[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 90387-90388]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29867]
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
[NARA-2017-012]
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 agencies no longer need them 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 January 13,
2017. Once NARA finishes appraising 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
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records on paper, film, magnetic tape, and other media. To control this
accumulation, agency records managers prepare schedules proposing
records retention periods 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 agency to
dispose 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
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 creates or maintains the records. Items included
in schedules submitted to NARA on or after December 17, 2007, are media
neutral unless the item is expressly limited to a specific medium. (See
36 CFR 1225.12(e).)
Agencies may not destroy Federal records without Archivist of the
United States' approval. The Archivist approves destruction only after
thoroughly considering 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 when schedules 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 Agriculture, Office of the Secretary (DAA-0016-
2016-0003, 3 items, 2 temporary items). Case files related to
scientific integrity and research misconduct, including written
allegations, correspondence, copies of research records, case
summaries, determinations, notifications, and decisional letters.
Proposed for permanent retention are case files of historical value.
2. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (DAA-AU-2011-0001, 1 item, 1
temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system used
to track the movement of supplies and equipment.
3. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (DAA-AU-2016-0008, 1 item, 1
temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system used
to correct supply discrepancies.
4. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (DAA-AU-2016-0050, 1 item, 1
temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system that
contains resource planning and financial management data.
5. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (DAA-AU-2016-0056, 1 item, 1
temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system used
to process access requests for individual military personnel records.
6. Department of Defense, National Guard Bureau (DAA-0168-2016-
0001, 2 items, 1 temporary item). Records relating to biographical
information on agency leadership and spouses. Proposed for permanent
retention are biographies of general officers.
7. Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense (DAA-
0330-2016-0014, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an
electronic information system used to manage human resource activities
of the Military Health System for contractors and volunteers.
8. Department of Energy, Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program (DAA-
0434-2015-0009, 74 items, 66 temporary items). Records relating to
environmental health and safety including routine correspondence,
safety checks, protective equipment, leak tests, alarm systems,
equipment inspection, and related matters. Proposed for permanent
retention are records relating to archaeology, environmental
monitoring, radiological protection, waste shipments, radiological
training, site closures, and incidents.
9. Department of Energy, Office of Science and Energy (DAA-0434-
2016-0009, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records relating to oil shale
research created by the former Laramie Project Office including
engineering drawings, maps, special events and activities at the site,
employee activities, ancillary mining operations, routine
correspondence, and related records.
10. Department of the Navy, Agency-wide (DAA-NU-2015-0009, 30
items, 21 temporary items). Records relating to ship designs and
materials management records including routine correspondence,
construction records, examinations, ship surveillance, equipment
modifications, and related matters. Proposed for permanent retention
are records relating to policy, planning, master technical reports and
manuals, ship system planning, ship drawings, weight and moment
changes, inclining studies, and ship photographs.
11. National Archives and Records Administration, Government-wide
(DAA-GRS-2016-0016, 3 items, 3 temporary items). General Records
Schedule for general administrative records including the day-to-day
administrative records maintained, non-recordkeeping copies of
electronic records, and records related to non-mission related internal
agency committees.
12. National Mediation Board, Agency-wide (DAA-0013-2015-0002, 9
items, 4 temporary items). Routine program and administrative records
including litigation case files, arbitration files, and housekeeping
and general administrative files. Proposed for permanent retention are
Presidential Emergency Board reports and case files, official published
board actions, mediation case files, representation case files, and
significant litigation case files.
13. Peace Corps, Office of Volunteer Recruitment and Selection
(DAA-0490-2016-0004, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Records include
fingerprint cards and recruiting records.
Laurence Brewer,
Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government.
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