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OMB Control No: 0960-0004	ICR Reference No: 201211-0960-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200909-0960-005
Agency/Subagency: SSA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Application for Widow's or Widower's Insurance Benefits
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 04/11/2013
	Date Received in OIRA: 03/11/2013
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2016	36 Months From Approved	04/30/2013
Responses	454,000	0	341,560
Time Burden (Hours)	106,017	0	82,686
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	454,000	341,560	-162,241	274,681
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	106,017	82,686	-40,560	63,891
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The burden increase stems from an increase in the number of respondents. In addition, we changed our policy so we no longer require a wet signature from any respondent who chooses to supply the information for this collection through a personal interview either via telephone or in a field office. Therefore, we use signature proxy whenever SSA employees collect the information through MCS. We eliminated the wet signature requirement for in-office MCS completion to help reduce the time burden on the public.

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