[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 108 (Monday, June 6, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36351-36353]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13190]
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
[NARA-2016-035]
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. The records schedules authorize agencies to preserve records
of continuing value in the National Archives of the United States and
to destroy, after a specified period, records lacking administrative,
legal, research, or other value. NARA publishes notice in the Federal
Register 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: NARA must receive requests for copies in writing by July 6,
2016. Once NARA completes appraisal of the records, we will send you a
copy of the schedule you requested. We usually prepare appraisal
memoranda that contain additional information concerning the records
covered by a proposed schedule. You may also request these. If you do,
we will also provide them once we have completed the appraisal. You
have 30 days after we send to you these requested documents in which to
submit comments.
ADDRESSES: You may request a copy of any records schedule identified in
this notice by contacting Records Appraisal and Agency Assistance
(ACRA) using one of the following means:
Mail: NARA (ACRA); 8601 Adelphi Road; College Park, MD 20740-6001.
Email: [email protected].
Fax: 301-837-3698
You must cite the control number, which appears in parentheses
after the name of the agency that submitted the schedule, and a mailing
address. If you would like an appraisal report, please include that in
your request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margaret Hawkins, Director, by mail at
Records Appraisal and Agency Assistance (ACRA); National Archives and
Records Administration; 8601 Adelphi Road; College Park, MD 20740-6001,
by phone at 301-837-1799, or by email at [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 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
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previously approved schedules, and some include records proposed as
permanent.
The schedules listed in this notice are media neutral unless
otherwise specified. An item in a schedule is media neutral when an
agency may apply the disposition instructions to records regardless of
the medium in which it has created or maintains the records. 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).)
Agencies may not destroy Federal records without the approval of
the Archivist of the United States. The Archivist grants this approval
only after a thorough consideration of the records' 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 the records have historical or other value.
In addition to identifying the Federal agencies and any
subdivisions requesting disposition authority, this notice lists the
organizational unit(s) accumulating the records or notes that the
schedule has agency-wide applicability (in the case of schedules that
cover records that may be accumulated throughout an agency); 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); and 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 also
includes information about the records. You may request additional
information about the disposition process at the addresses above.
Schedules Pending
1. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (DAA-AU-2016-0023, 1 item, 1
temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system that
contains military and civilian personnel visa and passport
transactions.
2. Department of Defense, Defense Information Systems Agency (DAA-
0371-2014-0016, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records relating to the test
and evaluation of electronic information systems.
3. Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DAA-
0374-2014-0015, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records relating to
policies, procedures, and administration of secure facilities for the
purposes of continuity of operations.
4. Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DAA-
0374-2014-0033, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Copies of records regarding
administration and maintenance of critical materials stockpiles.
5. Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DAA-
0374-2014-0044, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records relating to
warehouse management of parts used by the nuclear industry, including
purchase, shipping, tracking, and delivery documents.
6. Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense (DAA-
0330-2014-0010, 4 items, 4 temporary items). Master files of an
electronic information system used by customers to rate products and
services provided by DoD offices and facilities.
7. Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense (DAA-
0330-2016-0003, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an
electronic information system used by victims of sexual assault to
anonymously request help or assistance.
8. Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense (DAA-
0330-2016-0004, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an
electronic information system used to track help or assistance provided
to victims of sexual assaults.
9. Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense (DAA-
0330-2016-0005, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an
electronic information system used to track inquiries for information
on sexual assault cases.
10. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for
Children and Families (DAA-0292-2016-0015, 2 items, 2 temporary items).
Records relating to the audit process of the National Child Support
Program, including audit findings, correspondence, and interim reports.
11. Department of Homeland Security, United States Citizenship and
Immigration Services (DAA-0566-2016-0005, 8 items, 8 temporary items).
Applications for employment authorizations.
12. Department of Homeland Security, United States Citizenship and
Immigration Services (DAA-0566-2016-0009, 1 item, 1 temporary item).
Master files of an electronic information system used to track and
process applications, petitions, and requests for benefits and
services.
13. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration (DAA-
0170-2015-0003, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Audit report files.
14. Department of the Navy, Agency-wide (DAA-NU-2015-0001, 42
items, 31 temporary items). Records relating to military personnel
including program planning and management, recruiting, training,
confinement of prisoners, routine communications traffic, and related
matters. Proposed for permanent retention are personnel files,
personnel information system master files, student records, visual
information, and records relating to policy, personnel accounting,
awards, casualties, education, review boards, and corrections
management.
15. Department of the Navy, United States Marine Corps (DAA-0127-
2013-0009, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an electronic
information system that contains records relating to risk assessments
of Marine Corps facilities, including asset location, asset names,
asset missions and risk mitigation planning.
16. Department of State, Bureau of Counterterrorism (DAA-0059-2014-
0024, 2 items, 1 temporary item). Records include staff program files
of the Front Office. Proposed for permanent retention are program files
of the Front Office, including those of the Coordinator and Principal
Deputy Coordinator.
17. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration
(DAA-0399-2014-0001, 8 items, 6 temporary items). Records relating to
railroad policy and development, including completed and canceled
project case files, environmental records, maps, subject files, and
routine analysis records. Proposed for permanent retention are Amtrak
Board of Directors records and landmark analysis records.
18. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (DAA-0058-
2016-0003, 3 items, 3 temporary items). Records relating to tax return
preparer registration, renewal, and payment processing.
19. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
(DAA-0015-2016-0004, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Records relating to
health care worker training.
20. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Agency-wide
(DAA-0255-2015-0001, 6 items, 4 temporary items). Records relating to
NASA building designs for the headquarters facility and centers located
throughout the nation, including preliminary design files, drawings,
and records of cancelled projects. Proposed for permanent retention are
final design files of
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architecturally, historically, and technologically significant
facilities.
Laurence Brewer,
Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government.
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