Notice2022-13028
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request
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June 17, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 117 (Friday, June 17, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36568-36569]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-13028]
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No SSA-2022-0027]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed 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 new 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.
Comments: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Submit your
comments online referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-2022-0027].
(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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#450a176b1720352a3731366b0629202437242b2620053636246b222a33"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d39c81fd81b6a3bca1a7a0fd90bfb6b2a1b2bdb0b693a0a0b2fdb4bca5">[email protected]</span></a>.
Or you may submit your comments online through <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>, referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-
2022-0027].
I. The information collection below is pending at SSA. SSA will
submit it to OMB within 60 days from the date of this notice. To be
sure we consider your comments, we must receive them no later than
August 16, 2022. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection
instrument by writing to the above email address.
The National Beneficiary Survey (NBS)--0960-NEW Background
SSA's Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental
Security Income (SSI) programs provide a crucial and necessary safety
net for working-aged people with disabilities. By improving employment
outcomes for SSDI beneficiaries and SSI recipients, SSA supports the
effort to reduce the reliance of people with disabilities on these
programs. SSA previously conducted seven rounds of the National
Beneficiary Survey (NBS) in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2015, 2017, and
2019. Conducting the prior rounds of the NBS provided SSA with an
important understanding of the work interests and experiences of SSI
recipients and SSDI beneficiaries, and helped SSA gain information
about their impairments; health; living arrangements; family structure;
pre-disability occupation; and use of non-SSA programs (e.g., the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). The prior rounds of NBS
data are available to researchers and the public. SSA contracted with
Mathematica to conduct the NBS data collection.
NBS Project Description
The primary purpose of the new NBS is to: (1) assess beneficiary
well-being and interest in work; (2) learn about beneficiary work
experiences (successful and unsuccessful); and (3) to identify factors
that promote or restrict long-term work success. As with the previous
NBS rounds, the current NBS will collect information on factors such as
health; living arrangements; family structure; current occupation; use
of non-SSA programs; knowledge of SSDI and SSI work incentive programs;
obstacles to work; and beneficiary interest and motivation to return to
work. SSA is requesting clearance to administer Round 8 of the NBS in
2023. The information we will collect is not something we can obtain
from SSA administrative data or other sources. In the Round 8 NBS, the
sample design is similar to the ones we used for the prior NBS. The
sample includes the nationally representative beneficiary samples (RBS)
of adult SSDI and SSI disability program participants, as well as the
successful worker sample (SWS) which includes beneficiaries who worked
above the substantial gainful activity for at least three consecutive
months during the six months preceding their NBS interview. SSA plans
to complete 8,000 interviews: 5,000 from a cross-sectional sample of
active beneficiaries (SSI and SSDI) and 3,000 from a successful worker
sample, and will conduct the survey interviews primarily by telephone.
We will send a letter in advance informing the beneficary that an
interviewer will contact them to conduct, or schedule a date and time
for the survey. The beneficiary can also contact the 800 number we
provide in the sample letter to schedule the interview or take the
survey with an interviewer. We will send follow-up letters and
postcards reminding the beneficiary to contact us, if they have not
already done so, and we will also send postcard messages about
establishing the best time for the beneficiary to take the survey.
In addition to the Round 8 NBS, we propose to conduct an
experimental web and a paper-based data collection effort to test if
these modes are feasible methods to collect data from nonrespondents.
SSA will conduct this
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experiment during the administration of the Round 8 NBS, and we will
include a shorter version of the instrument for web and paper
administration designed to collect critical data from nonrespondents to
the telephone interview modality. We will mail the abbreviated
experimental paper version survey to the beneficiaries to complete and
send back to Mathematica.
We will pull the sample for the experimental web and paper
administration of the NBS from Round 8 SWS nonrespondents. Respondent
participation in the NBS is voluntary and the decision to participate
has no impact on current or future receipt of payments or benefits.
Respondents are current SSDI beneficiaries and SSI recipients.
Type of Request: Request for a new information collection.
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Average wait
Average time in field Total annual
Number of Frequency of Average burden Estimated theoretical office or for opportunity
Modality of completion respondents response per response total annual hourly cost teleservice cost (dollars)
(minutes) burden (hours) amount centers ***
(dollars) * (minutes)
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Representative Beneficiary Sample....... 5,000 1 60 5,000 $11.70 * 5 ** $63,379 ***
Successful Worker Sample................ 3,000 1 70 3,500 11.70 * 5 ** 45,829 ***
Successful Worker Sample web-based 125 .............. 25 52 11.70 * .............. 608 ***
experiment.............................
Successful Worker Sample, paper-based 100 .............. 25 42 11.70 * .............. 491 ***
experiment respondent..................
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Totals.............................. 8,225 .............. .............. 8,594 .............. .............. 110,307 **
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* We based this figure on the average DI payments based on SSA's current FY 2022 data (<a href="https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2022factsheet.pdf">https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2022factsheet.pdf</a>).
** We based this figure by averaging the average FY 2022 wait times for field offices and teleservice centers, 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: June 13, 2022.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-13028 Filed 6-16-22; 8:45 am]
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