[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 28, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19261-19263]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-9593]


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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 revisions and extensions of OMB-approved 
information collections and a new collection.
    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 shown 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, 1332 Annex Building, 6401 Security 
Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235.
    Fax: 410-965-6400.
    E-mail address: [email protected].
    I. The information collection below is pending at SSA. SSA will 
submit it to OMB within 60 days from the date of this notice. To be 
sure we consider your comments, we must receive them no later than June 
29, 2009. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection instrument by 
calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 410-965-3758 or by writing 
to the e-mail address we list above.

1. Integrated Registration Services (IRES) System--20 CFR 401.45--0960-
0626

    The IRES System verifies the identity of individuals, businesses, 
organizations, entities, and government agencies to use SSA's eService 
Internet and telephone applications for requesting and exchanging 
business data with SSA. The requestor provides information, prescribed 
by SSA, to establish his or her identity. Once SSA verifies identity, 
IRES will issue the requestor a user identification number (User ID) 
and a password to conduct business with SSA. 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 SSA programs.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of     Frequency of     burden per       Estimated
                Respondent types                    respondents      response        response      annual burden
                                                                                     (minutes)         hours
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Appointed Representatives Registering via                200,000               1               5          16,667
 Internet.......................................
All Other Business Services Online (BSO)               1,300,000               1               5         108,333
 Respondents Registering via Internet...........
Appointed Representatives Registering via                 88,000               1              11          16,133
 Telephone......................................
All Other BSO Respondents Registering via                120,794               1              11          22,146
 Telephone......................................
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    Total.......................................       1,708,794  ..............  ..............         163,279
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 2. Request for Internet Services--Password Authentication--20 CFR 
401.45--0960-0632

    SSA has a password infrastructure and process for verifying the 
identity of individuals who choose to use the Internet and the 
automated telephone response system to conduct personal business with 
SSA in an electronic environment. To obtain a password from SSA's 
Individual Password Services, we ask an individual for certain 
information, prescribed by SSA. SSA uses the information to 
authenticate an individual prior to issuing a temporary password. Once 
SSA authenticates an individual, and the individual creates a permanent 
password, he or she may use SSA's password protected services, e.g., 
account status, change of address, direct deposit elections, or 
changes. The respondents are individuals electing to do personal 
business with SSA through an electronic medium.
    Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of     Frequency of     burden per       Estimated
                Automated systems                   respondents      response        response      annual burden
                                                                                     (minutes)         hours
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Internet Requestors.............................       3,092,069               1              10         515,345
Telephone Requestors............................         122,266               1              10          20,378
 
    Totals......................................       3,214,335  ..............  ..............         535,723
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3. Social Security Number Verification Services--20 CFR 401.45--0960-
0660

    Internal Revenue Service regulations obligate employers to provide 
wage and tax data to SSA using Form W-2 or its electronic equivalent. 
As part of this process the employer must furnish the employee's name 
and Social Security number (SSN). The employee's name and SSN must 
match SSA's records for SSA to post earnings to the employee's earnings 
record, which SSA maintains. SSA offers several cost-free methods for 
employers to verify employee information. The cost-free methods 
include:
    (1) Internet-based service, known as the Social Security Number 
Verification Service (SSNVS)--employers can verify if the reported 
names and SSNs of their employees match SSA's records;
    (2) The Employee Verification Service (EVS)--employers verify, via 
paper and telephone, whether the reported names and SSNs of their 
employees match SSA's records;
    (3) SSA's National 800 Number--an automated telephone employee 
verification service (TNEV) that allows callers with an SSA-authorized 
PIN and password to verify employees' names and SSNs through TNEV.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                      Average
                                     Number of     Frequency of      Number of      burden per     Total annual
       Verification system          respondents      response        responses       response     burden (hours)
                                                                                     (minutes)
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EVS.............................          15,000               2          30,000              10           5,000
EVS One-Time Registration.......              50               1              50               2               2
SSNVS...........................         200,000              60      12,000,000               5       1,000,000
TNEV............................          35,000              16         560,000               9          84,000
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    Totals......................         250,050  ..............      12,590,050  ..............       1,089,002
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    II. SSA has submitted the information collections we list below to 
OMB for clearance. Your comments on the information collections would 
be most useful if OMB and SSA receive them within 30 days from the date 
of this publication. To be sure we consider your comments, we must 
receive them no later than May 28, 2009. You can obtain a copy of the 
OMB clearance packages by calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 
410-965-3758 or by writing to the above e-mail address.

 1. Medical or Psychological Review of Childhood Disability Evaluation 
Form (SSA-538)--20 CFR 416.1040, 416.1043, 416.1045, 416.924(g)--0960-
0675

    SSA's regional review components use Form SSA-536 to facilitate the 
contract medical or psychological consultant's review of the Childhood 
Disability Evaluation Form (SSA-538). The SSA-536 records the reviewing 
consultant's assessment of the adjudicating component's evaluation. SSA 
requires the consultant to complete an SSA-536 for each Title XVI 
childhood disability case he or she reviews. The respondents are 
consultants who review the adjudicating component's completed Childhood 
Disability Evaluation Form (SSA-538).
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.
    Number of Respondents: 256.
    Frequency of Response: 66.
    Average Burden per Response: 12 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 3,379 hours.

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 2. Identifying Information for Possible Direct Payment of Authorized 
Fees--0960-0730

    SSA uses Form SSA-1695 to collect information from appointed 
representatives to process and facilitate direct payment of authorized 
fees to a financial institution. SSA will use this information to issue 
a Form 1099-MISC, if applicable. The respondents are attorneys and 
other individuals who represent claimants for benefits before SSA.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.
    Number of Respondents: 10,000.
    Frequency of Response: 40.
    Average Burden per Response: 10 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 66,667 hours.

    Note: This is a correction notice. SSA published this 
information collection as an extension on February 25, 2009 at 74 FR 
8607. Since we are revising the Privacy Act Statement, this is now a 
revision of an OMB-approved information collection.


    Dated: April 22, 2009.
John Biles,
Reports Clearance Officer, Center for Reports Clearance, Social 
Security Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-9593 Filed 4-27-09; 8:45 am]
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