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OMB Control No: 0960-0066	ICR Reference No: 202009-0960-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202001-0960-003
Agency/Subagency: SSA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Application for a Social Security Card
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 09/12/2020
	Date Received in OIRA: 09/11/2020
Terms of Clearance: Previous terms of clearance continue to apply.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2023	09/30/2023	09/30/2023
Responses	17,063,250	0	17,063,250
Time Burden (Hours)	7,579,584	0	8,004,584
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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. We are submitting a COVID-related Change Request to use video teleconferencing to conduct in-person interviews with the public for replacement SSN cards, while our offices are closed. In addition, we have also reevaluated our criteria for respondents using our iSSNRC Internet application which should allow more people to use the Internet to make these SSN replacement requests. In this way, we hope to expand the ways in which the public can continue to request SSN replacement cards during the COVID-19 national emergency.

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 Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	17,063,250	17,063,250	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	7,579,584	8,004,584	-425,000
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	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: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: We are adjusting our burdens for the iSSNRC and paper SSN Replacement card request submissions to show that we expect more respondents to use iSSNRC once we expand our criteria. We do not expect any change in the total number of respondents; however, by allowing more respondents to use iSSSRC, we reduce the total burden for this ICR from 8,004,584 to 7,579,584. We do not anticipate any change in the use of the SSNAP or oSSNAP systems; however we hope to use video teleconferencing technology to conduct the in-person interviews we normally conduct for those modalities. We are making no changes to any of the modalities for this information collection request.

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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