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19As noted above, according to the Exchange the 

notice provision will encourage the expansion of 

monitoring and controls on business entertainment 

beyond broker-dealers to the employers of business 

entertainment recipients. 

20See infra footnote 3. 21 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

IV. Solicitation of Comments 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written data, views, and 

arguments concerning the foregoing, 

including whether the proposed rule 

change is consistent with the Act. 

The Commission notes that the 

NYSE’s proposed Rule 350A(e) provides 

that the NYSE member organization 

must have a system in place to give 

notice (e.g., via the member 

organization’s Web site, a disclosure 

document, or other appropriate means) 

to customers that use customer 

representatives that upon a customer’s 

written request, the NYSE member will 

provide detailed information regarding 

the manner and expense of any business 

entertainment provided by the NYSE 

member to the customer 

representative,19 while the NASD’s 

proposal does not contain a similar 

notice provision.20 The Commission is 

soliciting comment on this difference 

between the NYSE and NASD proposed 

rules and specifically whether NASD 

should have a similar notification 

provision for customers utilizing 

customer representatives. 

Comments may be submitted by any 

of the following methods: 

Electronic Comments 

• Use the Commission’s Internet 

comment form (www.sec.gov/rules/ 

sro.shtml); or 

• Send an e-mail to rulecomments@sec.gov. Please include File 

Number SR–NYSE–2006–06 on the 

subject line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Nancy M. Morris, Secretary, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–NYSE–2006–06. This file 

number should be included on the 

subject line if e-mail is used. To help the 

Commission process and review your 

comments more efficiently, please use 

only one method. The Commission will 

post all comments on the Commission’s 

Internet Web site (www.sec.gov/rules/ 

sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all 

subsequent amendments, all written 

statements with respect to the proposed 

rule change that are filed with the 

Commission, and all written 

communications relating to the 

proposed rule change between the 

Commission and any person, other than 

those that may be withheld from the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be 

available for inspection and copying in 

the Commission’s Public Reference 

Room. Copies of the filing also will be 

available for inspection and copying at 

the principal office of the Exchange. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change; the Commission does 

not edit personal identifying 

information from submissions. You 

should submit only information that 

you wish to make available publicly. All 

submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–NYSE–2006–06 and should 

be submitted on or before June 11, 2007. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Market Regulation, pursuant to 

delegated authority.21

Jill M. Peterson, 

Assistant Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 8010–01–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Request and 

Comment Request 

The Social Security Administration 

(SSA) publishes a list of information 

collection packages that will require 

clearance by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) in compliance with 

Pub. L. 104–13, the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 

1, 1995. The information collection 

packages that may be included in this 

notice are for new information 

collections, approval of existing 

information collections, revisions to 

OMB-approved information collections, 

and extensions (no change) of OMBapproved 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 on ways 

to minimize burden on respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. Written 

comments and recommendations 

regarding the information collection(s) 

should be submitted to the OMB Desk 

Officer and the SSA Reports Clearance 

Officer. The information can be mailed, 

faxed or e-mailed to the individuals at 

the addresses and fax numbers listed 

below: 

(OMB), Office of Management and 

Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA. 

Fax: 202–395–6974. E-mail address: 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. 

(SSA), Social Security Administration, 

DCFAM, Attn: Reports Clearance 

Officer, 1333 Annex Building, 6401 

Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235. 

Fax: 410–965–6400. E-mail address: 

OPLM.RCO@ssa.gov. 

I. The information collections listed 

below are pending at SSA and will be 

submitted to OMB within 60 days from 

the date of this notice. Therefore, your 

comments should be submitted to SSA 

within 60 days from the date of this 

publication. You can obtain copies of 

the collection instruments by calling the 

SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 410–

965–0454 or by writing to the address 

listed above. 

1. eData Registration/Account 

Modification—20 CFR 401.45—0960- 

NEW 

Collection Background 

Section 5 U.S.C. 552a, (e)(10) of the 

Privacy Act of 1974 requires agencies to 

establish appropriate administrative, 

technical, and physical safeguards to 

ensure the security and confidentiality 

of records. Also, Section (f)(2) & (3) 

requires agencies to establish 

requirements for identifying an 

individual who requests a record or 

information pertaining to that 

individual and to establish procedures 

for disclosure of personal information. 

