[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 10, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74172-74173]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-29424]
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
[NARA-2014-007]
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
January 9, 2014. Once the appraisal of the records is completed, NARA
will send a copy of the schedule. NARA staff usually prepares appraisal
memoranda 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
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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. 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
people 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 Health and Human Services, Agency-wide (DAA-0468-
2013-0009, 4 items, 2 temporary items). Routine and working files of
high-level officials. Proposed for permanent retention are official
files and briefing books of high-level officials.
2. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for
Children and Families (DAA-0292-2012-0001, 6 items, 6 temporary items).
Children's Bureau records including child and family services plans,
child and family services reviews, and eligibility review reports.
3. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary
(DAA-0468-2013-0010, 3 items, 1 temporary item). Final audit reports
and audit working papers. Proposed for permanent retention are
significant final audit reports.
4. Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security
Administration (N1-560-12-12, 5 items, 5 temporary items). Working
papers, reports, and referrals of a passenger security program.
5. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (DAA-0049-
2013-0002, 2 items, 1 temporary item). Production accountability review
records for oil and gas leases on public lands. Proposed for permanent
retention are production accountability review records for Indian Trust
lands.
6. Department of Justice, United States Marshals Service (DAA-0527-
2013-0021, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Identity records created for
witnesses or potential witnesses for the Federal or state government in
criminal proceedings.
7. Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DAA-0059-
2012-0002, 7 items, 5 temporary items). Records of the Public Affairs
Office including subject files, publications, newsletters, and
presentations. Proposed for permanent retention are photographs and
historical publications.
8. Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law
Enforcement (DAA-0059-2013-0003, 6 items, 2 temporary items). Audit and
project files of the Office of Iraq Programs. Proposed for permanent
retention are program files and significant project files.
9. Department of the Treasury, Office of the Chief Information
Officer (DAA-0056-2012-0002, 4 items, 4 temporary items). Master files
and system documentation of an electronic information system used to
track information systems within the Department. Records also include
program development and reporting records.
Dated: December 4, 2013.
Paul M. Wester, Jr.,
Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government.
[FR Doc. 2013-29424 Filed 12-9-13; 8:45 am]
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