[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 192 (Thursday, October 2, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57401-57402]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-23168]


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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 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 extensions (no change) of existing 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, email, 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].
    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. Help America Vote Act--0960-0706. H.R. 3295, the Help America 
Vote Act of 2002, mandates that States verify the identities of newly 
registered voters. When newly registered voters do not have drivers' 
licenses or State-issued ID cards, they must supply the last four 
digits of their Social Security Numbers to their local State election 
agencies for verification. The election agencies forward this 
information to their State Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA) that 
inputs the data into the American Association of MVAs, a central 
consolidation system that routes the voter data to SSA's Help America 
Vote Verification (HAVV) system. Once SSA's HAVV system has confirmed 
the identity of the voter, the information will be returned along the 
same route (in reverse) until it reaches the State election agency. The 
official respondents for this collection are the State MVAs.
    Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information 
collection.
    Number of Respondents: 2,352,204.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 2 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 78,407 hours.
    2. National Direct Deposit Initiative--31 CFR 210--0960-0711. Many 
SSA benefits recipients choose to receive their payments via the Direct 
Deposit Program, in which SSA transfers funds directly to recipients' 
accounts at a financial institution (FI). However, many Title II 
payment recipients still receive their payments through traditional 
paper checks. In an effort to encourage these beneficiaries to change 
from paper checks to the Direct Deposit Program, SSA is collaborating 
with the Department of the Treasury and several FIs on a National 
Direct Deposit Initiative. In this program, SSA will work with FIs to 
determine which of the target Title II beneficiaries have accounts at 
the participating banks. The banks will then send forms to these 
beneficiaries encouraging them to enroll in the Direct Deposit Program. 
The respondents are the participating FIs and Title II beneficiaries 
currently receiving their payments via check.
    Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                   Average     Estimated                         Estimated
                                      Information       Number of    Frequency      burden       annual                         cost burden     Total
       Type of  respondent             collection      respondents  of response    response      burden     Cost  requirement       per      annual cost
                                      requirement                                 (minutes)     (hours)                          respondent     burden
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Title II Payment Recipients.....  Direct Deposit           100,000            1            2        3,333  N/A................          N/A          N/A
                                   Enrollment Form.
Financial Institutions (banks)..  Data screening/               10            1          240           40  Printing/mailing of       $1,039      $10,390
                                   matching                                                                 100,000 enrollment
                                   activities; SSA's                                                        forms.
                                   data management
                                   requirements.
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    Totals......................  ...................      100,010  ...........  ...........        3,373  ...................  ...........       10,390
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    Dated: September 26, 2008.
Elizabeth A. Davidson,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
 [FR Doc. E8-23168 Filed 10-1-08; 8:45 am]
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