SSA promulgated Privacy Act rules in 

the Code of Federal Regulations, 

Subpart B. Procedures for verifying 

identity are at 20 CFR 401.45. 

Collection Description 

The eData Services Web site allows 

various external organizations to submit 

files to a variety of SSA systems and in 

some cases receive return files. The 

users include State/local government 

agencies, other Federal agencies, and 

some nongovernmental business 

entities. The SSA systems that process 

data transferred via eData include, but 

are not limited to, systems responsible 

for disability processing and benefit 

determination or termination. The 

information collected on form SSA–118 

(Government to Government Services 

Online Web site Registration Form) to 

register organizations is used 

exclusively to maintain the identity of 

the requester within eData. The 

requestor is already a known entity to a 

sponsor within SSA. The SSA sponsor 

completes the registration forms and the 

information is submitted to SSA’s User 

Interface Team (UIT). Once this is 

completed, SSA provides the requestor 


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with their new password, and conducts 

a walkthrough of the eData website as 

necessary. The organization also can 

make modifications to their online 

account (e.g., address change) by 

completing an online form, SSA–119 

(Government to Government Service 

Online Web site Account Modification/ 

Deletion Form). 

Type of Request: Collection in use 

without OMB Control Number. 

Collection instrument 

Number of 

annual 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

annual 

burden hours 

SSA–118 .......................................................................................................... 925 1 15 231 

SSA–119 .......................................................................................................... 1,575 1 15 394 

Totals ........................................................................................................ 2,500 ........................ ........................ 625 

2. Certificate of Election for Reduced 

Widow(er)’s Benefits—20 CFR, Subpart 

D, 404.335—0960–NEW 

Section 202(q) of the Social Security 

Act provides for the authority to reduce 

benefits under certain conditions when 

elected by a beneficiary. However, 

reduced benefits are not payable to an 

already entitled spouse (or divorced 

spouse) who: 

• Is at least age 62 and under full 

retirement age in the month of the 

number holder’s death; and 

• Is receiving both reduced spouse’s 

(or divorced spouse’s) benefits and 

either retirement or disability benefits in 

the month before the month of the 

number holder’s death. 

In order to elect reduced widow(er) 

benefits, a beneficiary must complete 

form SSA–4111. SSA uses the 

information collected on Form SSA–

4111 to determine eligibility for and pay 

a qualified dually entitled widow(er) (or 

surviving divorced spouse) reduced 

benefits. The respondents are qualified 

dually entitled widow(er)s (or surviving 

divorced spouse) who elect to receive a 

reduced widow(er) benefit. 

Type of Request: Collection in use 

without OMB Control Number. 

Number of Respondents: 30,000. 

Frequency of Response: 1. 

Average Burden Per Response: 2 

minutes. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 1,000 

hours. 

3. Proof of Age Study—20 CFR 

404.715—0960–NEW 

Background 

Through the information obtained 

from this study, the Agency hopes to 

obtain data that will allow benefit award 

processes to be streamlined in 

anticipation of the significant workload 

increases as the ‘‘baby boomers’’ (those 

persons born between 1946 and 1964) 

attain retirement age. The information 

collected will be used to determine the 

extent to which a claimant’s allegation 

of date of birth agrees with the date of 

birth in SSA’s records and to estimate 

the program costs associated with using 

alleged dates of birth as proof of age 

(POA) to adjudicate claims without 

obtaining birth certificates or other 

evidence of age or citizenship. 

Collection of Information 

SSA will mail up to 3,000 

appointment letters to a random sample 

of number holders (NH) with the 

expectation of being able to arrange 

2,000 one-time telephone interviews. 

(Some letters will be returned for no 

address or there will be no response 

from the NHs.) 

Appointment letters will be sent to 

the NHs to explain the purpose of the 

study; request a phone number; and 

establish a convenient time to conduct 

the phone interview. 

