[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 6, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33546-33547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13598]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed 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 extensions and one revision 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, email, or fax your 
comments and recommendations on the information collection(s) to the 
OMB Desk Officer and SSA Reports Clearance Director at the following 
addresses or fax numbers.

(OMB), Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA, 
Fax: 202-395-6974, Email address: [email protected];
(SSA), Social Security Administration, DCRDP, Attn: Reports Clearance 
Director, 107 Altmeyer Building, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 
21235, Fax: 410-966-2830, Email address: [email protected].

    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 
August 6, 2012. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection 
instruments by writing to the above email address.
    1. Request for Internet Services--Authentication; Automated 
Telephone Speech Technology--Knowledge-Based Authentication (RISA)--20 
CFR 401.45--0960-0596. RISA, one of SSA's authentication methods, 
allows individuals to access their personal information through our 
Internet and Automated Telephone Services. SSA asks individuals and 
third parties who seek personal information from SSA records, or who 
register to participate in SSA's online business services, to provide 
certain identifying information. As an extra measure of protection, SSA 
asks requestors who use the Internet and telephone services to provide 
additional identifying information unique to those services so SSA can 
authenticate their identities before releasing personal information. 
The respondents are current beneficiaries who are requesting personal 
information from SSA, and individuals and third parties who are 
registering for SSA's online business services.

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                                                                                  Average burden     Estimated
             Modality of completion                  Number of     Frequency of    per response    total annual
                                                    respondents      response        (minutes)    burden (hours)
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Internet Requestors.............................       7,929,336               1             2.5         330,389

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Telephone Requestors............................       8,123,835               1             4.5         609,288
*Screen Splash (on hold)........................               1  ..............  ..............               1
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    Totals......................................      16,053,172  ..............  ..............         939,678
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* We are reducing the burden to a one-hour placeholder burden because we are placing the Screen Splash
  application on hold.

    2. Application for Special Benefits for World War II Veterans--20 
CFR 408, Subparts B, C, and D--0960-0615. Title VIII of the Social 
Security Act (Special Benefits for Certain World War II Veterans) 
allows qualified World War II veterans residing outside the United 
States to receive special monthly payments. These regulations establish 
the requirements individuals need to qualify for and become entitled to 
Special Veterans Benefits (SVB). SSA uses Form SSA-2000-F6 to elicit 
the information we need to determine entitlement to SVB.
    This Information Collection Request comprises the relevant 
regulations and Form SSA-2006-F6. The respondents are individuals 
applying for SVB under title VIII of the Social Security Act.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                  Average burden     Estimated
  Regulations Section and Collection Instrument      Number of     Frequency of    per response    total annual
                                                    respondents      response        (minutes)    burden (hours)
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Sec.   408.202(d); Sec.   408.210; Sec.                      100               1              20              33
 408.230(a); Sec.   408.305; Sec.  Sec.
 408.310-.315 (SSA-2000-F6).
Sec.   408.420(a), (b)..........................              71               1              15              18
Sec.  Sec.   408.430 & .432.....................              66               1              30              33
Sec.   408.435(a), (b), (c).....................              71               1              15              18
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    Totals......................................             308  ..............  ..............             102
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    3. Integrated Registration Services (IRES) System--20 CFR 401.45--
0960-0626. The IRES System verifies the identity of individuals, 
businesses, organizations, entities, and government agencies seeking to 
use SSA's eService Internet and telephone applications. Individuals 
need this verification to electronically request and exchange business 
data with SSA. Requestors provide SSA the information needed to 
establish their identities. Once SSA verifies identity, the IRES system 
issues the requestor a user identification number (User ID) and a 
password to conduct business with SSA. Respondents are employers and 
third party submitters of wage data, business entities providing 
taxpayer identification information, and data exchange partners 
conducting business in support of SSA programs.
    Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                  Average burden     Estimated
             Modality of completion                  Number of     Frequency of    per response    total annual
                                                    respondents      response        (minutes)    burden (hours)
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IRES Internet Registrations.....................         724,581               1               5          60,382
IRES Internet Requestors........................       7,987,763               1               2         266,259
IRES CS (CSA) Registrations.....................          25,221               1              11           4,624
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    Totals......................................       8,737,565  ..............  ..............         331,265
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    Dated: May 31, 2012.
Naomi R. Sipple,
Management Analyst, Office of Regulations and Reports Clearance, Social 
Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-13598 Filed 6-5-12; 8:45 am]
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