[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 58 (Friday, March 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16849-16850]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7124]


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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 104-13, the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 1, 1995. This notice 
includes revisions and an extension of 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 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 SSA Reports Clearance Officer at the following 
addresses or fax numbers.

(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].
    I. The information collections below are pending at SSA. SSA will 
submit them 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 May 
24, 2011. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection instruments 
by calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 410-965-8783 or by 
writing to the above e-mail address.
    1. Questionnaire about Employment or Self-Employment outside the 
United States--20 CFR 404.401(b)(1), 404.415 & 404.417--0960-0050. SSA 
collects information on the SSA-7163 to determine: (1) Whether work 
beneficiaries performed outside the United States is cause for 
deductions from their monthly benefits; (2) which of two work tests 
(foreign or regular test) is applicable; and (3) the number of months, 
if any, SSA should impose deductions. Respondents are beneficiaries 
living and working outside the United States.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.
    Number of Respondents: 20,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 12 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 4,000 hours.
    2. Statement of Income and Resources--20 CFR 416.207, 146.301-
416.310, 416.704, and 416.708-0960-0124. SSA collects information about 
income and resources on the SSA-8010-BK for Supplemental Security 
Income (SSI) claims and redeterminations. SSA uses the information to 
make initial or continuing eligibility determinations for SSI claimants 
or recipients who are subject to deeming. The respondents are persons 
whose income and resources SSA may deem (consider to be available) to 
SSI applicants or recipients.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.
    Number of Respondents: 341,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 26 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 147,767 hours.
    3. Review of the Disability Hearing Officer's Reconsidered 
Determinations before It Is Issued--20 CFR 404.913-404.918, 404.1512-
404.1515, 404.1589, 416.912-416.915, 416.989, 416.1413-416.1418, 
404.918(d) and 416.1418(d)--0960-0709. After SSA approves

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claimants for Social Security disability benefits or SSI payments, SSA 
periodically conducts a continuing disability review (CDR). During a 
CDR, the agency reviews claimants' status to see if their condition 
improved to the point they are capable of working, and if so, to reduce 
or stop their benefits or payments. If SSA notifies a claimant the 
agency will stop benefits or payments, the claimant may appeal the 
determination. The first appeal gives the claimant the opportunity for 
a full evidentiary hearing before a disability hearing officer (DHO).
    For quality review purposes, a Federal component reviews a small 
sample of the DHO's determinations. It is rare for the reviewing 
component to reverse a DHO determination favorable to the claimant. 
Before SSA can issue an unfavorable determination, we give the claimant 
10 days to provide a written statement explaining why SSA should not 
stop payments. The written statement is the information SSA collects in 
this process. Respondents are CDR claimants whose payments may cease.
    Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information 
collection.
    Number of Respondents: 8.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 60 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 8 hours.
    II. SSA submitted the information collections listed 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 April 25, 2011. You can obtain a copy of the OMB 
clearance package by calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 410-
965-8783 or by writing to the above e-mail address.
    1. Application for Survivors Benefits--20 CFR 404.611(a) and (c)--
0960-0062. Surviving family members of armed services personnel can 
file for Social Security and veterans' benefits at SSA or the Veterans 
Administration (VA). Applicants file for title II survivor benefits at 
the VA by completing the SSA-24. The VA forwards the form to SSA for 
processing. SSA uses the information to determine eligibility for 
benefits. The respondents are survivors of deceased armed services 
personnel who are applying for benefits at the VA.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.
    Number of Respondents: 3,200.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 800 hours.
    2. Employee Work Activity Questionnaire--20 CFR 404.1574, 
404.1592--0960-0483. Social Security disability beneficiaries and SSI 
recipients qualify for payments when a verified physical or mental 
impairment prevents them from working. If disability claimants attempt 
to return to work after receiving payments, but are unable to continue 
working, they submit the SSA-3033, Employee Work Activity 
Questionnaire, so SSA can evaluate their work attempt. SSA also uses 
this form to evaluate unsuccessful subsidy work and determine 
applicants' continuing eligibility for disability payments. The 
respondents are employers of Social Security disability beneficiaries 
and SSI recipients who unsuccessfully attempted to return to work.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.
    Number of Respondents: 15,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 3,750 hours.

    Dated: March 22, 2011.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Officer, Center for Reports Clearance, Social 
Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-7124 Filed 3-24-11; 8:45 am]
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