[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 222 (Thursday, November 19, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60011-60012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-27796]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

[Docket No. SSA-2009-0082]


Occupational Information Development Advisory Panel

AGENCY: Social Security Administration (SSA).

ACTION: Notice of upcoming panel teleconference meeting.

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DATES: December 3, 2009, 12 p.m.-2 p.m. (EST).
    Call-in number: 1-866-244-4629. Passcode: Panel Teleconference.
    Leader/Host: Debra Tidwell-Peters.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Type of meeting: This Panel teleconference meeting is open to the 
public.
    Purpose: This discretionary Panel, established under the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act of 1972, as amended, shall report to the 
Commissioner of Social Security. The Panel will provide independent 
advice and recommendations on plans and activities to replace the 
Dictionary of Occupational Titles used in the Social Security 
Administration's (SSA) disability determination process. The Panel will 
advise the Agency as it develops an occupational information system 
tailored specifically for SSA's disability programs and adjudicative 
needs. Advice and recommendations will relate to SSA's disability 
programs in the following areas: medical and vocational analysis of 
disability claims; occupational analysis, including definitions, 
ratings and capture of physical and mental/cognitive demands of work 
and other occupational information critical to SSA disability programs; 
data collection; use of occupational information in SSA's disability 
programs; and any other area(s) that will enable SSA to develop an 
occupational information system suited to its disability programs and 
improve the medical-vocational adjudication policies and processes.
    Agenda: The agenda for the meeting will be posted on the Internet 
at http://www.ssa.gov/oidap/meetinginformation at least one week prior 
to the start date and may be

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received electronically, by e-mail or fax, upon request. Records are 
kept of all proceedings and will be available for public inspection by 
appointment at the Panel office.
    There is no public comment period scheduled during this 
teleconference meeting. Persons interested in providing feedback on the 
Panel report entitled Content Model and Classification Recommendations 
for the Social Security Administration Occupational Information System 
(September 2009) may do so no later than February 15, 2010 by mail, fax 
or e-mail to the staff. Please include your complete contact 
information (full name, mailing and e-mail address) with the 
submission.
    Contact Information: For information about the Panel, please 
contact the staff:
    By mail to: Occupational Information Development Advisory Panel, 
Social Security Administration, Operations Building, 3-E-26, Baltimore, 
MD 21235.
    By fax to: (410) 597-0825
    By e-mail to: [email protected].

    Dated: November 13, 2009.
Debra Tidwell-Peters,
Designated Federal Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-27796 Filed 11-18-09; 8:45 am]
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