[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 102 (Thursday, May 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28852-28853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13246]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and 
Comment Request

    In compliance with Public Law 104-13, the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, the Social Security Administration (SSA) is providing notice 
of its information collections that require submission to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB). 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 on ways to minimize burden on respondents, including the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    I. The information collections listed below will be submitted to 
OMB within 60 days from the date of this notice. Therefore, comments 
and recommendations regarding the information collections would be most 
useful if received by the Agency within 60 days from the date of this 
publication. Comments should be directed to the SSA Reports Clearance 
Officer at the address listed at the end of this publication. You can 
obtain a copy of the collection instruments by calling the SSA Reports 
Clearance Officer on (410) 965-4145, or by writing to him at the 
address listed at the end of this publication.
    1. Request for Information--0960-NEW. The information collected on 
this form will be used by SSA's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) 
to conduct periodic eligibility reviews of beneficiaries residing in 
foreign countries. The form is designed to replace the current time-
consuming and expensive method of conducting these reviews by selecting 
sample cases and conducting in person interviews. The form will permit 
OIG to review all beneficiary residents of the foreign country under 
study, thereby narrowing the scope of the beneficiaries requiring in 
person visits to those who do not respond or to those who provide 
questionable evidence. The respondents are Social Security 
beneficiaries residing in foreign countries.
    Number of Respondents: 900.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 450 hours.
    2. Application for Parent's Insurance Benefits--0960-0012. The 
information collected on form SSA-7 is used by the Social Security 
Administration to determine entitlement of an individual to parent's 
insurance benefits. The respondents are parents who were dependents on 
the worker for at least one-half of their support.
    Number of Respondents: 1,400.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 350 hours.
    3. 0960-NEW. State Partnership Initiative (SPI) Cooperative 
Agreements. Executive Order 13078 dated March 13, 1998, Increasing 
Employment of Adults With Disabilities, orders that a National Task 
Force be established to create a coordinated and aggressive national 
policy to bring adults with disabilities into gainful employment at a 
rate that is as close as possible to that of the general adult 
population. E.O. 13078 specifies that the Task Force ``evaluate and, 
where appropriate, coordinate and collaborate on, research and 
demonstration priorities of Task Force member agencies related to 
employment of adults with disabilities.''
    To comply with the EO, SSA released cooperative agreement 
announcements in 1998 to approximately 650 State agencies nationwide to 
conduct demonstration projects that assist States in developing service 
delivery models that increase the rates of gainful employment of people 
with disabilities. Eighteen State agencies have been selected to 
participate in the demonstration projects.
    SSA has employed a monitoring and technical assistance contractor 
to collect information from the State awardees' databases on behalf of 
SSA. The Contractor will use the information to evaluate whether and to 
what extent the service delivery models achieve the overall goals of 
the demonstration projects and will report project results to SSA. SSA 
will use the results to conduct a net outcome evaluation to determine 
the long-term effectiveness of the interventions.
    Following is a table that outlines the public reporting burden of 
the 18 State agencies for this project:

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                                                                                                    Estimated
       Title of collection          Number of annual       Frequency of      Average burden per   annual burden
                                       responses             response             response           (hours)
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Demonstration Site Form.........  16 (electronic)....  One Time...........  1 minute...........               .3
                                  2 (manual).........  One Time...........  1 minute...........               .1
Participant Demographic Data      3,080 (electronic).  One Time...........  15 minutes.........            770
 Form.                            300 (manual).......  One Time...........  20 minutes.........            100

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Participant Employment Data Form  3,080 (electronic).  One Time...........  5 minutes..........            257
                                  300 (manual).......  One Time...........  7 minutes..........             35
Participant Update Form.........  12,320 (electronic)  Quarterly..........  4 minutes..........            821
                                  1,200 (manual).....  Quarterly..........  5 minutes..........            100
Change in Employment Status.....  1,540 (electronic).  Completed only if    3 minutes..........             77
                                  150 (Manual).......   employment changes. 4 minutes..........             10
State Quarterly.................  72.................  Quarterly..........  15 minutes for each             18
                                                                             report.
State Semiannual................  36.................  Semiannual.........  ...................              9
Annual Reports..................  18.................  Annual.............  ...................              4.5
Stakeholder Interviews..........  50.................  Varies per           10 minutes.........              8.3
                                                        Stakeholder.
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    Total.......................  ...................  ...................  ...................          2,210.2
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    II. The information collections listed below have been submitted to 
OMB for clearance. Written comments and recommendations on the 
information collections would be most useful if received within 30 days 
from the date of this publication. Comments should be directed to the 
SSA Reports Clearance Officer and the OMB Desk Officer at the addresses 
listed at the end of this publication. You can obtain copies of the OMB 
clearance packages by calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer on 
(410) 965-4145, or by writing to him.
    1. Current Rule Regarding Continuation of Full Benefit Standard for 
Persons Institutionalized--0960-0516. The information collected by the 
Social Security Administration will be used to determine if a recipient 
of Supplemental Security Income benefits, who is temporarily 
institutionalized, is eligible to receive a full benefit. The 
respondents will be such recipients and their physicians.
    Number of Respondents: 60,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 5 minutes.
    Estimated Average Burden: 5,000 hours.
    2. Request for Review of Hearing Decision/Order--0960-0277. The 
information collected on form HA-520 is needed to afford claimants 
their statutory right under the Social Security Act to request review 
of a hearing decision. The data will be used to determine the course of 
action appropriate to resolve each issue. The respondents are claimants 
denied or dissatisfied with a decision made regarding their claim.
    Number of Respondents: 103,932.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 10 minutes.
    Estimated Average Burden: 17,322 hours.
    3. Statement Regarding Date of Birth and Citizenship--0960-0016. 
The information collected on form SSA-702 is used by the Social 
Security Administration in conjunction with other evidence to establish 
a claimant's age or citizenship when better proofs are not available. 
The respondents are individuals who have knowledge of the birth and 
citizenship of the applicant.
    Number of Respondents: 1,200.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 10 minutes.
    Estimated Average Burden: 200 hours.
    4. Disability Update Report--0960-0511. The Social Security Act 
requires a periodic review of the disabled status of recipients whose 
benefits are based on disability to determine whether they continue to 
be eligible for these benefits. SSA uses the information collected on 
the SSA-455 to identify those beneficiaries who have medically improved 
and/or returned to work and have substantial earnings, and to decide 
whether a full medical continuing disability review should be conducted 
or deferred to a later date. The respondents are recipients of 
supplemental security income and/or social security disability 
benefits.
    Number of Respondents: 900,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 225,000 hours.

(SSA Address)

    Social Security Administration, DCFAM, Attn: Frederick W. 
Brickenkamp, 6401 Security Blvd., 1-A-21 Operations Bldg., Baltimore, 
MD 21235.

(OMB Address)

    Office of Management and Budget, OIRA, Attn: Lori Schack, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10230, 725 17th St., NW, Washington, 
D.C. 20503.

    Dated: May 20, 1999.
Frederick W. Brickenkamp,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-13246 Filed 5-26-99; 8:45 am]
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