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OMB Control No: 0960-0066	ICR Reference No: 202001-0960-003
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201803-0960-007
Agency/Subagency: SSA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Application for a Social Security Card
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 09/11/2020
	Date Received in OIRA: 04/08/2020
Terms of Clearance: The agency made revisions to the supporting statement for improved clarity and accuracy of burden estimations. Prior to resubmission, SSA will brief OMB on potential means for improving clarity on the SS-5 based off prior OMB feedback and public comment.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2023	36 Months From Approved	11/30/2021
Responses	17,063,250	0	12,705,000
Time Burden (Hours)	8,004,584	0	1,802,000
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	6,875,000

Abstract: SSA collects information on the SS-5 (used in the United States) and SS-5-FS (used outside the United States) to issue original or replacement Social Security cards. SSA also enters the application data into the Social Security Number Application Process (SSNAP) when card via telephone or in person. In addition, hospitals collect the same information on SSA's behalf for newborn children through the Enumeration-at-Birth process. In this process, parents of newborns provide hospital birth registration clerks with information required to register these newborns. Hospitals send this information to State Bureaus of Vital Statistics (BVS), and they send the information to SSA's National Computer Center. SSA then uploads the data to the SSA mainframe along with all other enumeration data, and we assign the newborn a Social Security number (SSN) and issue a Social Security card. Respondents can also use these modalities to request a change in their SSN records. Additionally, the iSSNRC application will collect information similar to the paper SS-5 for no-change replacement SSN cards for adult U.S. citizens. A new iSSNRC modality included in the current clearance will allow certain applicants for an SSN replacement card to apply by completing an internet application and submitting the required evidence online rather than completing a paper Form SS-5, Application for a Social Security Card. The respondents for this collection are applicants for original and replacement Social Security cards, or individuals who wish to change information in their SSN records, who use any of the modalities described above.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 405 Name of Law: Social Security Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	85 FR 6671	02/05/2020
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	85 FR 19563	04/07/2020
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	17,063,250	12,705,000	7,225,000	-2,866,750
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	8,004,584	1,802,000	2,352,084	3,850,500
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	6,875,000	0	-6,875,000

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

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: When we last cleared this information collection in 2018, the burden was 1,802,000 hours. However, we are currently reporting a burden of 2,009,251 hours. This change stems from an anticipated decrease in the number of respondents applying for replacement cards at SSA offices and instead availing themselves of the oSSNAP process, which we estimate will have a lower average burden of response as reflected in # 12 above. We will readjust our burden hours via Change Request, if we find that our anticipated burden does not match the burden we are requesting due to the new modality. In addition, at OMB's request, we also added in the burden for hospital records clerks' to transmit data for the Enumeration at Birth process, which also increased the burden.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $478,000,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Faye Lipsky 410 965-8783 faye.lipsky@ssa.gov

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