[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 201 (Friday, October 16, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65893-65894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-22972]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

[Docket No: SSA-2020-0055]


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 one 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,

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Fax: 410-966-2830, Email address: [email protected].

    Or you may submit your comments online through www.regulations.gov, 
referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-2020-0055].
    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 November 16, 2020. Individuals can obtain copies of this 
OMB clearance package by writing to [email protected].
    Work Activity Report (Self-Employment)--20 CFR 404.1520(b), 
404.1571-404.1576, 404.1584-404.1593, and 416.971-416.976--0960-0598. 
SSA uses Form SSA-820-BK to determine initial or continuing eligibility 
for: (1) Title II Social Security disability benefits (SSDI); or (2) 
Title XVI Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments. Under Titles II 
and XVI of the Social Security Act, recipients receive disability 
benefits and SSI payments based on their inability to engage in 
substantial gainful activity (SGA) due to a physical or mental 
condition. Therefore, when the recipients resume work, they must report 
their work so SSA can evaluate and determine by law whether they 
continue to meet the disability requirements. SSA uses Form SSA-820-BK 
to obtain information on self-employment activities of Social Security 
Title II and XVI disability applicants and recipients. We use the data 
we obtain to evaluate disability claims, and to help us determine if 
the claimant meets current disability provisions under Titles II and 
XVI. Since applicants for disability benefits or payments must prove an 
inability to perform any kind of SGA generally available in the 
national economy for which we expect them to qualify based on age, 
education, and work experience, any work an applicant performed until, 
or subsequent to, the date the disability allegedly began, affects our 
disability determination. The respondents are applicants and claimants 
for SSI payments or SSDI benefits.
    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-820-BK.......................         100,000                1               30           50,000         * $10.73            ** 24     *** $965,700
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* We based this figure on average DI payments based on SSA's current FY 2020 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: October 13, 2020.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020-22972 Filed 10-15-20; 8:45 am]
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