Addendum to Supporting Statement 0715

Addendum to Supporting Statement for

Supplemental Security Income Telephone Wage Reporting and

Supplemental Security Income Mobile Wage Reporting

The SSI Monthly Wage Reporting 20 CFR 416.701-732

OMB No. 0960-0715

Background

The SSI Telephone Wage Reporting (SSITWR) system and the SSI Mobile Wage Reporting (SSIMWR) application fully automate monthly wage reporting. These methods allow respondents to voluntarily report the prior month of gross wages by telephone or smartphone application, instead of contacting their local Social Security field office. The reporters either call a designated SSA toll-free telephone number or use the smartphone wage reporting application to report the prior month’s wages. We encourage reporters to report wages during the first 6 days of the month (before the Goldberg Kelly (GK) systems cutoff). Reporting before the GK systems cutoff allows the reported wage amounts to post to the Supplemental Security Record in time to prevent potential overpayments and underpayments. We will continue to use the current telephone and mobile collection process using the existing SSITWR and SSIMWR systems framework.

SSIMWR Application

We are making minor language revisions to the mobile screen shots to help the reporter to better understand and use our application. By improving and clarifying the mobile application instructions, we want to help ensure users report wages for the current reporting month.

Change 1: We are revising the name of the Reporting For screen.

• Old Language: “Reporting For…”

• New Language: “Reporting Month”

Justification 1: We are revising the language to improve and clarify the wage reporting prompts and to make the wage reporting system as accurate as we reasonably can.

Change 2: We are revising the button language on the Reporting For screen.

• Old Language: “Done and Exit”

• New Language: “Done”

Justification 2: We are revising the language to improve and clarify the wage reporting prompts and to make the wage reporting system as accurate as we reasonably can. The user will not exit the application after selecting “Done and Exit". They will navigate to the “Thank You” screen. Exit implies that the user is leaving the application.

Change 3: We are adding a period after successful on the Submission Complete screen.

• Old Language Your wage submission was successful

• New Language: Your wage submission was successful.

Justification 3: We are adding a period at the end of the sentence to correct the punctuation.

Change 4: We are revising the button language on the Submission Complete screen.

• Old Language: “Log Out”

• New Language: “Done”

Justification 4: We are revising the language to improve and clarify the wage reporting prompts, and make the wage reporting system as accurate as we reasonably can. The application does not require the user to “Log-In” therefore they cannot technically “Log Out”.

Change 5: We are revising the button language on the Submission Complete screen.

• Old Language: “Log Out”

• New Language: “Done”

Justification 5: We are revising the language to improve and clarify the wage reporting prompts, and make the wage reporting system as accurate as we reasonably can. The application does not require the user to “Log-In” therefore they cannot technically “Log Out”.

Change 6: We are revising the button language on the Thank You screen.

• Old Language: “You Have Been Logged Out”

• New Language: “Thank you for reporting wages.” and “More Information”

Justification 6: We are revising the language to improve and clarify the wage reporting prompts, and make the wage reporting system as accurate as we reasonably can. The application does not require the user to “Log-In” therefore they cannot technically “Log Out”. The message title on this screen is dynamic, based on the last screen visited. It provides resource options to users who successfully report wages as well as those who chose not to report.

Change 7: We are revising the Privacy Act Statement on this form.

Justification 7: SSA’s Office of the General Counsel is conducting a systematic review of SSA’s Privacy Act Statements on agency forms. As a result, SSA is updating the Privacy Act Statement on the form.