Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52359-52360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25152]


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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

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clarity; and on ways to minimize burden on respondents, including the 
use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    The information collections listed below will be submitted to OMB 
within 60 days from the date of this notice. Therefore, comments and 
recommendations regarding the information collections would be most 
useful if received by the Agency within 60 days from the date of this 
publication. 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 instruments by calling the SSA Reports 
Clearance Officer on (410) 965-4145, or by writing to him.
    1. Representative Payee System--0960-NEW. The information collected 
is used to determine the proper payee for a Social Security 
beneficiary, and aids in the investigation of a payee applicant. The 
information establishes the applicant's relationship to the 
beneficiary, the justification, the concern for the beneficiary and the 
manner in which the benefits will be used. The respondents are 
applicants for selection as representative payee for Old-Age, Survivors 
and Disability Insurance (OASDI); Supplemental Security Income (SSI); 
and Black Lung benefits. The time it takes to collect the information 
ranges from 5 minutes for a simple representative payee interview to 45 
minutes for a complicated interview. We have used an average to compute 
the public reporting burden, shown below.

Number of Respondents: 1,574,786
Frequency of Response: 1
Average Burden Per Response: 25 minutes
Estimated Annual Burden: 656,161 hours

    2. Modernized Enumeration System--0960-NEW. The information 
collected is used to assign a Social Security Number (SSN) and issue a 
card. The SSN is used to keep an accurate record of each individual's 
earnings for the payment of benefits. It is also used for 
administrative purposes as an identifier for health-maintenance and 
income-maintenance programs, such as the OASDI program; the SSI 
program; and other programs administered by the Federal government 
including Black Lung, Medicare and veterans compensation and pension 
programs. The Internal Revenue Service uses the SSN as a taxpayer 
identification number for those individuals who are eligible to be 
assigned an SSN. The respondents are applicants for a Social Security 
Card.

Number of Respondents: 12,385,502
Frequency of Response: 1
Average Burden Per Response: 5 minutes
Estimated Annual Burden: 1,032,125 hours

    3. Lump-Sum Death Payment Application (Modernized Claims System)--
0960-NEW. The information collected is required to authorize payment of 
the lump-sum death benefit to a widow, widower, or children as defined 
in section 202(i) of the Social Security Act. The respondents are 
widows, widowers or children who apply for a lump-sum death payment.

Number of Respondents: 736,250
Frequency of Response: 1
Average Burden Per Response: 20 minutes
Estimated Annual Burden: 245,417 hours

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

    Dated: September 22, 1999.
Frederick W. Brickenkamp,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-25152 Filed 9-27-99; 8:45 am]
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