[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 113 (Wednesday, June 11, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33138-33139]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-13061]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and 
Comment Request

    The Social Security Administration (SSA) publishes a list of 
information collection packages requiring clearance by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with Public Law (Pub. L.) 
104-13, the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 1, 1995. 
This notice includes new information collections, revisions to OMB-
approved information collections and extensions (no change) of OMB-
approved information collections.
    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 ways to minimize the 
burden on respondents, including the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology. Mail, e-mail, or 
fax your comments and recommendations on the information collection(s) 
to the OMB Desk Officer and the SSA Reports Clearance Officer to the 
addresses or fax numbers listed below.

(OMB) Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA, Fax: 
202-395-6974, E-mail address: [email protected];
(SSA) Social Security Administration, DCBFM, Attn: Reports Clearance 
Officer, 1333 Annex Building, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235, 
Fax: 410-965-6400, E-mail address: [email protected].

    I. The information collections listed below are pending at SSA. SSA 
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submit them to OMB within 60 days from the date of this notice. 
Therefore, submit your comments to SSA within 60 days from the date of 
this publication. You can obtain copies of the collection instruments 
by calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 410-965-0454 or by 
writing to the address listed above.
    1. Supplemental Security Income (SSI)--Quality Review Case 
Analysis--0960-0133. SSA uses Form SSA-8508-BK, which covers all 
elements of SSI eligibility, in a personal interview with a sample of 
SSI recipients. SSA uses the gathered information to assess the 
effectiveness of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) policies and 
procedures and to determine payment accuracy rates. Respondents are 
recipients of payments.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.
    Number of Respondents: 3,900.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 60 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 3,900 hours.
    2. Waiver of Supplemental Security Income Payment Continuation--20 
CFR 416.1400-416.1422--0960-NEW. Claimants who initially elect payment 
continuation must complete Form SSA-263 to request SSA waive or stop 
payments until there is a decision on their appeals. SSA uses the 
information to waive or stop payments and as proof claimants understand 
their due process rights. Respondents are SSI recipients who wish to 
stop or waive payments during the appeals process.
    Type of Request: Existing Information Collection in Use without an 
OMB Number.
    Number of Respondents: 3,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 5 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 250 hours.
    II. SSA has submitted the information collections listed below. 
Your comments on the information collections will be most useful if OMB 
and SSA receive them within 30 days from the date of this publication. 
You can request a copy of the information collections by e-mail, 
[email protected], fax 410-965-6400, or by calling the SSA Reports 
Clearance Officer at 410-965-0454.
    1. Application for Supplemental Security Income--20 CFR 416.207 and 
416.305-416.335, Subpart C--0960-0229. SSA has prescribed Form SSA-8000 
as the application for SSI payments. SSA uses the information gathered 
on SSA-8000 to determine whether claimants meet all statutory and 
regulatory requirements for SSI eligibility and the amount of such 
payments. The respondents are applicants for SSI payments.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                  Average burden
                Type of response                     Number of     Frequency of    per response    Total annual
                                                    respondents      response        (minutes)    burden (hours)
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Paper...........................................          25,625               1              41          17,510
MSSICS..........................................         138,120               1              36          82,872
MSSICS w/ Signature Proxy.......................       1,117,515               1              35         651,884
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    Totals......................................       1,281,260  ..............  ..............         752,266
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    SSA is making the following corrections to the 60-Day Notice 
published on March 26, 2008 at 73 FR 16087: we changed the type of 
request to a revision, and revised the burden information to include 
both regular MSSICS screens and MSSICS screens including the Signature 
Proxy application.
    2. Integrated Registration Services (IRES) System--20 CFR 401.45--
0960-0626. The IRES System registers and authenticates individuals, 
businesses, organizations, entities, and government agencies to use the 
eService Internet and telephone applications for requesting and 
exchanging business data with SSA, and issues them a User 
Identification Number (User ID) and a password. In addition, this 
process verifies the identity of individuals who use SSA's Business 
Services Online. Respondents are employers and third party submitters 
of wage data, business entities providing taxpayer identification 
information, and data exchange partners conducting business in support 
of Social Security programs.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.
    Number of Respondents: 1,300,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 2 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 43,333 hours.

    Dated: June 5, 2008.
Elizabeth A. Davidson,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-13061 Filed 6-10-08; 8:45 am]
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