[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 17, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70339-70341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-28926]
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment 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 (Pub. L.)
104-13, the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 1, 1995.
This notice includes revisions to 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,
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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,
Fax: 202-395-6974, E-mail address: [email protected].
(SSA) Social Security Administration, DCBFM, Attn: Reports
Clearance Officer, 1333 Annex Building, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore,
MD 21235, Fax: 410-965-6400, E-mail address: [email protected].
SSA submitted the information collections listed below to OMB for
clearance. Your comments on the information collections would be most
useful if OMB and SSA receive them within 30 days from the date of this
publication. To be sure we consider your comments, we must receive them
no later than December 17, 2010. You can obtain a copy of the OMB
clearance packages by calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 410-
965-8783 or by writing to the above e-mail address.
1. Private Printing and Modification of Prescribed Application and
Other Forms--20 CFR 422.527--0960-0663. 20 CFR 422.527 of the Code of
Federal Regulations requires a person, institution, or organization
(third-party entities) to obtain approval from SSA prior to
reproducing, duplicating, or privately printing any application or
other form the agency owns. SSA collects the information to ensure
requests comply with the law and regulations. SSA uses the information
to process requests from third-party entities who want to reproduce,
duplicate, or privately print any SSA application or other SSA form. To
obtain SSA's approval, entities must make their requests in writing,
using their company letterhead, providing the required information set
forth in the regulation. SSA employees review the requests and provide
approval via e-mail or mail to the third-party entities. The
respondents are third-party entities who submit requests to SSA to
reproduce, duplicate, or privately print an SSA-owned form.
Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 10.
Frequency of Response: 15.
Number of Responses: 150.
Average Burden Per Response: 8 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 20 hours.
2. Request for Waiver of Special Veterans Benefits (SVB)
Overpayment Recovery or Change in Repayment Rate--20 CFR 408.900-
408.950, 408.923(b), 408.931(b), 408.932(c), (d) and (e), 408.941(b)
and 408.942--0960-0698. Title VIII of the Social Security Act allows
SSA to pay a monthly benefit to a qualified World War II veteran who
resides outside the United States. When an overpayment in SVB occurs,
the beneficiary can request a waiver of recovery of the overpayment or
a change in the repayment rate. SSA uses the SSA-2032-BK to obtain the
information necessary to establish whether the claimant met the waiver
of recovery provisions of the overpayment, and to determine the
repayment rate if we do not waive repayment. Respondents are
beneficiaries who have overpayments on their Title VIII record and wish
to file a claim for waiver of recovery or change in repayment rate.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 450.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 120 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 900 hours.
3. Consent Based Social Security Number Verification Process--20
CFR 400.100--0960-0760. The Consent Based Social Security Number (SSN)
Verification (CBSV) process is a fee-based, automated SSN verification
service available to private businesses and other requesting parties.
To use the system, private businesses and requesting parties must
register with SSA and obtain valid consent from SSN number holders
prior to verification. We collect the information to verify if the
submitted name and SSN match the information in SSA records. After
completing a registration process and paying the fee, the requesting
party can use the CBSV Internet application to submit a file containing
names of number holders who have given valid consent, along with each
number holder's accompanying SSN and date of birth (if available). They
also have the option to obtain real-time results using a web service
application or SSA's Business Services Online application.
SSA matches the information against the SSA master file of SSNs,
using SSN, name, date of birth, and gender code (if available). The
requesting party retrieves the results file from SSA, which indicates
only a match or no match for each SSN submitted.
Under the CBSV process, the requesting party does not submit the
consent forms of the number holders to SSA. SSA requires each
requesting party to retain a valid consent form for each SSN
verification request. The requesting party retains the consent forms in
either electronic or paper format.
To ensure the integrity of the CBSV process, SSA added a strong
audit component that requires audits (called ``compliance reviews'') at
the discretion of the agency with all audit costs paid by the
requesting party. Independent certified public accountants (CPA)
conduct these reviews to ensure compliance with all the terms and
conditions of the party's agreement with SSA, including a review of the
consent forms. CPAs conduct the review at the requesting party's place
of business to ensure the integrity of the process. In addition, SSA
reserves the right to perform unannounced onsite inspections of the
entire process, including review of the technical systems that maintain
the data and transaction records. The respondents to the CBSV
collection are the participating companies, members of the public who
consent to the SSN verification, and CPAs who provide compliance review
services.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Note: When SSA published the 60-day Federal Register notice for
this collection on August 2, 2010 at 75 FR 45190, the burden figures
we reported were correct at that time. We have updated the burden
data that we are reporting in the burden chart below.
Time Burden
Participating Companies:
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Average
Number of Frequency of Number of burden per Estimated
Requirement respondents response responses response annual burden
(minutes) (hours)
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Registration Process (new 10 * 1 10 120 20
participating companies or
requesting parties)............
Creation of file with SSN holder 115 251 * * 28,865 60 28,865
identification data;
maintaining required
documentation, forms...........
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Using the system to upload 115 251 28,865 5 2,405
request file, check status, and
download results file..........
Storing Consent Forms........... 115 251 28,865 60 28,865
Activities related to compliance 115 251 28,865 60 28,865
review.........................
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Total....................... .............. .............. 115,470 .............. 89,020
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* One-time registration; approximately 10 new participating companies per year.
* * Please note: There are 251 Federal business days per year on which a requesting party could submit a file.
People whose SSNs SSA Will Verify:
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Average burden Estimated
Requirement Number of Frequency of Number of per response annual burden
respondents response responses (minutes) (hours)
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Reading and signing 986,585 1 986,585 3 49,329
authorization for SSA to
release SSN verification.......
Responding to CPA re-contact.... 5,750 1 5,750 5 479
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Total....................... 992,335 .............. .............. .............. 49,808
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CPAs (conducting compliance reviews and preparing written report of
findings):
Number of Respondents: 115.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Burden Per Response: 4,800.
Estimated Annual Burden: 9,200 hours.
Total Collective Burden: 148,028.
Cost Burden
The public burden cost is dependent upon the number of companies
and transactions. SSA based the cost estimates below upon 115
participating companies submitting 986,585 transactions. The total cost
for developing the system was $5.6 million. SSA has already expended
$3.0 million we will recoup over the depreciable life of the system
based on the fee per-transaction model.
One-Time Per Company Registration Fee--$5,000.
Estimated Per SSN Transaction Fee--$5.00.\i\
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\i\ The annual costs associated with the transaction to each
company are dependent upon the number of SSN transactions submitted
to SSA by the company on a yearly basis. For example, if a company
anticipates submitting 1 million requests to SSA for the year, its
total transaction cost for the year would be $5 x 1,000,000 or
$5,000,000. Periodically, SSA will calculate its costs to provide
CBSV services and adjust the fee charged as needed. SSA will notify
companies in writing of any change and companies will have the
opportunity to cancel the agreement or continue service using the
new transaction fee.
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Estimated Per Company Cost to Build Optional Web Service--
$200,000.\ii\
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\ii\ A company may choose to submit batch files via the SSA web
site or submit real-time individual requests via the SSA Web site.
There is no public burden cost with either of these methods using
the CBSV system. Companies are not required to purchase SSA's Web
design service. To date, no participating companies have opted for
this service.
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Estimated Per Company Cost to Store Consent Forms--$300.
Estimated Per Company Cost To Contract with CPA for Audit--$8,000.
Dated: November 10, 2010.
Liz Davidson,
Center Director, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-28926 Filed 11-16-10; 8:45 am]
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