The phone interviewers will obtain an 

alleged date of birth, place of birth, and 

parent’s names. If the NH’s alleged date 

of birth agrees with the Numident date 

of birth, SSA will obtain POA (birth 

certificates if available) from the 

custodians to determine the impact of 

using the alleged date as POA. If the 

alleged date of birth is materially 

different than the date of birth on the 

Numident, POA evidence will not be 

obtained from the custodian. If a birth 

certificate is obtained a proof code will 

be annotated to the Numident to prevent 

unnecessary development if 

subsequently a claim is filed on the 

account. If the POA development 

establishes a different date of birth than 

the Numident/alleged date of birth, SSA 

will estimate the potential error dollars 

involved. Study data will be compiled 

and findings reported to SSA’s 

Executive Staff. 

Type of Request: New information 

collection. 

Number of Respondents: 2,000. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 1,334 

hours. 

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

annual burden 

(hours) 

Appointment Letter and Response .................................................................. 2,000 1 15 500 

SSA–8510 (Authorization to the SSA to Obtain Personal Information) .......... 2,000 1 5 167 

Phone Questionnaire ....................................................................................... 2,000 1 20 667 

Collection of POA Evidence from Record Custodian ...................................... 152 2 15 490 

Total .......................................................................................................... 6052 ........................ ........................ 1,824 

1 1960 total responses 

2Varies. 

II. The information collections listed 

below have been submitted to OMB for 

clearance. Your comments on the 

information collections would be most 

useful if received by OMB and SSA 

within 30 days from the date of this 

publication. You can obtain a copy of 

the OMB clearance packages by calling 

the SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 

410–965–0454 or by writing to the 

address listed above. 


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1. SSI Monthly Wage Reporting 

System—20 CFR 416.701–732—0960–

0715 

Collection Background 

SSI recipients are required to report 

changes in their income, resources and 

living arrangements that may affect 

eligibility or payment amount. 

Currently, SSI recipients report changes 

on Form SSA–8150, Reporting Events—

SSI, or to an SSA teleservice 

representative through SSA’s toll-free 

telephone number, or they visit their 

local Social Security office. 

Wages have, historically, been the 

source of SSI’s highest error rate largely 

due to non-reporting by beneficiaries, 

deemors, and representative payees. 

Failure to report changes in wages 

timely accounts for approximately $400 

million in overpayments each year. 

Consequently, SSA is evaluating 

methods for increasing reporting. SSA 

has tested and determined that given an 

easily accessible automated format, 

individuals will increase compliance 

with reporting responsibilities. 

Increased timely reporting has resulted 

in a decrease in improper payments. 

One of the methods tested, described 

below, is the SSI Wage Reporting 

System. 

Collection Description 

Participants who need to report a 

change in monthly wages (Comment: 

There are other forms of earned income 

that the phone line does not support) 

will call SSA’s toll-free telephone 

number to report the change. The 

participants will access SSA’s system 

using knowledge-based authentication 

(providing name, SSN and date of birth). 

Participants will speak their report 

(voice recognition technology) and/or 

key in the information using the 

telephone key pad. This automated 

system will then directly update our 

records and issue receipts in 

compliance with Section 202 of the 

Social Security Protection Act of 2004. 

We are requesting permanent 

authorization of the existing wage 

reporting system to continue providing 

an alternative, and more efficient, 

means by which beneficiaries, their 

representative payees, and deemors can 

report wages via a toll-free telephone 

number. We believe this permanent 

authorization is necessary to effectively 

implement national usage of the system 

and substantially increase the number of 

reports received via this collection 

method. Without permanent 

authorization, we are concerned that an 

interruption in reporting would prove 

detrimental to our earlier efforts to 

recruit and train reporters, would 

damage the current regularity of 

reporting, and would considerably 

mitigate SSA’s potential to reduce 

improper payments resulting from 

erroneous, or deficient, wage reports. 

Respondents to this collection are SSI 

recipients, deemors and representative 

payees of recipients who agree to 

participate in the program. 

Type of Request: Revision of OMB 

approval. 

