[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 50 (Monday, March 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 12854]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6743]


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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 Public Law 104-13 effective October 1, 1995, The Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. The information collections listed below have 
been submitted to OMB for emergency clearance. OMB approval has been 
requested by March 20, 1998:
    0960-NEW. The Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) 
requires agencies to evaluate the effectiveness of their programs. In 
compliance with GPRA and as part of the Agency's strategic planning 
process, one of SSA's major goals is ``To Strengthen Public 
Understanding of the Social Security Programs.'' The Agency Strategic 
Plan provides that SSA develop an overall public education strategy to 
ensure that, by the year 2005, 9 of 10 adults are knowledgeable in five 
broad areas of the Social Security program. As a first step towards its 
goal, the Agency proposes to conduct focus groups with adults age 18 
and over to assess their understanding of the program and determine 
what they wish to know. The information from the focus group testing 
will be used for the development of a subsequent national survey which 
will measure the public's baseline knowledge of Social Security 
programs.
    Number of Respondents: 90.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 2 hours.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 180 hours.
    To receive a copy of the form or clearance packages, call the SSA 
Reports Clearance Officer on (410) 965-4125 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, 
D.C. 20503
(SSA)
Social Security Administration, DCFAM, Attn: Nicholas E. Tagliareni, 
6401 Security Blvd, 1-A-21 Operations Bldg., Baltimore, MD 21235

    Date: March 10, 1998.
Nicholas E. Tagliareni,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-6743 Filed 3-13-98; 8:45 am]
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