[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15744-15745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-05605]
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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
April 11, 2013. 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.
Schedules Pending
1. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (N1-95-10-7, 9 items,
3 temporary items). Records related to geographic information systems
and sign and poster guidelines. Proposed for permanent retention are
fire dispatch logs, land transfer case files, records of high-level
officials, historically significant accident investigations, special
maps, and land surveys.
2. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (N1-95-12-2, 4 items,
4 temporary items). Records related to the construction and
administration of research facilities.
3. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (N1-AU-10-36, 1 item, 1
temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system used
to track real property permits, leases, and licenses.
4. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (N1-AU-10-98, 3 items, 3
temporary items). Records related to reimbursements for medical
treatment at military facilities.
5. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (DAA-0440-2012-0018, 2 items, 2 temporary items).
Master files of electronic information systems related to the Medicaid
Drug Rebate Program.
6. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (N1-566-12-5, 2 items, 2 temporary items). User
accounts and associated information in an electronic information system
used to file immigration benefits.
7. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (N1-566-12-6, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Master
files of an electronic information system used to process immigration
applications and petitions.
8. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
(N1-589-12-1, 23 items, 22 temporary items). Records documenting
administrative
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activities including budget, human resources, facilities, audit, and
litigation. Proposed for permanent retention is general correspondence
of the director.
9. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Safety and Environmental
Enforcement (N1-473-12-1, 23 items, 22 temporary items). Records
documenting administrative activities including budget, human
resources, facilities, audit, and litigation. Proposed for permanent
retention is general correspondence of the director.
10. Department of Justice, Agency-wide (DAA-0060-2013-0002, 2
items, 2 temporary items). Original content and posting log for third-
party social media sites.
11. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration (N1-170-
12-4, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Freedom of Information Act and Privacy
Act administrative and litigation records.
12. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division (N1-155-11-3, 16
items, 14 temporary items). Records documenting mission-related
activities such as registrations, wage determinations, sanctions,
penalties, and training materials. Proposed for permanent retention are
significant enforcement intervention records and agreements.
13. Department of the Navy, Agency-wide. (DAA-0428-2012-0003, 6
items, 6 temporary items). Correspondence and related records regarding
instructors and the administration of Reserve Officers Training Corps
and similar programs in secondary schools.
14. Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement
Network (N1-559-10-1, 4 items, 4 temporary items). Master files and
inputs of an electronic information system used to collect information
to investigate financial crimes.
15. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (DAA-0058-
2013-0003, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records used to monitor content
and communication on social networking sites where interaction between
site users and the agency occurs.
16. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (DAA-0058-
2013-0004, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an electronic
information system used to review electronic tax returns.
17. Administrative Office of the United States Courts, United
States Court of Federal Claims (N1-502-11-1, 8 items, 2 temporary
items). Vaccine and general jurisdiction case files not deemed to have
historic value. Proposed for permanent retention are significant
vaccine case files, Indian claims case files, files for general
jurisdiction cases terminating during or after trial, and Congressional
reference case files and final reports.
18. Federal Communications Commission, International Bureau (N1-
173-11-7, 22 items, 22 temporary items). Master files, inputs, and
outputs of an electronic information system used to track applications,
final authorizations, and related documents for services regulated by
the agency. Applications include information such as filer
identification, verifying documentation, and forms.
19. Federal Communications Commission, Media Bureau (N1-173-11-3, 1
item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an electronic information
system concerning commercial television broadcast licensees' reporting
on children's television programming.
Dated: March 5, 2013.
Paul M. Wester, Jr.,
Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government.
[FR Doc. 2013-05605 Filed 3-11-13; 8:45 am]
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