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8Each sub-adviser would be registered with the 

Commission as an investment adviser under the 

Advisers Act or not subject to such registration. 

9Applicants state that technology that includes 

visual capabilities will be used unless 

unanticipated circumstances arise. Applicants also 

state that the Board could not rely upon the relief 

to approve a Sub-Advisory Agreement by written 

consent or another form of absentee approval by the 

Board. 

of the Act.8 The Adviser would retain 

overall responsibility for the 

management and investment of the 

assets of each Subadvised Series. 

III. Applicable Law 

6. Section 15(c) of the Act prohibits a 

registered investment company having a 

board from entering into, renewing or 

performing any contract or agreement 

whereby a person undertakes regularly 

to act as an investment adviser 

(including a sub-adviser) to the 

investment company, unless the terms 

of such contract or agreement and any 

renewal thereof have been approved by 

the vote of a majority of the investment 

company’s board members who are not 

parties to such contract or agreement, or 

interested persons of any such party, 

cast in person at a meeting called for the 

purpose of voting on such approval. 

7. Section 6(c) of the Act provides that 

the Commission may exempt any 

person, security, or transaction or any 

class or classes of persons, securities, or 

transactions from any provisions of the 

Act, or any rule thereunder, if such 

exemption is necessary or appropriate 

in the public interest and consistent 

with the protection of investors and the 

purposes fairly intended by the policy 

and provisions of the Act. Applicants 

state that the requested relief meets this 

standard for the reasons discussed 

below. 

IV. Arguments in Support of the 

Requested Relief 

8. Applicants assert that boards of 

registered investment companies, 

including the Board, typically hold inperson meetings on a quarterly basis. 

Applicants state that during the three to 

four month period between board 

meeting dates, market conditions may 

change or investment opportunities may 

arise such that the Adviser may wish to 

make a Sub-Adviser Change. Applicants 

also state that at these moments it may 

be impractical and costly to hold an 

additional in-person Board meeting, 

especially given the geographic 

diversity of Board members and the 

additional cost of holding in-person 

meetings. 

9. As a result, Applicants believe that 

the requested relief would allow the 

Subadvised Series to operate more 

efficiently. In particular, Applicants 

assert that without the delay inherent in 

holding in-person Board meetings (and 

the attendant difficulty of obtaining the 

necessary quorum for, and the 

additional costs of, an unscheduled inperson Board meeting), the Subadvised 

Series would be able to act more quickly 

and with less expense to add or replace 

sub-advisers when the Board and the 

Adviser believe that a Sub-Adviser 

Change would benefit the Subadvised 

Series. 

10. Applicants also note that the inperson meeting requirement in Section 

15(c) of the Act was designed to prohibit 

absentee approval of advisory 

agreements. Applicants state that 

condition 1 to the requested relief is 

designed to avoid such absentee 

approval by requiring that the Board 

approve a Sub-Adviser Change at a 

meeting where all participating Board 

members can hear each other and be 

heard by each other during the 

meeting.9

11. Applicants, moreover, represent 

that the Board would conduct any such 

non-in-person consideration of a SubAdvisory Agreement in accordance with 

its typical process for approving SubAdvisory Agreements. Consistent with 

Section 15(c) of the Act, the Board 

would request and evaluate such 

information as may reasonably be 

necessary to evaluate the terms of any 

Sub-Advisory Agreement, and the 

Adviser and sub-adviser would provide 

such information. 

12. Finally, Applicants note that if 

one or more Board members request that 

a Sub-Adviser Change be considered inperson, then the Board would not be 

able to rely on the relief and would have 

to consider the Sub-Adviser Change at 

an in-person meeting. 

V. Applicants’ Conditions 

Applicants agree that any order 

granting the requested relief will be 

subject to the following conditions: 

1. The Independent Board Members 

will approve a Sub-Adviser Change at a 

non-in-person meeting in which Board 

members may participate by any means 

of communication that allows those 

Board members participating to hear 

each other simultaneously during the 

meeting. 

