[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 102 (Tuesday, May 30, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24737-24739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11092]
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
[NARA-2017-044]
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
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propose to destroy records they no longer need to conduct agency
business. NARA invites public comments on such records schedules.
DATES: NARA must receive requests for copies in writing by June 29,
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: NARA publishes notice in the Federal
Register for records schedules they no longer need to conduct agency
business. NARA invites public comments on such records schedules, as
required by 44 U.S.C. 3303a(a).
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 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, Commodity Credit Corporation (DAA-
0161-2017-0005, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master file of an electronic
information system used to formulate the agency's budget.
2. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency (DAA-0145-2017-
0017, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Records related to social media
applications, including web publishing, social networking, and media
sharing.
3. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency (DAA-0145-2017-
0018, 11 items, 11 temporary items). Records related to electronic
information systems containing administrative and financial data
regarding the Common Farm, Advisory Services, and Subsidy and
Production programs, as well as aerial photography requirements,
geographic information systems, cotton management, farm loans, service
operations, and conservation.
4. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (DAA-0095-2017-0001, 2
items, 1 temporary item). Records related to the National Environmental
Policy Act, including project files, decision memos, mitigation action
plans, cost analysis benefit reports, feasibility studies, and public
and external agency correspondence. Proposed for permanent retention
are environmental impact statements.
5. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Secretary (DAA-0016-
2017-0001, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records related to social media
applications, including web publishing, social networking, and media
sharing.
6. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (DAA-AU-2016-0006, 1 item, 1
temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system
relating to medical voucher management.
7. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (DAA-AU-2016-0049, 1 item, 1
temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system that
contains payment tracking data.
8. Department of Commerce, Office of the Inspector General (DAA-
0040-2016-0001, 3 items, 3 temporary items). Routine documents of
audits conducted by the Office of the Inspector General. Included are
quality reviews, inspection and program evaluation reports, and working
papers.
9. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy (DAA-0434-2017-0007, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Records
relating to the development of energy efficient vehicles including
rule-making supporting files and fleet coverage investigations.
10. Department of Energy, Office of Health, Environment, Safety and
Security (DAA-0434-2017-0003, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Records
relating to tracking employee compensation claims and related
supporting documents.
11. Department of Homeland Security, United States Citizenship and
Immigration Services (DAA-0566-2017-0017, 1 item, 1 temporary item).
Master files of an electronic information system used to process and
adjudicate applications associated with naturalization and/or
citizenship benefits.
12. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard (DAA-0026-
2016-0001, 4 items, 3 temporary items). Records related to funding of
responses
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to oil and hazardous material spills, including financial files, vessel
certification files, and case files on spills not deemed significant.
Proposed for permanent retention are significant case files.
13. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Secret Service (DAA-0087-
2017-0002, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records of an electronic system
that automates routing and implementation of suggestions for improving
agency operations.
14. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (DAA-0057-
2017-0001, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Copies of records derived from
technology satellites.
15. Department of the Navy, Agency-wide (DAA-0428-2017-0001, 3
items, 3 temporary items). Records related to contractual,
environmental, and civil case files.
16. Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (DAA-0557-2015-0006, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master
files of an electronic information system relating to receiving and
responding to customer inquiries and self-service functions.
17. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Agency-wide
(DAA-0255-2017-0007, 3 items, 2 temporary items). Routine photographs,
still pictures, and moving imagery of training classes, meetings, and
employee events and activities. Proposed for permanent retention are
noteworthy still pictures and moving imagery of significant agency
subjects and activities.
18. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Agency-wide
(DAA-0255-2017-0009, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Routine documents of
visitors who use the agency's health and first aid facilities.
19. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agency-wide (DAA-0431-2013-0001,
3 items, 3 temporary items). Records relating to hearings, including
transcripts and supporting materials generated by the adjudicatory
process.
20. Securities and Exchange Commission, Agency-wide (DAA-0266-2017-
0008, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Copies of employee newsletters
published by divisions and offices within the agency.
21. Securities and Exchange Commission, Agency-wide (DAA-0266-2017-
0010, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records of content on the agency's
public Web site.
Laurence Brewer,
Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government.
[FR Doc. 2017-11092 Filed 5-26-17; 8:45 am]
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