Notice2022-16986
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request
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August 9, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 152 (Tuesday, August 9, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48548-48549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16986]
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No. SSA-2022-0040]
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 revisions of OMB-approved information collections.
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-2022-0040].
(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#db9489f589beabb4a9afa8f598b7bebaa9bab5b8be9ba8a8baf5bcb4ad"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8bc4d9a5d9eefbe4f9fff8a5c8e7eeeaf9eae5e8eecbf8f8eaa5ece4fd">[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-
2022-0040].
I. The information collections below are pending at SSA. SSA will
submit them 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
October 11, 2022. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection
instruments by writing to the above email address.
1. Plan to Achieve Self-Support (PASS)--20 CFR 416.110(e),
416.1180-416.1182, 416.1225-416.1227--0960-0559. The Supplemental
Security Income (SSI) program encourages recipients to return to work.
One of the program objectives is to provide incentives and
opportunities that help recipients do so. The Plan to Achieve Self-
Support (PASS) provision allows individuals to develop a plan to enter
(or re-enter) the workforce and become self-supporting. In turn, SSA
does not count the income or resources (such as business equipment,
education, or specialized training) recipients use to fund a PASS when
determining an individual's SSI eligibility or payment amount. An SSI
recipient who wants to take advantage of the PASS provision completes
Form SSA-545. SSA uses the
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information from the SSA-545 to evaluate the recipient's PASS, and to
determine eligibility under the provisions of the SSI program. The
respondents are SSI recipients who want to develop a return-to-work
plan.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Average burden Estimated theoretical Average field Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response total annual hourly cost office wait opportunity
respondents response (minutes) burden (hours) amount time (minutes) cost (dollars)
(dollars) * ** ***
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SSA-545.......................... 7,000 1 120 14,000 * $11.70 ** 24 *** $196,560
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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 on the average FY 2022 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.
2. Request for Accommodation in Communication Method--0960-0777.
SSA allows disabled or impaired Social Security applicants,
beneficiaries, recipients, and representative payees to choose one of
seven alternative methods of communication they want SSA to use when we
send them benefit notices and other related communications. The seven
alternative methods we offer are: (1) standard print notice by first-
class mail; (2) standard print mail with a follow-up telephone call;
(3) certified mail; (4) Braille; (5) Microsoft Word file on data CD;
(6) large print (18-point font); or (7) audio CD. Respondents who want
to receive notices from SSA through a communication method other than
the seven methods listed above must explain their request to us. Those
respondents use our iAccomodate Intranet or mySNO internet screens, or
the paper Form SSA-9000-F6 to: (1) describe the type of accommodation
they want from SSA; (2) disclose their condition necessitating the need
for a different type of accommodation; and (3) explain why none of the
seven methods described above are sufficient for their needs. SSA uses
our internet and Intranet screens or Form SSA-9000-F6 to determine,
based on applicable law and regulation, whether to grant the
respondents' requests for an accommodation based on their impairment or
disability. SSA collects this information electronically through either
an in-person telephone interview during which the SSA employee keys in
the information on our iAccommodate Intranet screens, or through the
mySNO internet screens which respondents may complete for themselves
using the application available through their mySSA accounts. The
respondents are disabled or impaired Social Security or SSI applicants,
beneficiaries, recipients, and representative payees who ask SSA to
send notices and other communications in an alternative method besides
the seven modalities we currently offer.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average Average
Average Estimated theoretical teleservice Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of burden per total annual hourly cost center wait opportunity
respondents response response burden amount time cost
(minutes) (hours) (dollars) * (minutes) ** (dollars) ***
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SSA-9000/iAccommodate................... 5,000 1 20 1,667 * $11.70 ** 19 *** $38,025
mySNO................................... 8,414 1 20 2,805 * 11.70 .............. *** 32,819
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Totals.............................. 13,414 .............. .............. 4,472 .............. .............. *** 70,844
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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 on the average FY 2022 wait times for 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: August 3, 2022.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-16986 Filed 8-8-22; 8:45 am]
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