2. Management will represent that the 

materials provided to the Board for the 

non-in-person meeting include the same 

information the Board would have 

received if a Sub-Adviser Change were 

sought at an in-person Board meeting. 

3. The notice of the non-in-person 

meeting will explain the need for 

considering the Sub-Adviser Change at 

a non-in-person meeting. Once notice of 

the non-in-person meeting to consider a 

Sub-Adviser Change is sent, Board 

members will be given the opportunity 

to object to considering the Sub-Adviser 

Change at a non-in-person Board 

meeting. If a Board member requests 

that the Sub-Adviser Change be 

considered in-person, the Board will 

consider the Sub-Adviser Change at an 

in-person meeting, unless such request 

is rescinded. 

4. A Subadvised Series’ ability to rely 

on the requested relief will be disclosed 

in the Subadvised Series’ registration 

statement. 

5. In the event that the Commission 

adopts a rule under the Act providing 

substantially similar relief to that in the 

order requested in the application, the 

requested order will expire on the 

effective date of that rule. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Investment Management, under delegated 

authority. 

J. Matthew DeLesDernier, 

Assistant Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No: SSA–2021–0020] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Request and 

Comment Request 

The Social Security Administration 

(SSA) publishes a list of information 

collection packages requiring clearance 

by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) in compliance with 

Public Law 104–13, the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 

1, 1995. This notice includes revisions 

of 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 ways to 

minimize burden on respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. Mail, email, or 

fax your comments and 

recommendations on the information 

collection(s) to the OMB Desk Officer 

and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 

the following addresses or fax numbers. 

(OMB) Office of Management and 

Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA, 

Comments: https://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Submit your 

comments online referencing Docket 

ID Number [SSA–2021–0020]. 


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(SSA) Social Security Administration, 

OLCA, Attn: Reports Clearance 

Director, 3100 West High Rise, 6401 

Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235, 

Fax: 410–966–2830, Email address: 

OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov. 

Or you may submit your comments 

online through https://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain, referencing Docket 

ID Number [SSA–2021–0020]. 

I. The information collections below 

are pending at SSA. SSA will submit 

them to OMB within 60 days from the 

date of this notice. To be sure we 

consider your comments, we must 

receive them no later than August 23, 

2021. Individuals can obtain copies of 

the collection instruments by writing to 

the above email address. 

1. Continuation of Supplemental 

Security Income Payments for the 

Temporarily Institutionalized— 

Certification of Period and Need to 

Maintain Home—20 CFR 

416.212(b)(1)—0960–0516. When 

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 

recipients: (1) Enter a public institution; 

or (2) enter a private medical treatment 

facility with Medicaid paying more than 

50 percent of expenses, SSA reduces 

recipients’ SSI payments to a nominal 

sum. However, if this 

institutionalization is temporary 

(defined as a maximum of three 

months), SSA may waive the reduction. 

Before SSA can waive the SSI payment 

reduction, the agency must receive the 

following documentation: (1) A 

physician’s certification stating the SSI 

recipient will only be institutionalized 

for a maximum of three months; and (2) 

certification from the recipient, the 

recipient’s family, or friends, confirming 

the recipient needs SSI payments to 

maintain the living arrangements to 

which the individual will return postinstitutionalization. To obtain this 

information, SSA employees contact the 

recipient (or a knowledgeable source) to 

collect the required physician’s 

certification and the statement of need. 

SSA does not require any specific 

format for these items, so long as we 

obtain the necessary attestations. The 

respondents are SSI recipients, their 

family or friends, as well as physicians 

or hospital staff members who treat the 

SSI recipient. 

Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection. 

