[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 166 (Monday, August 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51840-51842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-20972]


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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 one 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, email, 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, 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].

    I. The information collection below is pending at SSA. SSA will 
submit it 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 
October 26, 2012. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection 
instrument by writing to the above email address.
    State Supplementation Provisions: Agreement; Payments--20 CFR 
416.2095-416.2098, 416.2099--0960-0240. Section 1618 of the Social 
Security Act (Act) contains pass-along provisions of the Social 
Security amendments. These provisions require states that supplement 
Federal Supplemental Security Income payments to pass along Federal 
cost-of-living increases to individuals who are eligible for state 
supplemental payments. If a state fails to keep payments at the 
required level, it becomes ineligible for Medicaid reimbursement under 
title XIX of the

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Act. SSA uses the information to determine a state's eligibility for 
Medicaid reimbursement. Respondents are state agencies administering 
supplemental 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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Total Expenditures..............................               7               4              60              28
Maintenance of Payment Levels...................              24               1              60              24
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    Total.......................................              31  ..............  ..............              52
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    II. SSA submitted the information collections below to OMB for 
clearance. Your comments regarding the information collections would be 
most useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30 days from the date of this 
publication. To be sure we consider your comments, we must receive them 
no later than September 26, 2012. Individuals can obtain copies of the 
OMB clearance packages by writing to [email protected].
    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.
    Type of Request: Revision 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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Internet Requestors.............................       7,929,336               1             2.5         330,389
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 Act (Special 
Benefits for Certain World War II Veterans) allows qualified World War 
II veterans residing outside the United States to receive 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 
Act.
    Type of Request: Revision 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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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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    Dated: August 22, 2012.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Director, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-20972 Filed 8-24-12; 8:45 am]
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