 Operations Bldg., 
Baltimore, MD 21235.
    In addition to your comments on the accuracy of the agency's burden 
estimate, we are soliciting comments on 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.
    To receive a copy of any of the forms or clearance packages, call 
the SSA Reports Clearance Officer on (410) 965-4125 or write to him at 
the address listed above.

    Dated: December 1, 1997.
Nicholas E. Tagliareni,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-31864 Filed 12-4-97; 8:45 am]
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