[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 216 (Wednesday, November 7, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66872-66873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-27173]
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
Records Schedules; Availability and Request for Comments
AGENCY: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed records schedules; request
for comments.
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SUMMARY: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
publishes notice at least once monthly of certain Federal agency
requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). Once
approved by NARA, records schedules provide mandatory instructions on
what happens to records when no longer needed for current Government
business. They authorize the preservation of records of continuing
value in the National Archives of the United States and the
destruction, after a specified period, of records lacking
administrative, legal, research, or other value. Notice is published
for records schedules in which agencies propose to destroy records not
previously authorized for disposal or reduce the retention period of
records already authorized for disposal. NARA invites public comments
on such records schedules, as required by 44 U.S.C. 3303a(a).
DATES: Requests for copies must be received in writing on or before
December 7, 2012. Once the appraisal of the records is completed, NARA
will send a copy of the schedule. NARA staff usually prepare appraisal
memorandums that contain additional information concerning the records
covered by a proposed schedule. These, too, may be requested and will
be provided once the appraisal is completed. Requesters will be given
30 days to submit comments.
ADDRESSES: You may request a copy of any records schedule identified in
this notice by contacting Records Management Services (ACNR) using one
of the following means:
Mail: NARA (ACNR), 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001.
Email: [email protected].
Fax: 301-837-3698.
Requesters must cite the control number, which appears in parentheses
after the name of the agency which submitted the schedule, and must
provide a mailing address. Those who desire appraisal reports should so
indicate in their request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margaret Hawkins, Director, Records
Management Services (ACNR), National Archives and Records
Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001.
Telephone: 301-837-1799. Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each year Federal agencies create billions
of records on paper, film, magnetic tape, and other media. To control
this accumulation, agency records managers prepare schedules proposing
retention periods for records and submit these schedules for NARA's
approval, using the Standard Form (SF) 115, Request for Records
Disposition Authority. These schedules provide for the timely transfer
into the National Archives of historically valuable records and
authorize the disposal of all other records after the agency no longer
needs them to conduct its business. Some schedules are comprehensive
and cover all the records of an agency or one of its major
subdivisions. Most schedules, however, cover records of only one office
or program or a few series of records. Many of these update previously
approved schedules, and some include records proposed as permanent.
The schedules listed in this notice are media neutral unless
specified otherwise. An item in a schedule is media neutral when the
disposition instructions may be applied to records regardless of the
medium in which the records are created and maintained. Items included
in schedules submitted to NARA on or after December 17, 2007, are media
neutral unless the item is limited to a specific medium. (See 36 CFR
1225.12(e).)
No Federal records are authorized for destruction without the
approval of the Archivist of the United States. This approval is
granted only after a thorough consideration of their administrative use
by the agency of origin, the rights of the Government and of private
persons directly affected by the Government's activities, and whether
or not they have historical or other value.
Besides identifying the Federal agencies and any subdivisions
requesting disposition authority, this public notice lists the
organizational unit(s) accumulating the records or indicates agency-
wide applicability in the case of schedules that cover records that may
be accumulated throughout an agency. This notice provides the control
number assigned to each schedule, the total number of schedule items,
and the number of temporary items (the records proposed for
destruction). It also includes a brief description of the temporary
records. The records schedule itself contains a full description of the
records at the file unit level as well as their disposition. If NARA
staff has prepared an appraisal memorandum for the schedule, it too
includes information about the records. Further information about the
disposition process is available on request.
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Schedules Pending
1. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (N1-95-10-9, 84 items,
66 temporary items). Records related to various programs throughout the
agency, including general correspondence, reports, case files, plans,
and studies. Proposed for permanent retention are law enforcement
reports and plans; boundary modification case files; land transfer,
title, and status files; significant controlled correspondence; aerial
photographs; remote sensing data and imagery; maps; and channel and dam
project design case files.
2. Department of Defense, Defense Contract Management Agency (N1-
558-10-5, 13 items, 13 temporary items). Records relating to
development of new electronic systems and operation of current systems.
Included are mission requirements and specifications, technical
reference models, information technology capital investment records,
Web site management records, risk assessments, operational capability
status reports, user support records, system security plans, and data
copied from separately scheduled databases.
3. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (N1-49-10-
2, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Bond case files relating to oil, gas, and
geothermal lease and exploration.
4. Department of Justice, Agency-wide (DAA-0060-2012-0017, 1 item,
1 temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system
used to manage routine financial activities.
5. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (N1-65-
12-1, 3 items, 3 temporary items). Master files and related records of
an electronic information system used to track notification preferences
for victims of child pornography.
6. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (N1-65-
12-4, 5 items, 5 temporary items). Records related to approval and
management of overseas deployments.
7. Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General (DAA-
0060-2012-0019, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Work plan records for
overseeing and managing audits.
8. Department of Justice, Office of Legal Policy (DAA-0060-2012-
0009, 3 items, 2 temporary items). Files maintained for individuals
considered but not confirmed for Federal judicial nomination. Proposed
for permanent retention are nomination files for individuals confirmed
as Federal judges.
9. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (N1-257-11-1, 55
items, 45 temporary items). Research and program development files,
background materials, survey and working files, and information
technology system files and reports. Proposed for permanent retention
are planning documents and correspondence, labor estimates, study
reports, publications, and procedure manuals.
10. Department of State, Bureau of Administration (DAA-0059-2012-
0005, 6 items, 6 temporary items). Records related to student
employment; standard operating procedures for day-to-day office
administration; and memorandum of agreements with offices within the
Department.
11. Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DAA-0059-
2011-0003, 7 items, 7 temporary items). Records include inventories and
tracking systems for decontamination and radiological equipment,
related training materials administered to post personnel, and
associated program reviews.
12. Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security (N1-59-11-
17, 11 items, 11 temporary items). Record of the Defensive Equipment &
Armored Vehicles Division, including requisition and procurement files,
equipment inventories, and maintenance history.
13. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
(DAA-0059-2011-0015, 14 items, 13 temporary items). Records of the
Office of English Language Programs, including teaching tools and
administrative records. Proposed for permanent retention is a quarterly
journal for teachers disseminated overseas via U.S. Embassies.
14. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration
(N1-237-12-1, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an electronic
information system containing aviation safety processes audit records,
including audit notifications, assignments, activity plans, and
reports.
15. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration
(DAA-0399-2012-0001, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Non-selected employee
applicant files.
16. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Agency-wide (N1-180-12-2,
1 item, 1 temporary item). Records relating to the submission of
whistleblower claims, including correspondence and memoranda. Records
do not include investigative or enforcement files.
Dated: October 25, 2012.
Paul M. Wester, Jr.,
Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government.
[FR Doc. 2012-27173 Filed 11-6-12; 8:45 am]
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