# Agency Information Collection Activities: 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 one revision of an OMB-approved information collection.
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, Fax: 202-395-6974, Email address: *[email protected].*
(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: *[email protected].*
Or you may submit your comments online through *www.regulations.gov,* referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-2020-0055].
SSA submitted the information collection below to OMB for clearance. Your comments regarding this information collection 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 November 16, 2020. Individuals can obtain copies of this OMB clearance package by writing to *[email protected].*
Work Activity Report (Self-Employment)—20 CFR 404.1520(b), 404.1571-404.1576, 404.1584-404.1593, and 416.971-416.976—0960-0598. SSA uses Form SSA-820-BK to determine initial or continuing eligibility for: (1) Title II Social Security disability benefits (SSDI); or (2) Title XVI Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments. Under Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act, recipients receive disability benefits and SSI payments based on their inability to engage in substantial gainful activity (SGA) due to a physical or mental condition. Therefore, when the recipients resume work, they must report their work so SSA can evaluate and determine by law whether they continue to meet the disability requirements. SSA uses Form SSA-820-BK to obtain information on self-employment activities of Social Security Title II and XVI disability applicants and recipients. We use the data we obtain to evaluate disability claims, and to help us determine if the claimant meets current disability provisions under Titles II and XVI. Since applicants for disability benefits or payments must prove an inability to perform any kind of SGA generally available in the national economy for which we expect them to qualify based on age, education, and work experience, any work an applicant performed until, or subsequent to, the date the disability allegedly began, affects our disability determination. The respondents are applicants and claimants for SSI payments or SSDI benefits.
*Type of Request:* Revision of an OMB-approved information collection.
| Modality of | Number of | Frequency of | Average | Estimated | Average | Average | Total annual |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SSA-820-BK | 100,000 | 1 | 30 | 50,000 | * $10.73 | ** 24 | *** $965,700 |
Dated: October 13, 2020.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.