Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection Requests and Comment Requests

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 205 (Friday, October 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 56962]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28343]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection Requests 
and Comment Requests

    This notice lists information collection packages that will require 
submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), as well as 
information collection packages submitted to OMB for clearance, in 
compliance with PL. 104-13 effective October 1, 1995, The Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995.
    I. The information collection(s) listed below require(s) 
extension(s) of the current OMB approval(s) or are proposed new 
collection(s):
    1. Application for U.S. Benefits Under the Canada-U.S. 
International Agreement--0960--0371. The information collected on form 
SSA-1294 is used to determine entitlement to benefits. The respondents 
are individuals who live in Canada and file for U.S. Social Security 
Benefits.
    Number of Respondents: 1,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 250 hours.
    2. Quarterly Statistical Report on Recipients and Payments Under 
State-Administered Assistance Programs for Aged, Blind and Disabled 
(Individuals and Couples) Recipients--0960-- 0130. The information 
collected on form SSA-9741 is used to provide statistical data on 
recipients and assistance payments under the SSI State-administered 
State supplementation program. These data collections are needed to 
complement the information available for the Federally administered 
programs under SSA, and to more fully explain the impact of the public 
income support programs on the needy, aged, blind and disabled. The 
respondents are State agencies who administer supplementary payment 
programs under SSI.
    Number of Respondents: 30.
    Frequency of Response: 4 times annually.
    Average Burden Per Response: 1 hour.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 120 hours.
    Written comments and recommendations regarding the information 
collection(s) should be sent within 60 days from the date of this 
publication, directly to the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at the 
following address: Social Security Administration, DCFAM, Attn: 
Frederick W. Brickenkamp, 6401 Security Blvd., 1-A-21 Operations Bldg., 
Baltimore, MD 21235.
    In addition to your comments on the accuracy of the agency's burden 
estimate, we are soliciting comments on the need for the information; 
its practical utility; ways to enhance its quality, utility and 
clarity; and on ways to minimize burden on respondents, including the 
use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    II. The information collection(s) listed below have been submitted 
to OMB:
    1. Work Activity Report (Self-Employed) 0960-NEW. The information 
collected on form SSA-820 is used by the Social Security Administration 
to help determine if an individual meets the disability provisions for 
entitlement to benefits. The respondents are claimants for initial or 
continuing entitlement to disability benefits who are or were engaging 
in substantial gainful activity.
    Number of Respondents: 100,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 50,000 hours.
    Written comments and recommendations regarding the information 
collection(s) should be directed within 30 days to the OMB Desk Officer 
and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at the following addresses:

(OMB)

Office of Management and Budget, OIRA, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10230, 725 17th St., NW, Washington, 
D.C. 20503

(SSA)

Social Security Administration, DCFAM, Attn: Frederick W. Brickenkamp, 
1-A-21 Operations Bldg., 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235

    To receive a copy of any of the forms or clearance packages, call 
the SSA Reports Clearance Officer on (410) 965-4145 or write to him at 
the address listed above.

    Dated: October 16, 1998.
Frederick W. Brickenkamp,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-28343 Filed 10-22-98; 8:45 am]
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