Modality of completion Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

total annual 

burden 

(hours) 

Average 

theoretical 

hourly cost 

amount 

(dollars) * 

Total annual 

opportunity 

cost 

(dollars) ** 

Statement from other Respondents ......... 26,793 1 5 2,233 * $10.95 ** $24,451 

Physician’s Certifications ......................... 26,793 1 5 2,233 * 41.30 ** 92,223 

Totals ................................................ 53,586 ........................ ........................ 4,466 ........................ ** 116,674 

* We based these figures on the average DI payments based on SSA’s current FY 2021 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/ 

2021FactSheet.pdf), and the average Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes290000.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. 

2. Financial Disclosure for Civil 

Monetary Penalty (CMP) Debt—20 CFR 

498—0960–0776. When SSA imposes a 

CMP on individuals for various 

fraudulent conduct related to SSAadministrated programs, those 

individuals may request to pay the CMP 

through benefit withholding, or an 

installment agreement. To negotiate a 

monthly payment amount, fair to both 

the individual and the agency, SSA 

needs financial information from the 

individual. SSA uses Form SSA–640, to 

obtain the information necessary to 

determine a monthly installment 

repayment rate for individuals owing a 

CMP. The respondents are recipients of 

Social Security benefits and nonentitled individuals who must repay a 

CMP to the agency and choose to do so 

using an installment plan. 

Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection. 

Modality of completion Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

total annual 

burden 

(hours) 

Average 

theoretical 

hourly cost 

amount 

(dollars) * 

Average 

wait time in 

field office 

(minutes) ** 

Total annual 

opportunity 

cost 

(dollars) *** 

SSA–640 ...................... 10 1 120 20 * $19.01 ** 24 *** $456 

* We based this figure on averaging both the average DI payments based on SSA’s current FY 2021 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/ 

2021FactSheet.pdf), and the average U.S. worker’s hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/

current/oes_nat.htm). 

** We based this figure on the average FY 2021 wait times for field offices, based on SSA’s current management information data.

** 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. 

II. SSA submitted the information 

collections below to OMB for clearance. 

Your comments regarding these 

information collections would be most 

useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30 

days from the date of this publication. 

To be sure we consider your comments, 

we must receive them no later than July 

23, 2021. Individuals can obtain copies 

of these OMB clearance packages by 

writing to OR.Reports.Clearance@

ssa.gov. 

1. Application for Mother’s or Father’s 

Insurance Benefits—20 CFR 404.339– 

404.342, 20 CFR 404.601–404.603— 

0960–0003. Section 202(g) of the Social 

Security Act (Act) provides for the 

payment of monthly benefits to the 

widow or widower of an insured 

individual if the surviving spouse is 

caring for the deceased worker’s child 

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benefits). SSA uses the information on 

Form SSA–5–BK to determine an 

individual’s eligibility for mother’s or 

father’s insurance benefits. The 

respondents are individuals caring for a 

child of the deceased worker who is 

applying for mother’s or father’s 

insurance benefits under the Old Age, 

Survivors, and Disability Insurance 

(OASDI) program. 

Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection. 

Modality of completion Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

total annual 

burden 

(hours) 

Average 

theoretical 

hourly cost 

amount 

(dollars) * 

Average 

wait time in 

field office 

(minutes) ** 

Total annual 

opportunity 

cost 

(dollars) *** 

SSA–5–BK (Paper) ....................................... 28 1 15 7 * $27.07 ........................ *** $189 

SSA–5 MCS Interview .................................. 23,123 1 15 5,781 * 27.07 ** 24 *** 406,862 

Totals ..................................................... 23,151 ........................ ........................ 5,788 ........................ ........................ *** 407,051 

* We based this figure on average U.S. worker’s hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00- 

0000). 

** We based this figure on the average FY 2021 wait times for field offices, based on SSA’s current management information data.

