[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 9, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 26869]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-11476]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request

    The Social Security Administration (SSA) publishes a list of 
information collection packages that will require clearance by the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with Public Law 
104-13 effective October 1, 1995, The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 
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.
    Written comments and recommendations regarding the information 
collection(s) should be submitted to the SSA Reports Clearance Officer 
and to the OMB Desk Officer at the following addresses:
    (OMB) Office of Management and Budget, OIRA, Attn: Desk Officer for 
SSA, New Executive Office Building, Room 10230, 725 17th St., NW., 
Washington, D.C. 20503.
    (SSA) Social Security Administration, DCFAM, Attn: Frederick W. 
Brickenkamp, 1-A-21 Operations Bldg., 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, 
MD 21235.
    The information collections listed below have been submitted to OMB 
for clearance. Your comments on the information collections would be 
most useful if received by OMB and SSA within 30 days from the date of 
this publication. You can obtain a copy of the OMB clearance package by 
calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer on (410) 965-4145, or by 
writing to him at the address listed above.
    1. Internet Retirement Insurance Benefit (IRIB) Application--0960-
NEW. SSA plans to offer its customers a new Internet service that 
allows individuals to submit their request for Social Security benefits 
over the Internet. The information collected will be used by SSA to 
determine entitlement to retirement insurance benefits. Currently, 
applicants for retirement insurance benefits complete an SSA-1 by 
telephone or in person with the assistance of an SSA employee. The IRIB 
application will enable individuals to complete the application on 
their own electronically over the Internet.
    Prior to national implementation later this year, SSA plans to 
pilot the IRIB Internet application process between July 2000 and 
September 2000 to gather data on:
     the volume of IRIB usage,
     the time required for members of the public to complete 
the IRIB screens,
     user satisfaction with the process, and the impact of the 
IRIB process on payment accuracy.

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                                                             National
                                                Pilot     implementation
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Number of Respondents......................          560        139,308
Frequency of Response......................            1              1
Average Burden Per Response (minutes)......           20             20
Estimated Annual Burden (hours)............          187         46,436
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    2. Request for Internet Service--Authentication (RISA)--0960-0596. 
The information collected on the electronic request for Internet 
Service--Authentication is used by the Social Security Administration 
to identify its customers who are requesting Privacy Act protected 
information. The respondents are members of the public who request 
services from SSA through the Internet.
    Number of Respondents: 21,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 1.5 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 525 hours.

    Dated: April 28, 2000.
Frederick W. Brickenkamp,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-11476 Filed 5-8-00; 8:45 am]
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