[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 148 (Friday, July 31, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46206-46207]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16666]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

[Docket No: SSA-2020-0037]


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 a revision of an OMB-approved information collection.
    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, OLCA, Attn: Reports Clearance Director, 
3100 West High Rise, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235, Fax: 
410-966-2830, Email address: [email protected]

    Or you may submit your comments online through www.regulations.gov, 
referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-2020-0037].
    SSA submitted the information collection below to OMB for 
clearance. Your comments regarding this information collection 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 31, 2020. Individuals can obtain copies of the OMB 
clearance package by writing to [email protected].
    Authorization for the Social Security Administration to Obtain Wage 
and Employment Information from Payroll Data Providers--0960-0807. 
Section 824 of the Bipartisan Budget Act (BBA) of 2015, Public Law 114-
74, authorizes SSA to enter into information exchanges with payroll 
data providers for the purposes of improving program administration and 
preventing improper payments in the Social Security Disability 
Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs. SSA 
uses Form SSA-8240, ``Authorization for the Social Security 
Administration to Obtain Wage and Employment Information from Payroll 
Data Providers,'' to secure the authorization needed from the relevant 
members of the public to obtain their wage and employment information 
from payroll data providers. Ultimately, SSA uses this wage and 
employment information to help determine program eligibility and 
payment amounts.
    The public completes Form SSA-8240 using the following modalities: 
A paper form; the internet; or an in-office, or telephone interview, 
during which an SSA employee documents the wage and employment 
information authorization information on one of SSA's internal systems 
(the Modernized Claims System (MCS); the SSI Claims System; eWork; or 
iMain). The individual's authorization remains effective until one of 
the following four events occurs:
     SSA makes a final adverse decision on the application for 
benefits, and the applicant has filed no other claims or appeals under 
the Title for which SSA obtained the authorization;
     the individual's eligibility for payments ends, and the 
individual has not filed other claims or appeals under

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the Title for which SSA obtained the authorization;
     the individual revokes the authorization verbally or in 
writing; or
     the deeming relationship ends (for SSI purposes only).
    SSA requests authorization on an as-needed basis as part of the 
following processes: (a) SSDI and SSI initial claims; (b) SSI 
redeterminations; and (c) SSDI Work Continuing Disability Reviews. The 
respondents are individuals who file for, or are currently receiving, 
SSDI or SSI payments, and any person whose income and resources SSA 
counts when determining an individual's SSI eligibility or payment 
amount.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                                              Average
                                                                          Average burden     Estimated      theoretical    Average wait    Total annual
         Modality of completion              Number of     Frequency of    per response    total annual     hourly cost    time in field    opportunity
                                            respondents      response        (minutes)    burden (hours)      amount          office      cost (dollars)
                                                                                                            (dollars) *    (minutes) **         ***
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SSA-8240 (paper)........................         150,000               1               6          15,000        * $10.73           ** 24    *** $804,750
Web Title II & Title XVI Electronic            3,492,903               1               2         116,430         * 10.73               0   *** 1,249,294
 (MCS, MSSICS, and eWork)...............
Internet................................         467,883               1               2          15,596         * 10.73               0     *** 167,345
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    Totals..............................       4,110,786  ..............  ..............         147,026  ..............  ..............   *** 2,221,389
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* We based this figure on average DI payments, as reported in SSA's disability insurance payment data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2020Fact%20Sheet.pdf).
** We based this figure on the average FY 2020 wait times for field offices, based on SSA's current management information data.
*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
  these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
  respondents to complete the application.


    Dated: July 28, 2020.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020-16666 Filed 7-30-20; 8:45 am]
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