*** 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. Claim for Amounts Due in the Case 

of a Deceased Beneficiary—20 CFR 

404.503(b)—0960–0101. Section 204(d) 

of the Act provides that if an individual 

dies before payment under Title II is 

complete, or before a Medicare premium 

refund is due, SSA will pay the amount 

due (including the amount of any check 

not negotiated) to people who meet 

specified qualifications under an order 

of priority. When a Social Security 

payment, or Medicare premium, was 

due to a deceased beneficiary at the time 

of death, and there is insufficient 

information in the file to identify the 

people entitled to the payment, or their 

addresses, SSA asks the surviving 

spouse, next of kin, or legal 

representative of the estate to complete 

Form SSA–1724. SSA collects the 

information when a surviving 

child(ren), parent(s), or spouse is not 

already entitled to a monthly benefit on 

the same earnings record, or is not filing 

for a lump-sum death payment as a 

former spouse. SSA uses the 

information Form SSA–1724 provides to 

ensure proper payment of an 

underpayment due to a deceased 

beneficiary. The respondents are 

applicants for Title II underpayments or 

Medicare premium refunds owed to 

deceased beneficiaries. 

Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection. 

Modality of completion Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

total annual 

burden 

(hours) 

Average 

theoretical 

hourly cost 

amount 

(dollars) * 

Average 

wait time in 

field office 

(minutes) ** 

Total annual 

opportunity 

cost 

(dollars) *** 

SSA–1724 ..................................................... 250,000 1 10 41,667 * $27.07 ** 24 *** $3,834,926 

* We based this figure on average U.S. worker’s hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00- 

0000). 

** We based this figure on the average FY 2021 wait times for field offices, based on SSA’s current management information data.

*** 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. 

3. Claimant’s Recent Medical 

Treatment—20 CFR 404.1512 and 

416.912—0960–0292. When Disability 

Determinations Services (DDS) deny a 

claim at the reconsideration level, the 

claimant has a right to request a hearing 

before a judge. For the hearing, SSA 

asks the claimant to complete and 

return the HA–4631 if the claimant’s file 

does not reflect a current, complete 

medical history as the claimant 

proceeds through the appeals process. A 

judge must obtain the information to 

update and complete the record and to 

verify the accuracy of the information. 

Through this process, the judge can 

ascertain whether the claimant’s 

situation has changed. The judge and 

hearing office staff use the response to 

make arrangements for consultative 

examination(s) and the attendance of an 

expert witness(es), if appropriate. 

During the hearing, the judge offers any 

completed questionnaires as exhibits 

and may use them to: (1) Refresh the 

claimant’s memory, and (2) shape their 

questions. The respondents are 

claimant’s requesting hearings on 

entitlement to OASDI benefits or SSI 

payments. 

Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection. 

Modality of completion Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

total annual 

burden 

(hours) 

Average 

theoretical 

hourly cost 

amount 

(dollars) * 

Average 

wait time in 

field office 

(minutes) ** 

Total annual 

opportunity 

cost 

(dollars) *** 

HA–4631—PDF/paper version ...................... 53,200 1 10 8,867 * $10.95 ** 24 *** $330,110 

Electronic Records Express Submissions .... 136,800 1 10 22,800 * 27.07 ........................ *** 617,196 

Totals ..................................................... 190,000 ........................ ........................ 31,667 ........................ ........................ *** 947,306 

* We based these figures on the average DI payments based on SSA’s current FY 2021 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2021FactSheet.pdf), and the average 

U.S. worker’s hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00-0000). 

** We based this figure on the average FY 2021 wait times for field offices, based on SSA’s current management information data.

*** 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 

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4. Request for Reconsideration— 

Disability Cessation—20 CFR 404.909, 

404.1597(b), 416.995, & 416.1409— 

0960–0349. When SSA determines that 

claimants’ disabilities medically 

improved; ceased; or are no longer 

sufficiently disabling, these claimants 

may ask SSA to reconsider that 

determination. SSA uses Form SSA–789 

to arrange for a hearing or to prepare a 

decision based on the evidence of 

record. Specifically, claimants or their 

representatives use Form SSA–789 to: 

(1) Ask SSA to reconsider a 

determination; (2) indicate if they wish 

to appear at a disability hearing; (3) 

submit any additional information or 

evidence for use in the reconsidered 

determination; and (4) indicate if they 

will need an interpreter for the hearing. 

