Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 141 (Friday, July 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 40055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18825]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request

    In compliance with Public Law 104-13, the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, SSA is providing notice of its information collections that 
require submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). 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 on ways to minimize burden on 
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    The information collection listed below will be submitted to OMB 
within 60 days from the date of this notice. Therefore, comments and 
recommendations regarding the information collection would be most 
useful if received by the Agency within 60 days from the date of this 
notice. Comments should be directed to the SSA Reports Clearance 
Officer at the address listed at the end of the notices. You can obtain 
a copy of the collection instrument by calling the SSA Reports 
Clearance Officer on (410) 965-4145, or by writing to him.
    Social Security Card Fee Survey-0960-NEW. The Social Security 
Administration (SSA) processes over 11 million applications per year 
for replacement Social Security Number (SSN) cards. SSA is proposing to 
conduct a survey of a random sample of applicants who request a 
replacement SSN card to obtain information on reasons for replacing the 
SSN card and willingness to pay a fee for a replacement card. SSA is 
evaluating whether to charge a fee for replacements cards (other than 
for a name change) and will use the information from the survey to 
develop policy on when it would be appropriate to charge a fee for a 
replacement SSN card.
    Number of Respondents: 3,600.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Average Burden Per Response: 5 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 300 hours.

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

    Dated: July 16, 1999.
Frederick W. Brickenkamp,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-18825 Filed 7-22-99; 8:45 am]
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