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7. Social Security Number 

Verification Services—20 CFR 401.45— 

0960–0660. Internal Revenue Service 

regulations require employers to 

provide wage and tax data to SSA using 

Form W–2, or its electronic equivalent. 

As part of this process, the employer 

must furnish the employee’s name and 

Social Security number (SSN). In 

addition, the employee’s name and SSN 

must match SSA’s records for SSA to 

post earnings to the employee’s earnings 

record, which SSA maintains. SSA 

offers the Social Security Number 

Verification Service (SSNVS), which 

allows employers to verify the reported 

names and SSNs of their employees 

match those in SSA’s records. SSNVS is 

a cost-free method for employers to 

verify employee information via the 

internet. The respondents are employers 

who need to verify SSN data using 

SSA’s records. 

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) ** 

SSNVS .......................................................... 44,891 60 2,693,460 5 224,455 * $38.23 ** $8,580,915 

* We based this figure on the average hourly wage for Accountants and Auditors, as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/ 

current/oes132011.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. 

Dated: June 17, 2021. 

Naomi Sipple, 

Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security 

Administration. 

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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. SSA–2020–0057] 

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). This 

matching agreement (agreement) sets 

forth the terms, conditions, and 

safeguards under which 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’ 

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. 

Appendices A, B, C, and D of this 

agreement contain specific information 

on the matching programs that SSA will 

conduct under this agreement. 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 (GPO), the 

Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP), 

and in cost estimates of proposals to 

change the two provisions. 

DATES: The deadline to submit 

comments on the proposed matching 

program is July 23, 2021. The matching 

program will be applicable on 

September 11, 2021, 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 three methods—internet, 

fax, or mail. Do not submit the same 

comments multiple times or by more 

than one method. Regardless of which 

method you choose, please state that 

your comments refer to Docket No. 

SSA–2020–0057 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 http://

www.regulations.gov. Use the Search 

function to find docket number SSA– 

2020–0057 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 (410) 966– 

0869. 

3. Mail: Matthew Ramsey, Executive 

Director, Office of Privacy and 

Disclosure, Office of the General 

Counsel, Social Security 

Administration, G–401 WHR, 6401 

Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 

21235–6401, or emailing 

Matthew.Ramsey@ssa.gov. Comments 

are also available for public viewing on 

the Federal eRulemaking portal at 

http://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 Andrea Huseth, Division Director, 

Office of Privacy and Disclosure, Office 

of the General Counsel, Social Security 

Administration, G–401 WHR, 6401 

Security Boulevard, Baltimore MD 

21235–6401, at telephone: (410) 966– 

5855, or emailing Andrea.Huseth@

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)), and for 

SVB purposes, is section 806 of the Act 

(42 U.S.C. 1006). The legal authority for 

SSA to conduct this matching activity 


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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 (PBD). 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 spouse’s and survivor’s 

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. 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). 

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 is legally 

required to offset specific benefits by a 

percentage of civil service benefits 

received (Spousal and Survivors 

benefits, SSI benefits, and Retirement 

and Disability Insurance Benefits are 

offset by a percentage of the recipients’ 

Federal Government pension benefits). 

SSA administers the OASDI, SSI, and 

SVB programs. SSA will use the match 

results under this agreement to meet its 

civil service benefit offset obligations. 

Appendices A, B, C, and D of this 

agreement contain specific information 

on the matching programs that SSA will 

conduct under this agreement. 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 GPO, the 

WEP, and 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, and 

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 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 75 FR 82121 (December 29, 

2010), as amended at 78 FR 40542 (July 

5, 2013), 79 FR 8780 (February 13, 

2014), 83 FR 31250–31251 (July 3, 

2018), and 83 FR 54969 (November 1, 

2018); 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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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 11449] 

Notice of Determinations; Culturally 

Significant Objects Being Imported for 

Exhibition—Determinations: 

‘‘Paintings, Politics and the 

Monuments Men: The Berlin 

Masterpieces in America’’ Exhibition 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: I hereby 

determine that certain objects being 

imported from abroad pursuant to an 

agreement with their foreign owner or 

custodian for temporary display in the 

exhibition ‘‘Paintings, Politics and the 

Monuments Men: The Berlin 

Masterpieces in America’’ at the 

Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, 

Ohio, and at possible additional 

exhibitions or venues yet to be 

determined, are of cultural significance, 

and, further, that their temporary 

exhibition or display within the United 

States as aforementioned is in the 

national interest. I have ordered that 

Public Notice of these determinations be 

published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chi 

D. Tran, Program Administrator, Office 

of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of 

State (telephone: 202–632–6471; email: 

section2459@state.gov). The mailing 

address is U.S. Department of State, 


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