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interview (MI) practitioners (five 

individuals). 

The respondents are individuals who 

have volunteered to take part in the 

study and are exiting (Exiters) or may be 

exiting (Possible Exiters) SSA’s 

disability program(s) due to medical 

improvement or changes in eligibility; 

vocational service providers; state and 

agency leadership; and motivational 

interviewers. 

Type of Request: Request for a new 

information collection. 

Study component Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Total burden 

hours 

Average 

theoretical 

hourly cost 

amount 

(dollars) * 

Total annual 

opportunity 

cost 

(dollars) ** 

Interviews with Exiters and Possible Exiters (icl. informed 

consent and pre-collection questions) ................................... 70 1 65 76 * $12.81 ** $974 

Focus groups with Exiters and Possible Exiters (icl. informed 

consent and pre-collection questions) ................................... 140 1 65 152 * 12.81 ** 1,947 

Focus group with service providers (icl. informed consent and 

pre-collection questions) ........................................................ 20 1 65 22 * 24 ** 528 

Focus group with motivational interviewer practitioners (icl. informed consent) ..................................................................... 5 1 65 5 * 35 ** 175 

In-depth interviews with state and agency leadership (icl. informed consent and pre-collection questions) ...................... 30 1 65 33 * 56 ** 1,848 

Survey (icl. informed consent and pre-collection questions) .... 4,000 1 50 3,333 * 12.81 ** 42,696 

MI Pilot (icl. informed consent and pre-collection questions) ... 50 6 60 300 * 12.81 ** 3,843 

Total ................................................................................... 4,315 4,565 ........................ 3,921 ........................ ** 52,011 

* We base this figure on average DI payments wages for disability recipients as reported by SSA data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2023factsheet.pdf). 

** 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. Help America Vote Act—0960– 

0706. House Rule 3295, the Help 

America Vote Act of 2002, mandates 

that States verify the identities of newly 

registered voters. When newly 

registered voters do not have driver’s 

licenses or State-issued ID cards, they 

must supply the last four digits of their 

Social Security number to their local 

State election agencies for verification. 

The election agencies forward this 

information to their State Motor Vehicle 

Administration (MVA) and the State 

MVA inputs the data into the American 

Association of MVAs, a central 

consolidation system that routes the 

voter data to SSA’s Help America Vote 

Verification (HAVV) system. Once 

SSA’s HAVV system confirms the 

identity of the voter, the information 

returns along the same route in reverse 

until it reaches the State election 

agency. The respondents are the State 

MVAs seeking to confirm voter 

identities. 

Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection. 

Modality of completion Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Number of 

responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated total 

annual burden 

(hours) 

Average 

theoretical 

hourly cost 

amount 

(dollars) * 

Total annual 

opportunity 

cost 

(dollars) ** 

HAVV ............................................................. 48 102,200 4,905,600 2 163,520 * $22.07 ** $3,608,886 

* We based this figure on average local government information and records clerk’s salary shown on the Bureau of Labor Statistic’s website (https://www.bls.gov/ 

oes/current/oes434199.htm). 

** 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. 

Naomi Sipple, 

Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02766 Filed 2–9–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. SSA–2023–0027] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration 

(SSA). 

ACTION: Notice of a new matching 

program. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

provisions of the Privacy Act, as 

amended, this notice announces a new 

matching program with the Office of 

Personnel Management (OPM). Under 

this matching program, OPM will 

disclose civil service benefit and 

payment data to SSA. SSA is legally 

required to offset specific benefits by a 

percentage of civil service benefits 

received (Spousal and Survivors 

benefits, Supplemental Security Income 

(SSI) benefits, and Retirement and 

Disability Insurance Benefits are offset 

by a percentage of the recipients’ own 

Federal Government pension benefits). 

SSA administers the Old Age, 

Survivors, Disability Insurance (OASDI), 

SSI, and Special Veterans’ Benefits 

(SVB) programs. SSA will use the match 

results under this agreement to meet its 

civil service benefit offset obligations. 

SSA’s Office of the Chief Actuary (OCA) 

will also use OPM’s data for statistical 

and research purposes in tracking the 

size of, and impact on, subpopulations 

of government annuitants affected by 

the Government Pension Offset, the 

Windfall Elimination Provision, and in 

cost estimates of proposals to change the 

two provisions. 

DATES: Submit comments on the 

proposed matching program no later 

than March 13, 2024. 

