View ICR - OIRA Conclusion



0960-0578 200702-0960-002
Historical Active 200406-0960-004
SSA
Work History Report
Revision of a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved with change 12/07/2007
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 07/25/2007
This ICR is approved on the understanding that SSA will, within the next 36 months and prior to renewal of this ICR, convene two focus groups of (a) disability adjudicators and (b) SSA claimants/benes. Anecdotal evidence suggests that claimants have difficulty with the parts of this form that ask them to break down their daily work activities by the hour (i.e. "in this job, how many total hours each day did you crouch, kneel, stoop," etc.). In turn, SSA adjudicators may need to follow-up with claimants to get the information they need because they could not obtain it through the form. The purpose of these focus groups will be to evaluate the utility of this question and to assess the extent to which utility could be improved. SSA agrees to ask adjudicators questions such as "how ofen is the information provided on this form incomplete, unreliable, or otherwise inadequate, requiring you to follow-up with the claimant to get the information required?" Questions to be asked of claimants include questions like "how easy or difficult do you find this question to answer?"
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
12/31/2010 36 Months From Approved 12/31/2007
449,500 0 871,000
449,500 0 871,000
0 0 0