Number of Respondents: 50,000. 

Frequency of Response: 12. 

Average Burden Per Response: 4 

minutes. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 40,000 

hours. 

2. Cost Reimbursable Research 

Request—0960–NEW 

Background 

The Social Security Administration 

(SSA) is responsible for administering 

two cash benefit programs, notably the 

Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability 

Insurance (OASDI) and SSI programs. 

To carry out this task, SSA maintains a 

number of files with detailed 

information on individuals and their 

characteristics, such as demographics, 

employment, earnings, assets, disability 

diagnosis, location, and other 

information. While designed for SSA to 

carry out its administrative tasks, the 

data files offer great informational depth 

to researchers interested in SSA’s 

programs and other research areas. As a 

result, SSA provides qualified 

researchers needing agency 

administrative data for a variety of 

projects. 

SSA’s data files are governed by strict 

confidentiality restrictions and are not 

publicly accessible. Therefore, SSA has 

charged the Office of Research, 

Evaluation, and Statistics (ORES) as the 

primary interface for researchers, either 

within SSA or outside of it, who seek 

access to SSA’s program files. To 

safeguard the information and the 

public trust, ORES has established 

comprehensive unified application 

process procedures for obtaining 

program data for research use. 

The Cost Reimbursable Research 

Request 

To request SSA program data for 

research, the researcher must submit a 

completed research application for 

SSA’s evaluation. In the application, the 

requesting researcher must provide 

required basic project information and 

describe the way in which the proposed 

project will further SSA’s mission to 

promote the economic security of the 

nation’s people through its 

administration of the OASDI programs, 

and/or the SSI program. Depending on 

the type of research data needed, the 

requesting researchers may be required 

to provide SSA with up to 14 prescribed 

project information elements to properly 

assess their data request. 

Once the application is reviewed and 

approved by ORES, a Reimbursable 

Conditions of Use Agreement is signed 

with the requestor which outlines the 

conditions and safeguards agreed to for 

the research project data exchange. The 

requestor may use the data for research 

and statistical purposes only. This is a 

reimbursable service and SSA recovers 

all expenses incurred in providing this 

information. The respondents to this 

information collection are the qualified 

researchers that request SSA 

administrative data for a variety of 

projects. These applicants include but 

are not limited to Federal and State 

government agencies and/or their 

contractors, private entities, and 

colleges/universities. 

Type of Request: Collection in use 

without OMB Control Number. 

Number of Respondents: 15. 

Frequency of Response: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 240 

minutes. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 60 hours. 

The total average annual cost for all 

respondents to use this service is 

approximately $112,500 or an average of 

$7,500 to complete a single request. 

This cost projection is an estimate of 

SSA’s administrative and systems costs 

to analyze and provide the requested 

research data. Since this is a 

reimbursable service, all associated 

costs are borne by the requesters. 

3. Authorization To Release Medical 

Report to Physician—20 CFR 401.55 & 

401.100—0960–NEW 

If the claimant, his or her court 

appointed representative, or a parent of 

a minor child wants the consultative 

examination (CE) report sent to the 

claimant’s treating physician, he or she 

will complete the information requested 

on Form SSA–91 and send it to SSA for 

processing. SSA will use the 

information collected to send the CE 

report to the authorized physician. 

Respondents are applicants for 

disability claims. 

Type of Request: Collection in Use 

Without an OMB Number. 

Number of Respondents: 7,922. 

Frequency of Response: 1. 

Average Burden Per Response: 5 

minutes. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 660 hours. 


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4. Claimant Travel Reimbursement 

Request—20 CFR 404.999a–d—0960–

NEW 

The claimants have the right to be 

reimbursed for their travel expenses to 

and from a consultative examination 

(CE). In order to be reimbursed, the 

claimants must submit an itemized list 

of what they spent to travel round trip 

to the CE. The SSA–104 is sent to the 

claimants with the CE appointment 

notice. If the claimants want to be 

reimbursed for their travel expenses, 

they must complete, sign and return the 

SSA–104 to SSA. SSA uses the 

information collected on this form to 

determine the amount of 

reimbursement. Respondents are 

applicants for disability claims. 