The matching program will be 

applicable on March 11, 2024, or once 

a minimum of 30 days after publication 

of this notice has elapsed, whichever is 

later. The matching program will be in 

effect for a period of 18 months. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any one of four methods—internet, 

fax, mail, or email. Do not submit the 

same comments multiple times or by 

more than one method. Regardless of 

which method you choose, please state 


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that your comments refer to Docket No. 

SSA–2023–0027 so that we may 

associate your comments with the 

correct regulation. 

Caution: You should be careful to 

include in your comments only 

information that you wish to make 

publicly available. We strongly urge you 

not to include in your comments any 

personal information, such as Social 

Security numbers or medical 

information. 

1. Internet: We strongly recommend 

that you submit your comments via the 

internet. Please visit the Federal 

eRulemaking portal at https://

www.regulations.gov. Use the Search 

function to find docket number SSA– 

2023–0027 and then submit your 

comments. The system will issue you a 

tracking number to confirm your 

submission. You will not be able to 

view your comment immediately 

because we must post each submission 

manually. It may take up to a week for 

your comments to be viewable. 

2. Fax: Fax comments to (833) 410– 

1631. 

3. Mail: Submit comments to Matthew 

Ramsey, Executive Director, Office of 

Privacy and Disclosure, Office of the 

General Counsel, Social Security 

Administration, 6401 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235–6401, 

or by emailing Matthew.Ramsey@

ssa.gov. Comments are also available for 

public viewing on the Federal 

eRulemaking portal at https://

www.regulations.gov or in person, 

during regular business hours, by 

arranging with the contact person 

identified below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Interested parties may submit general 

questions about the matching program 

to Cynthia Scott, Division Director, 

Office of Privacy and Disclosure, Office 

of the General Counsel, Social Security 

Administration, 6401 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235–6401, 

at telephone: (410) 966–1943, or by 

sending an email to Cynthia.Scott@

ssa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None. 

Matthew Ramsey, 

Executive Director, Office of Privacy and 

Disclosure, Office of the General Counsel. 

Participating Agencies: SSA and 

OPM. 

Authority for Conducting the 

Matching Program: The legal authority 

for SSA to conduct this matching 

activity for SSI purposes is section 

1631(e)(1)(B) and (f) of the Social 

Security Act (Act) (42 U.S.C. 

1383(e)(1)(B) and (f)). The legal 

authority for SVB purposes is section 

806 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1006). The 

legal authority for SSA to conduct this 

matching activity for OASDI includes 

section 224 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 424a), 

which provides for the reduction of 

Social Security disability benefits when 

the disabled worker is also entitled to a 

Public Disability Benefit (PDB). Also, 

section 215a(7)(A) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 

415) requires a modification to the 

computation formula reducing the 

Primary Insurance Amount of a retired 

and disabled worker entitled to a 

pension from employment not covered 

under Social Security. Section 

202k(5)(A) (42 U.S.C. 402) provides for 

the reduction of spousal and survivors 

benefits by a percentage of a pension 

received based on work not covered by 

Social Security. 

Section 1631(f) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 

1383(f)) requires Federal agencies to 

furnish SSA with information necessary 

to verify eligibility for benefits. Section 

224(h)(1) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 

424a(h)(1)) requires any Federal agency 

to provide SSA with information in its 

possession that SSA may require for the 

purposes of making a timely 

determination of the amount of 

reduction under section 224 of the Act 

(42 U.S.C. 424a). 

This agreement is executed in 

compliance with the Privacy Act of 

1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended by the 

Computer Matching and Privacy 

Protection Act of 1988, and the 

regulations and guidance promulgated 

thereunder. 

Purpose(s): This agreement sets forth 

the terms, conditions, and safeguards 

under which OPM will disclose civil 

service benefit and payment data to 

SSA. SSA will use the match results 

under this agreement to meet its civil 

service benefit offset obligations. SSA is 

legally required to offset specific 

benefits by a percentage of the benefit 

recipients’ Federal Government pension 

benefits. 

SSA’s OCA will also use OPM’s data 

for statistical and research purposes in 

tracking the size of, and impact on, 

subpopulations of government 

annuitants affected by the Government 

Pension Offset and the Windfall 

Elimination Provision. Additionally, the 

OCA will use OPM’s data in cost 

estimates of proposals to change the two 

provisions. 

Categories of Individuals: The 

individuals whose information is 

involved in this matching program are 

those individuals who are receiving 

civil service benefits and payments as 

well as either Spousal and Survivors 

benefits, SSI or SVB benefits, or 

Retirement and Disability Insurance 

benefits. 

