[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 137 (Monday, July 20, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35225-35226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-17225]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Agency Announcement

    The Social Security Administration (SSA) is announcing the 
following information about one of its information collections:

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Consent Based Social Security Number Verification Service (CBSV)--0960-
0760

    The Social Security Administration (SSA) is hereby giving notice 
that effective October 1, 2009, the transaction fee for SSA's CBSV 
service will increase to $5.00 per transaction.
    CBSV is a fee-based service that provides instant, automated Social 
Security number (SSN) verification to private businesses and government 
agencies who obtain a valid, signed consent form from the SSN holder. 
These parties may only use verification results for the reason that the 
number holder specifies on the consent form. CBSV can easily handle 
large volume requests and is currently open for enrollment.
    We charge a fee to cover the cost of providing this service. To use 
CBSV, companies must pay a one-time, non-refundable enrollment fee of 
$5,000 and a transaction fee per SSN verification request. The 
transaction fee is presently 56 cents based on our assumption that we 
would receive 5.7 million SSN verification requests annually. That 
volume, however, did not materialize, and we now estimate receiving 1 
million requests. Effective October 1, 2009, the transaction fee will 
increase to $5.00 due to significantly fewer requests. Based on the 
revised estimate of 1 million annual transactions, this adjustment is 
necessary to recover our costs to develop and operate the system. 
Periodically, we will recalculate CBSV operational costs, review the 
number of transactions, and adjust the transaction fee as needed. We 
will notify subscribers in writing of any change in the transaction 
fee.

    Dated: July 15, 2009.
John Biles,
Reports Clearance Officer, Center for Reports Clearance, Social 
Security Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-17225 Filed 7-17-09; 8:45 am]
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