[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 4168]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1871]


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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 PL. 104-13 effective October 1, 1995, The Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995.
    1. Government Pension Questionnaire--0960-0160. The Social Security 
Act and Regulations provide that an individual receiving spouse's 
benefits and concurrently receiving a Government pension, based on the 
individual's own earnings, may have the Social Security benefits amount 
reduced by two-thirds of the pension amount. The data collected on Form 
SSA-3885 is used by the Social Security Administration (SSA) to 
determine if the individual's Social Security benefit will be reduced, 
the amount of reduction, the effective date of the reduction and if one 
of the exceptions in 20 CFR404.408a applies. The respondents are 
individuals who are receiving (or will receive) Social Security spouse' 
benefits and also receive their own Government pension.
    Number of Respondents: 30,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 12.5 minutes.
    Estimated Average Burden: 6,250 hours.
    2. Statement Regarding the Inferred Death of an Individual by 
Reason of Continued and Unexplained Absence--09060-0002. The 
information collected on form SSA-723 is used to determine if the 
Social Security Administration may infer that a missing person is 
deceased. The respondents are individual who know or are related to the 
missing person.
    Number of Respondents: 30,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Average Burden: 1,500 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: 
Frederick W. Brickenkamp, 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) 965-4145 or write to him at 
the address listed above.

    Dated: January 21, 1999.
Frederick W. Brickenkamp,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-1871 Filed 1-26-99; 8:45 am]
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