Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request,

[Federal Register: September 28, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 187)]

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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 Pub. L. 104-13 effective October 1, 1995, The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

Time Report of Personnel Services for Disability Determinination Services--0960-0408. Form SSA-4514 is used by the Social Security Administration (SSA) to collect data necessary for detailed analysis and evaluation of costs incurred by State Disability Determination Services (DDS) in making determinations of disability for SSA. The data are also used in determining funding levels for each DDS. The respondents are State DDSs making determinations of disability for SSA.

Number of Respondents: 54.

Frequency of Response: 4.

Average Burden Per Response: 30 minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 108 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: September 17, 1998. Frederick W. Brickenkamp, Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.

[FR Doc. 98-25764Filed9-25-98; 8:45 am]

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