[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 137 (Monday, July 19, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41919-41920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17488]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

[Docket No. SSA-2010-0043]


Occupational Information Development Advisory Panel Meeting

AGENCY: Social Security Administration (SSA).

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ACTION: Notice of Upcoming Quarterly Panel Meeting.

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DATES: September 1, 2010, 8:30 p.m.- 5 p.m. (EST); September 2, 2010, 
8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. (EST).
    Location: Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers.

ADDRESSES: 50 Park Plaza at Arlington Street, Boston, MA 02116, (617) 
426-2000.
    By Teleconference: (866) 871-4318.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Type of meeting: The 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 advise the Agency on 
the creation of an occupational information system tailored 
specifically for the Social Security Administration's (SSA) disability 
determination process 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 would enable SSA to develop an occupational information 
system suited to its disability programs and improve the medical-
vocational adjudication policies and processes.
    Agenda: The Panel will meet on Wednesday, September 1, 2010, from 
8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. (EST) and Thursday, September 2, 2010, from 8:30 
a.m. until 11:30 a.m. (EST).
    The tentative agenda for this meeting includes: a presentation on 
the status of the SSA FY 2010 Occupational Information System 
Development (OID) project activities and the proposed integration with 
Panel milestones; subcommittee chair reports; individual and 
organizational public comment; presentations on several OID research 
projects currently underway; Panel discussion and deliberation; and, an 
administrative business meeting. SSA will post the final agenda on the 
Internet one week prior to the meeting at http://www.socialsecurity.gov/oidap.
    The Panel will hear public comment during the Quarterly Meeting on 
Wednesday, September 1, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. (EST) and Thursday, 
September 2, from 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. (EST). Members of the public 
must reserve a time slot--assigned on a first come, first served 
basis--in order to comment. In the event that scheduled public comment 
does not take the entire time allotted, the Panel may use any remaining 
time to deliberate or conduct other business.
    Those interested in providing testimony in person at the meeting or 
via teleconference should contact the Panel staff by e-mail to 
[email protected]. Individuals providing testimony are limited to a maximum 
five minutes; organizational representatives, a maximum of ten minutes. 
You may submit written testimony, no longer than five (5) pages, at any 
time in person or by mail, fax or e-mail to [email protected] for Panel 
consideration.
    Seating is limited. Those needing special accommodation in order to 
attend or participate in the meeting (e.g., sign language 
interpretation, assistive listening devices, or materials in 
alternative formats, such as large print or CD) should notify Debra 
Tidwell-Peters via e-mail to [email protected] or by 
telephone at 410-965-9617, no later than August 20, 2010. We will 
attempt to accommodate requests made but cannot guarantee availability 
of services. All meeting locations are barrier free.
    For telephone access to the meeting on September 1 and 2, please 
dial toll-free to (866) 871-4318.
    Contact Information: Records of all public Panel proceedings are 
maintained and available for inspection. Anyone requiring further 
information should contact the Panel staff at: Occupational Information 
Development Advisory Panel, Social Security Administration, 6401 
Security Boulevard, 3-E-26 Operations, Baltimore, MD 21235-0001. Fax: 
410-597-0825. E-mail to: [email protected]. For additional information, 
please visit the Panel Web site at http://www.ssa.gov/oidap.

Deborah A. Tidwell,
Designated Federal Officer, Occupational Information Development 
Advisory Panel.
[FR Doc. 2010-17488 Filed 7-16-10; 8:45 am]
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