[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 4, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 23065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-8848]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

5 CFR Chapter LXXXI

RINs 0960-AE48, 3209-AA15


Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the 
Social Security Administration

AGENCY: Social Security Administration (SSA).

ACTION: Proposed rules; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On February 11, 2005, SSA, with the concurrence of the Office 
of Government Ethics (OGE), published a notice of proposed rulemaking 
(NPRM) in the Federal Register (70 FR 7192-7196) that would supplement, 
for officers and employees of SSA, the OGE Standards of Ethical Conduct 
for Employees of the Executive Branch. The proposed regulations would 
set forth prohibitions and prior approval requirements for certain 
outside employment and other outside activities for all SSA employees, 
except special Government employees, and would set forth additional 
prior approval requirements for SSA Administrative Law Judges. To allow 
the public additional time to send us comments, we are reopening the 
comment period.

DATES: To be sure that your comments are considered, we must receive 
them by June 3, 2005.

ADDRESSES: You may give us your comments by: using our Internet 
facility (i.e., Social Security Online) at http://policy.ssa.gov/pnpublic.nsf/LawsRegs; e-mail to [email protected]; telefax to (410) 
966-2830; or letter to the Commissioner of Social Security, P.O. Box 
17703, Baltimore, MD 21235-7703. You may also deliver them to the 
Office of Regulations, Social Security Administration, 100 Altmeyer 
Building, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401, between 8 
a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on regular business days. Comments are posted on our 
Internet site, or you may inspect them physically on regular business 
days by making arrangements with the contact person shown in this 
preamble.

Electronic Version

    The electronic file of this document is available on the date of 
publication in the Federal Register at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html. It is also available on the Internet site for SSA (i.e., 
Social Security Online) at http://policy.ssa.gov/pnpublic.nsf/LawsRegs.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Asim A. Akbari, Office of the General 
Counsel, Office of General Law, telephone (410) 966-6581, fax (410) 
597-0071, or TTY 1-410-966-5609. For information on eligibility or 
filing for benefits, call our national toll-free numbers, 1-800-772-
1213 or TTY 1-800-325-0778, or visit our Internet Web site, Social 
Security Online, at http://www.socialsecurity.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 11, 2005 (70 FR 7192-7196), we 
published ``Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of 
the Social Security Administration'' as an NPRM, with a 30-day public 
comment period. This NPRM would set forth prohibitions and prior 
approval requirements for certain outside employment and other outside 
activities for all SSA employees, except special Government employees, 
and would set forth additional prior approval requirements for SSA 
Administrative Law Judges. SSA has received a request to extend the 
comment period. This factor, and the importance of the proposed rule, 
makes it appropriate to reopen the comment period for another 30 days, 
through June 3, 2005. If you have already provided comments on the 
NPRM, your comments will be considered and you do not need to resubmit 
them.

    Dated: April 21, 2005.
Jo Anne B. Barnhart,
Commissioner of Social Security.
    Approved: April 25, 2005.
Marilyn L. Glynn,
Acting Director, Office of Government Ethics.
[FR Doc. 05-8848 Filed 5-3-05; 8:45 am]
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