Categories of Records: OPM will 

provide SSA with an electronic file 

containing civil service benefit and 

payment data from the annuity and 

survivor master file. Each month, OPM 

will provide SSA with an electronic file 

that will include updated payment 

information for new civil service 

annuitants and annuitants whose civil 

service annuity has changed. This 

monthly file contains approximately 

25,000 records. OPM will provide SSA 

with the entire master annuity file of 

approximately 2.7 million records once 

yearly for the month of the civil service 

cost-of-living allowance. OPM will 

furnish SSA with the following civil 

service benefit and payment data: 

payment status code; prefix; name; 

Social Security number (SSN); Social 

Security verification code; date of birth; 

award date; civil service claim number; 

first potential month and year of 

eligibility; date of eligibility indicator; 

first month, day, and year of 

entitlement; disability indicator; Federal 

Insurance Contributions Act covered 

months indicator; total service months; 

amount of current gross civil service 

benefits; effective date (month, day, and 

year) of civil service amount; SSNs for 

disabled children; retroactive payments; 

date of death; payments that are 

currently coded ‘special pay’; OPM code 

that indicates OPM used pre-1957 

military service in the benefit 

computations; actual military service 

dates that OPM used in computing the 

OPM pension amount; OPM code for 

voluntary contributions; amount of the 

pension from voluntary contributions; 

months of employment after 1956 not 

covered by Social Security that are used 

to determine the pension; period of 

employment upon which pension is 

based; and Federal Employees 

Retirement System transfer case data. 

SSA will attempt to verify the SSNs 

furnished by OPM using the SSA 

Enumeration System database and the 

individuals’ name, date of birth, and 

SSN. SSA will only use verified SSNs 

in the matches with its systems of 

records (SOR). SSA will match the SSNverified OPM data against the 

Supplemental Security Record or Master 

Beneficiary Record to identify: SSI/SVB 

recipients who are also receiving a civil 

service pension; individuals who may 

be subject to PDB offset; and 

beneficiaries subject to a Federal 

pension offset. 

System(s) of Records: OPM will 

provide SSA with electronic files from 

the OPM SOR published as OPM/ 

Central-1 (Civil Service Retirement and 

Insurance Records) at 73 FR 15013 

(March 20, 2008), as amended at 80 FR 

74815 (November 30, 2015). SSA will 


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conduct the match using the 

individual’s SSN, name, and date of 

birth on both the OPM file and SSA’s 

databases covered under the following 

SSA SORs: the Master Files of Social 

Security Number (SSN) Holders and 

SSN Applications (Enumeration 

System), 60–0058, as published at 87 FR 

263 (January 4, 2022); the Master 

Beneficiary Record (MBR), 60–0090, as 

published at 71 FR 1826 (January 11, 

2006), as amended at 72 FR 69723 

(December 10, 2007), 78 FR 40542 (July 

5, 2013), 83 FR 31250–31251 (July 3, 

2018), and 83 FR 54969 (November 1, 

2018); and the Supplemental Security 

Income Record and Special Veterans 

Benefits (SSR/SVB), 60–0103, as 

published at 71 FR 1830 (January 11, 

2006), as amended at 72 FR 69723 

(December 10, 2007), 83 FR 31250– 

31251 (July 3, 2018), and 83 FR 54969 

(November 1, 2018). 

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BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 12325] 

Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, 

Directorate of Defense Trade Controls: 

Notifications to the Congress of 

Proposed Commercial Export Licenses 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Directorate of Defense 

Trade Controls and the Department of 

State give notice that the attached 

Notifications of Proposed Commercial 

Export Licenses were submitted to the 

Congress on the dates indicated. 

DATES: The dates of notification to 

Congress are as shown on each of the 24 

Letters. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Paula C. Harrison, Directorate of 

Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), 

Department of State at (202) 663–3310; 

or access the DDTC website at https:// 

www.pmddtc.state.gov/ddtc public and 

select ‘‘Contact DDTC,’’ then scroll 

down to ‘‘Contact the DDTC Response 

Team’’ and select ‘‘Email.’’ Please add 

this subject line to your message, 

‘‘ATTN: Congressional Notification of 

Licenses.’’ 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

36(f) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 

U.S.C. 2776) requires that notifications 

to the Congress pursuant to sections 

36(c) and 36(d) be published in the 

Federal Register in a timely manner. 

The following comprise recent such 

notifications and are published to give 

notice to the public. 

