[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 161 (Friday, August 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 50584]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-21013]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments

    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 Pub. L. 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), 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 collection listed below has been submitted to OMB 
for clearance. Your comments on the information collection 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.
    Internet Retirement Insurance Benefit (IRIB) Application--0960-
0618. SSA will offer its customers another way to apply for retirement 
insurance benefits. Currently, applicants for retirement insurance 
benefits complete a SSA-1, Application for Retirement Insurance 
Benefits, by telephone or in person with the assistance of a SSA 
employee. The IRIB application will enable individuals to complete the 
application on their own electronically over the Internet. The 
information that SSA collects will be used to determine entitlement to 
retirement insurance benefits. SSA plans to implement the IRIB 
application nationally later this year. The respondents are individuals 
who apply for retirement insurance benefits over the Internet.
    Number of Respondents: 139,308.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 20 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 46,436 hours.

    Dated: August 14, 2000.
Frederick W. Brickenkamp,
SSA Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-21013 Filed 8-17-00; 8:45 am]
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