[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 130 (Monday, July 8, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40819-40820]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-16245]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: 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 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

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Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235, Fax: 410-966-2830, Email address: 
[email protected].
    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 August 7, 2013. Individuals can obtain copies of the OMB 
clearance packages by writing to [email protected].
    1. Program Discrimination Complaint--0960-0585. SSA collects 
information on Form SSA-437 to investigate and formally resolve 
complaints of discrimination based on disability, race, color, national 
origin (including limited English language proficiency), sex (including 
sexual orientation and gender identity), age, religion, or retaliation 
for having participated in a proceeding under this administrative 
complaint process in connection with an SSA program or activity. 
Individuals who believe SSA discriminated against them on any of the 
above bases may file a written complaint of discrimination. SSA uses 
the information to (1) identify the complaint; (2) identify the alleged 
discriminatory act; (3) establish the date of such alleged action; (4) 
establish the identity of any individual(s) with information about the 
alleged discrimination; and (5) establish other relevant information 
that would assist in the investigation and resolution of the complaint. 
Respondents are individuals who believe an SSA program or activity, or 
SSA employees, contractors or agents discriminated against them.

                       Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-Approved Information Collection
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                                                                                 Average burden  Estimated total
           Modality of collection                Number of       Frequency of     per response    annual burden
                                                respondents        response        (minutes)         (hours)
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SSA-437.....................................             255                1               60              255
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    2. Work Incentives Planning and Assistance Program--0960-0629. As 
part of SSA's strategy to assist Social Security Disability Insurance 
(SSDI) 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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                                                                                  Average burden     Estimated
             Modality of collection                  Number of     Frequency of    per response    total annual
                                                    respondents      response        (minutes)    burden (hours)
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SSDI Beneficiaries 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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    Dated: July 2, 2013.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Director, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-16245 Filed 7-5-13; 8:45 am]
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