The respondents are disability claimants 

for Social Security benefits or SSI 

payments who wish to appeal an 

unfavorable disability cessation 

determination. 

Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection. 

Modality of completion Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

total annual 

burden 

(hours) 

Average 

theoretical 

hourly cost 

amount 

(dollars) * 

Total annual 

opportunity 

cost 

(dollars) ** 

SSA–789 .................................................. 49,000 1 13 10,617 * $10.95 ** $116,256 

* We based this figure on average DI payments based on SSA’s current FY 2021 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2021FactSheet.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. 

5. Waiver of Right to Appear— 

Disability Hearing—20 CFR 404.913– 

404.914, 404.916(b)(5), 416.1413– 

416.1414, 416.1416(b)(5)—0960–0534. 

Claimants for Social Security disability 

payments or their representatives can 

use Form SSA–773–U4 to waive their 

right to appear at a disability hearing. 

The disability hearing officer uses the 

signed form as a basis for not holding 

a hearing, and for preparing a written 

decision on the claimant’s request for 

disability payments based solely on the 

evidence of record. The respondents are 

disability claimants for Social Security 

benefits or SSI payments, or their 

representatives, who wish to waive their 

right to appear at a disability hearing. 

Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection. 

Modality of completion Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

total annual 

burden 

(hours) 

Average 

theoretical 

hourly cost 

amount 

(dollars) * 

Average 

wait time in 

field office 

(minutes) ** 

Total annual 

opportunity 

cost 

(dollars) *** 

SSA–773–U4 ................................................. 200 1 3 10 * $10.95 ** 24 *** $986 

* We based this figure on average DI payments based on SSA’s current FY 2021 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2021FactSheet.pdf). 

** We based this figure on the average FY 2021 wait times for field offices, based on SSA’s current management information data.

*** 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. 

6. Prohibition of Payment of SSI 

Benefits to Fugitive Felons and Parole/ 

Probation Violators—20 CFR 

416.708(o)—0960–0617. Section 

1611(e)(4) of the Act precludes 

eligibility for SSI payments for certain 

fugitives and probation or parole 

violators. Our regulation at 20 CFR 

416.708(o) requires individuals 

applying for or receiving SSI to report 

to SSA that: (1) They are fleeing to avoid 

prosecution for a crime; (2) they are 

fleeing to avoid custody or confinement 

after conviction of a crime; or (3) they 

are violating a condition of probation or 

parole. In addition, due to the 

implementation of the Martinez v. 

Astrue and Clark v. Astrue cases, we 

changed our policy to deny eligibility or 

suspend payments for three fleeing 

codes. We use the information we 

receive to determine eligibility on an 

initial claim for SSI payments or a 

redetermination of existing recipients. 

The collection is mandatory to ensure 

that an applicant or recipient does not 

have a warrant for one of the three 

fleeing codes. If the respondent has a 

warrant for one of the three fleeing 

codes, SSA uses this information to 

deny payments. The respondents are 

SSI applicants and recipients, or their 

representative payees, who are reporting 

their status as a fugitive felon or 

probation or parole violator. 

Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection. 

Modality of completion Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

total annual 

burden 

(hours) 

Average 

theoretical 

hourly cost 

amount 

(dollars) * 

Total annual 

opportunity 

cost 

(dollars) ** 

Fugitive Felon and Parole or Probation 

Violation screens within the SSI 

Claims System ..................................... 1,000 1 1 17 * $27.07 ** $460 

* We based this figure on average U.S. worker’s hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/ 

oes_nat.htm#00-0000). 

** 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 

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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. 

[FR Doc. 2021–13144 Filed 6–22–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

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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