[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 17, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 2340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-678]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

[Docket No. SSA-2012-0003]


Occupational Information Development Advisory Panel

AGENCY: Social Security Administration (SSA).

ACTION: Notice of the Charter Renewal for the Occupational Information 
Development Advisory Panel.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that on January 6, 2012; our 
Commissioner renewed the Charter for the Occupational Information 
Development Advisory Panel (Panel). This discretionary Panel will 
provide independent advice and recommendations on plans and activities 
to create an occupational information system (OIS) tailored 
specifically for our disability programs and adjudicative needs. We 
require advice and recommendations on the use of occupational 
information in our disability programs and the research design of the 
OIS, including the development and testing of an OIS content model and 
taxonomy, work analysis instrumentation, sampling, and data collection 
and analysis.
    Membership includes professionals from academia, private sector, 
and public entities, (e.g., Department of Labor) with expertise in one 
or more of the following subject areas: (a) Occupational analysis, 
design and development of occupational classifications, instrument 
design, labor market economics, sampling, data collection and analyses; 
(b) disability evaluation, vocational rehabilitation, forensic 
vocational assessment, and physical or occupational therapy; (c) 
occupational or physical rehabilitation medicine, psychiatry, or 
psychology; and (d) disability claimant advocacy.
    The Panel will function solely as an advisory body and in 
compliance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. 
The charter was filed with the appropriate congressional committees.
    For further information contact, Ms. Leola S. Brooks, Designated 
Federal Officer, Occupational Information Development Advisory Panel, 
Social Security Administration, 6401 Security Boulevard 3-E-26 Richard 
Ball Building, Baltimore, MD 21235-0001. Fax to (410) 597-0825, or 
Email to [email protected].

Leola S. Brooks,
Designated Federal Officer, Occupational Information Development 
Advisory Panel.
[FR Doc. 2012-678 Filed 1-13-12; 8:45 am]
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