[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] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] BILLING CODE 4190-29-U