[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 89 (Wednesday, May 8, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26843-26844]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-10877]


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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 revisions 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].

    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 July 
8, 2013. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection instruments by 
writing to the above email address.
    1. Work Incentives Planning and Assistance Program--0960-0629. As 
part of SSA's strategy to assist Social Security Disability Insurance 
(SSDI)

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beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients who 
wish to return to work and achieve self-sufficiency, SSA established 
the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) program. This 
community-based, work incentive, planning and assistance project 
collects identifying claimant information via project sites and 
community work incentives coordinators (CWIC). SSA uses this 
information to ensure proper management of the project, with particular 
emphasis on administration, budgeting, and training. In addition, 
project sites and CWICs collect data from SSDI beneficiaries and SSI 
recipients on background employment, training, benefits, and work 
incentives. SSA is interested in identifying SSDI beneficiary and SSI 
recipient outcomes under the WIPA program to determine the extent to 
which beneficiaries with disabilities and SSI recipients achieve their 
employment, financial, and health-care goals. SSA will also use the 
data in its analysis and future planning for SSDI and SSI programs. 
Respondents are SSDI beneficiaries, SSI recipients, community project 
sites, and employment advisors.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                                     Estimated
                                                     Number of     Frequency of   Average burden   total annual
             Modality of collection                 respondents      response      per response       burden
                                                                                     (minutes)        (hours)
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SSDI and SSI Recipients.........................          40,000               1              30          20,000
Project Sites...................................              96               1              15              24
CWICs...........................................             400               1              20             134
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    Totals......................................          40,496  ..............  ..............          20,158
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    2. Request to Withdraw a Hearing Request; Request to Withdraw an 
Appeals Council Request for Review; and Administrative Review Process 
for Adjudicating Initial Disability Claims--20 CFR Parts 404, 405, and 
416--0960-0710. Claimants have a statutory right under the Social 
Security Act and current regulations to apply for SSDI benefits or SSI. 
SSA must collect information at each step of the administrative process 
to adjudicate claims fairly and efficiently. SSA collects this 
information to establish a claimant's right to administrative review 
and the severity of the claimant's alleged impairments. SSA uses the 
information to determine entitlement or continuing eligibility to 
disability insurance benefits or SSI payments and to enable appeals of 
these determinations. In addition, SSA collects information on Forms 
HA-85 and HA-86 to allow claimants to withdraw a hearing request or an 
Appeals Council review request. The respondents are applicants for 
title II disability insurance benefits or title XVI SSI.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB- approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                  Average burden     Estimated
              20 CFR section number                  Number of     Frequency of    per response    annual burden
                                                    respondents      response        (minutes)        (hours)
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404.961, 416.1461, 405.330, and 405.366.........          12,220               1              20           4,073
404.950, 416.1450, and 405.332..................           1,040               1              20             347
404.949 and 416.1449............................           2,868               1              60           2,868
405.334.........................................              20               1              60              20
404.957, 416.1457, and 405.380..................          21,041               1              10           3,507
405.381.........................................              37               1              30              19
405.401.........................................           5,310               1              10             885
404.971 and 416.1471 (HA-85; HA-86).............           1,606               1              10             268
404.982 and 416.1482............................           1,687               1              30             844
404.987 & 404.988 and 416.1487 & 416.1488 and             12,425               1              30           6,213
 405.601........................................
405.372(c)......................................           5,310               1              10             885
405.1(b)(5) 405.372(b)..........................             833               1              30             417
405.505.........................................             833               1              30             417
405.1(c)(2).....................................           5,310               1              10             885
405.20..........................................           5,310               1              10             885
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    Totals......................................          75,850  ..............  ..............          22,533
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    Dated: May 3, 2013.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Director, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-10877 Filed 5-7-13; 8:45 am]
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