Type of Request: Collection in Use 

without an OMB Number. 

Number of Respondents: 11,092. 

Frequency of Response: 1. 

Average Burden Per Response: 10 

minutes. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 1,849 

hours. 

Dated: May 15, 2007. 

Elizabeth A. Davidson, 

Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Request and 

Comment Request 

The Social Security Administration 

(SSA) publishes a list of information 

collection packages that will require 

clearance by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) in compliance with 

Pub. L. 104–13, the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 

1, 1995. The information collection 

packages that included in this notice are 

for new information collections and 

revisions to existing 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 on ways 

to minimize burden on respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. Written 

comments and recommendations 

regarding the information collection(s) 

should be submitted to the OMB Desk 

Officer and the SSA Reports Clearance 

Officer. The information can be mailed, 

faxed or emailed to the individuals at 

the addresses and fax numbers listed 

below: 

(OMB), Office of Management and 

Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA. 

Fax: 202–395–6974. E-mail address: 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. 

(SSA), Social Security Administration, 

DCFAM, Attn: Reports Clearance 

Officer, 1333 Annex Building, 6401 

Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235. 

Fax: 410–965–6400. E-mail address: 

OPLM.RCO@ssa.gov. 

I. The information collection listed 

below is pending at SSA and will be 

submitted to OMB within 60 days from 

the date of this notice. Therefore, your 

comments should be submitted to SSA 

within 60 days from the date of this 

publication. You can obtain copies of 

the collection instrument by calling the 

SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 410–

965–0454 or by writing to the address 

listed above. 

Medicare Quality Review Forms—20 

CFR 418(b)(5)—0960–0707. The Social 

Security Administration (SSA) uses the 

Medicare Quality Review Forms 

collection to verify the information 

reported on Medicare Part D Subsidy 

applications (OMB No. 0960–0696) for a 

selected number of applicants. SSA is 

planning to expand the scope of this 

collection by conducting Quality 

Reviews with some current recipients of 

Medicare Part D subsidies who have 

recently undergone the redetermination 

process (OMB No. 0960–0723). This ICR 

is for two new appointment letters 

(forms SSA–9313 and SSA–9314) that 

such beneficiaries will complete to 

schedule an appointment for their 

Quality Review. The respondents are 

current recipients of Medicare Part D 

subsidies who have recently undergone 

a redetermination and who were 

selected for a Quality Review. 

Type of Request: Revision to an 

existing OMB-approved information 

collection. 

Form number and name Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

annual burden 

(hours) 

SSA–9301 (Medicare Subsidy Quality Review Case Analysis Questionnaire) 10,000 1 35 5,833 

SSA–9302 (Notice of Quality Review Acknowledgement Form for those with 

Phones) ........................................................................................................ 10,000 1 15 2,500 

SSA–9303 (Notice of Quality Review Acknowledgement Form for those 

without Phones) ........................................................................................... 1,000 1 15 250 

SSA–9304 (Checklist of Required Information; burden accounted for with 

forms SSA–9302, SSA–9303).

SSA–9308 (Request for Information) .............................................................. 20,000 1 15 5,000 

SSA–9310 (Request for Documents) .............................................................. 10,000 1 5 833 

SSA–9309 (Life Insurance Verification Form) ................................................. 8,000 1 15 2,000 

SSA–8510 (Authorization to the Social Security Administration to Obtain 

Personal Information) ................................................................................... 10,000 1 5 833 

SSA–9313 (Notice of Appointment Quality Review Acknowledgement 

Form)* .......................................................................................................... 4,500 1 15 1,125 

SSA–9314 (Notice of Quality Review Acknowledgement Form (unknown 

phone numbers)* .......................................................................................... 500 1 15 125 

Total .......................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 18,499 

* These are the two new forms being cleared in the current ICR for this collection. 

II. The information collection listed 

below has been submitted to OMB for 

clearance. Your comments on the 

information collection would be most 

useful if received by OMB and SSA 

within 30 days from the date of this 


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