[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 30, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 53993]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-22147]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

[Docket No. SSA-2011-0074]


Occupational Information Development Advisory Panel Meeting

AGENCY: Social Security Administration (SSA).

ACTION: Notice of Upcoming Quarterly Panel Meeting.

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DATES: September 21, 2011, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (EDT); September 22, 2011, 
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. (EDT).
    Location: Radisson Plaza Lord Baltimore.

ADDRESSES: 20 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201.
    By Teleconference: 1-866-882-0470.

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 our disability determination process and 
adjudicative needs. Advice and recommendations will relate to our 
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 our 
disability programs; data collection; use of occupational information 
in our disability programs; and any other area(s) that would enable us 
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 21, 2011, from 
9 a.m. until 5 p.m. (EDT) and on Thursday, September 22, 2011, from 
8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. (EDT).
    The tentative agenda for this meeting includes: Presentations by 
staff from the Department of Labor's Employment and Training 
Administration, National Center for O*NET Development and the U. S. 
Census Bureau; a presentation on the status of ongoing SSA FY 2011 OIS 
Development project and research activities currently underway; 
Occupational Information Development Advisory Panel Chair and 
subcommittee reports; public comment; panel discussion and 
deliberation; and, an administrative business meeting. We will post the 
final agenda on the Internet prior to the meeting at http://www.socialsecurity.gov.
    The panel will hear public comment during the quarterly meeting on 
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 from 3:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. (EDT) and 
Thursday, September 22, 2011 from 2:15 p.m. to 2:45 pm. (EDT). 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 Leola 
Brooks via e-mail to [email protected] no later than September 15, 
2011. 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 both days, please dial toll-
free to (866) 882-0470.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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, Robert M. Ball Federal 
Building, 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.

Leola S. Brooks,
Designated Federal Officer, Occupational Information Development 
Advisory Panel.
[FR Doc. 2011-22147 Filed 8-29-11; 8:45 am]
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