Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request,

[Federal Register: January 27, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 17)]

[Notices]

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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection Requests

This notice lists information collection packages that will require submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in compliance with PL. 104-13 effective October 1, 1995, The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

  1. Government Pension Questionnaire--0960-0160. The Social Security Act and Regulations provide that an individual receiving spouse's benefits and concurrently receiving a Government pension, based on the individual's own earnings, may have the Social Security benefits amount reduced by two-thirds of the pension amount. The data collected on Form SSA-3885 is used by the Social Security Administration (SSA) to determine if the individual's Social Security benefit will be reduced, the amount of reduction, the effective date of the reduction and if one of the exceptions in 20 CFR404.408a applies. The respondents are individuals who are receiving (or will receive) Social Security spouse' benefits and also receive their own Government pension.

    Number of Respondents: 30,000.

    Frequency of Response: 1.

    Average Burden Per Response: 12.5 minutes.

    Estimated Average Burden: 6,250 hours.

  2. Statement Regarding the Inferred Death of an Individual by Reason of Continued and Unexplained Absence--09060-0002. The information collected on form SSA-723 is used to determine if the Social Security Administration may infer that a missing person is deceased. The respondents are individual who know or are related to the missing person.

    Number of Respondents: 30,000.

    Frequency of Response: 1.

    Average Burden Per Response: 30 minutes.

    Estimated Average Burden: 1,500 hours.

    Written comments and recommendations regarding the information collection(s) should be sent within 60 days from the date of this publication, directly to the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at the following address: Social Security Administration, DCFAM, Attn: Frederick W. Brickenkamp, 6401 Security Blvd., 1-A-21 Operations Bldg., Baltimore, MD 21235.

    In addition to your comments on the accuracy of the agency's burden estimate, we are soliciting comments on 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.

    To receive a copy of any of the forms or clearance packages, call the SSA Reports Clearance Officer on (410) 965-4145 or write to him at the address listed above.

    Dated: January 21, 1999. Frederick W. Brickenkamp, Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.

    [FR Doc. 99-1871Filed1-26-99; 8:45 am]

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