April 3, 2023 

The Honorable Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of 

the House of Representatives. 

Dear Mr. Speaker: 

Pursuant to Section 36(c) of the Arms 

Export Control Act, please find enclosed a 

certification of a proposed license for the 

export of firearms abroad controlled under 

Category I of the U.S. Munitions List in the 

amount of $1,000,000 or more. 

The transaction contained in the attached 

certification involves the export to Kosovo of 

fully automatic machineguns [sic]. 

The U.S. government is prepared to license 

the export of these items having considered 

political, military, economic, human rights, 

and arms control considerations. 

More detailed information is contained in 

the formal certification which, though 

unclassified, contains business information 

submitted to the Department of State by the 

applicant, publication of which could cause 

competitive harm to the U.S. firm concerned. 

Sincerely, 

Naz Durakog ̆lu, 

Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative 

Affairs. 

Enclosure: Transmittal No. DDTC 22–074. 

April 6, 2023 

The Honorable Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of 

the House of Representatives. 

Dear Mr. Speaker: 

Pursuant to Sections 36(c) and 36(d) of the 

Arms Export Control Act, please find 

enclosed a certification of a proposed license 

amendment for manufacture of significant 

military equipment abroad and the export of 

defense articles, including technical data and 

defense services, in the amount of 

$50,000,000 or more. 

The transaction contained in the attached 

certification involves the export of defense 

articles, including technical data, and 

defense services, to Mexico to support the 

manufacture, test, inspection and rework of 

parts and components of various gas turbine 

engines. 

The U.S. government is prepared to license 

the export of these items having taken into 

account political, military, economic, human 

rights, and arms control considerations. 

More detailed information is contained in 

the formal certification which, though 

unclassified, contains business information 

submitted to the Department of State by the 

applicant, publication of which could cause 

competitive harm to the U.S. firm concerned. 

Sincerely, 

Philip G. Laidlaw, 

Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 

Legislative Affairs. 

Enclosure: Transmittal No. DDTC 21–020. 

April 14, 2023 

The Honorable Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of 

the House of Representatives. 

Dear Mr. Speaker: 

Pursuant to Section 36(c) of the Arms 

Export Control Act, please find enclosed a 

certification of a proposed license 

amendment for the export of defense articles, 

including technical data, and defense 

services, in the amount of $50,000,000 or 

more. 

The transaction contained in the attached 

certification involves the export of defense 

articles, including technical data, and 

defense services, to Mexico to support the 

manufacturing and assembling of electromechanical components. 

The U.S. government is prepared to license 

the export of these items having taken into 

account political, military, economic, human 

rights, and arms control considerations. 

More detailed information is contained in 

the formal certification which, though 

unclassified, contains business information 

submitted to the Department of State by the 

applicant, publication of which could cause 

competitive harm to the U.S. firm concerned. 

Sincerely, 

Naz Durakog ̆lu, 

Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative 

Affairs. 

Enclosure: Transmittal No. DDTC 22–025. 

April 24, 2023 

The Honorable Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of 

the House of Representatives. 

Dear Mr. Speaker: 

Pursuant to Section 36(c) of the Arms 

Export Control Act, please find enclosed a 

certification of a proposed license for the 

export of defense articles, including technical 

data, and defense services in the amount of 

$50,000,000 or more. 

The transaction contained in the attached 

certification involves the export of defense 

articles, including technical data, and 

defense services to Australia to support the 

operations, maintenance, modification, 

training, and sustainment of aircraft. 

The U.S. government is prepared to license 

the export of these items having taken into 

account political, military, economic, human 

rights, and arms control considerations. 

More detailed information is contained in 

the formal certification which, though 

unclassified, contains business information 

submitted to the Department of State by the 

applicant, publication of which could cause 

competitive harm to the U.S. firm concerned. 

Sincerely, 

Naz Durakog ̆lu, 

Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative 

Affairs. 

Enclosure: Transmittal No. DDTC 22–081. 

April 24, 2023 

The Honorable Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of 

the House of Representatives. 

Dear Mr. Speaker: 

Pursuant to Section 36(c) of the Arms 

Export Control Act, please find enclosed a 

certification of a proposed license for the 

export of defense articles in the amount of 

$50,000,000 or more. 

The transaction contained in the attached 

certification involves the export of defense 

articles to Switzerland to support the 

integration of E.O./IR surveillance systems on 

vehicles. 

The U.S. government is prepared to license 

the export of these items having taken into 


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