The Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel Meeting

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

The Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel Meeting

AGENCY: Social Security Administration (SSA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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DATES: May 18, 2004, 9 a.m.-4:45 p.m.*; May 19, 2004, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.;

May 20, 2004, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

*The full deliberative panel meeting ends at 4:45 p.m. The standing

committees of the Panel will meet from 4:45 p.m. until 6 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Hyatt Regency Bethesda, One Bethesda Metro Center, Bethesda,

MD 20814, Phone: (301) 657-1234.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Type of meeting: This is a quarterly meeting open to the public.

The public is invited to participate by coming to the address listed

above. Public comment will be taken during the quarterly meeting. The

public is also invited to submit comments in writing on the

implementation of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement

Act (TWWIIA) of 1999 at any time.

Purpose: In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, SSA announces a meeting of the Ticket to Work

and Work Incentives Advisory Panel (the Panel). Section 101(f) of Pub.

L. 106-170 establishes the Panel to advise the President, the Congress

and the Commissioner of Social Security on issues related to work

incentives programs, planning and assistance for individuals with

disabilities as provided under section 101(f)(2)(A) of the TWWIIA. The

Panel is also to advise the Commissioner on matters specified in

section 101(f)(2)(B) of that Act, including certain issues related to

the Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program established under

section 101(a) of that Act.

Interested parties are invited to attend the meeting. The Panel

will use the meeting time to receive briefings, hear presentations,

conduct full Panel deliberations on the implementation of TWWIIA and

receive public testimony. The topics for the meeting will include

presentations on mental health, SSA work incentives, employment

supports, advocacy and the Ticket, and agency updates from SSA.

The Panel will meet in person commencing on Tuesday, May 18, 2004

from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. (standing committee meetings from 4:45 p.m. to

6 p.m.); Wednesday, May 19, 2004 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Thursday,

May 20, 2004 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Agenda: The Panel will hold a quarterly meeting. Briefings,

presentations, full Panel deliberations and other Panel business will

be held Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, May 18, 19, and 20, 2004.

Public testimony will be heard in person Tuesday, May 18, 2004 from

3:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. and on Thursday, May 20, 2004 from 9 a.m. to

9:30 a.m. Members of the public must schedule a timeslot in order to

comment. In the event that the public comments do not take up the

scheduled time period for public comment, the Panel will use that time

to deliberate and conduct other Panel business.

Individuals interested in providing testimony in person should

contact the Panel staff as outlined below to schedule time slots. Each

presenter will be called on by the Chair in the order in which they are

scheduled to testify and is limited to a maximum five-minute verbal

presentation. Full written testimony on TWWIIA Implementation, no

longer than 5 pages, may be submitted in person or by mail, fax or

email on an on-going basis to the Panel for consideration.

Since seating may be limited, persons interested in providing

testimony at the meeting should contact the Panel staff by e-mailing

Monique Fisher, at [email protected] or calling (202) 358-6435.

The full agenda for the meeting will be posted on the Internet at

http://www.ssa.gov/work/panel approximately one week before the meeting

or can be received in advance electronically or by fax upon request.

Contact Information: Anyone requiring information regarding the

Panel should contact the TWWIIA Panel staff. Records are being kept of

all Panel proceedings and will be available for public inspection by

appointment at the Panel office. Anyone requiring information regarding

the Panel should contact the Panel staff by:

Mail addressed to Social Security

Administration, Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel

Staff, 400 Virginia Avenue, SW., Suite 700, Washington, DC, 20024.

Telephone contact with Monique Fisher at (202)

358-6435.

Fax at (202) 358-6440.

E-mail to [email protected].

Dated: April 12, 2004.

Carol Brenner,

Designated Federal Official.

[FR Doc. 04-8946 Filed 4-19-04; 8:45 am]

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