[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 36 (Monday, February 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8276-8277]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4393]
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
Records Schedules; Availability and Request for Comments
AGENCY: National Archives and Records Administration, Office of Records
Services.
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). Records
schedules identify records of sufficient value to warrant preservation
in the National Archives of the United States. Schedules also authorize
agencies after a specified period to dispose of records lacking
administrative, legal, research, or other value. Notice is published
for records schedules that (1) Propose the destruction of records not
previously authorized for disposal, or (2) reduce the retention period
for records already authorized for disposal. NARA invites public
comments on such schedules, as required by 44 USC 3303a(a).
DATES: Requests for copies must be received in writing on or before
April 10, 1997. Once the appraisal of the records is completed, NARA
will send a copy of the schedule. The requester will be given 30 days
to submit comments.
ADDRESSES: Address requests for single copies of schedules identified
in this notice to the Civilian Appraisal Staff (NWRC), National
Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD 20740-6001.
Requesters must cite the control number assigned to each schedule when
requesting a copy. The control number appears in the parentheses
immediately after the name of the requesting agency.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each year U.S. Government agencies create
billions of records on paper, film, magnetic tape, and other media. In
order to control this accumulation, agency records managers prepare
records schedules specifying when the agency no longer needs the
records and what happens to the records after this period. Some
schedules are comprehensive and cover all the records of an agency or
one of its major subdivisions. These comprehensive schedules provide
for the eventual transfer to the National Archives of historically
valuable records and authorize the disposal of all other records. Most
schedules, however, cover records of only one office or program or a
few series of records, and many are updates of previously approved
schedules. Such schedules also may include records that are designated
for permanent retention.
Destruction of records requires the approval of the Archivist of
the United States. This approval is granted after a thorough study of
the records that takes into account 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 historical or
other value.
This public notice identifies the Federal agencies and their
subdivisions requesting disposition authority, includes the control
number assigned to each schedule, and briefly describes the records
proposed for disposal. The records schedule contains additional
information about the records and their disposition. Further
information about the disposition process will be furnished to each
requester.
Schedules Pending
1. Congressional Budget Office (N1-520-96-1). Tax analysis data,
documentation and supplementary data files (final reports will be
preserved).
2. Department of the Air Force (N1-AFU-96-9). Bioenvironmental
engineering surveys/case files proposed for long-term retention.
3. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care Financing
Administration (N1-440-96-1). Medicare waivers for hospital payments,
instructions and background files, chrono-logical files of state
reviews, CLIA data and HCFA forms 114 and 116.
4. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care Financing
Administration (N1-440-97-1). Appointee clearance and vetting files.
5. Department of Housing and Urban Development (N1-207-95-8).
Records relating to Cultural Design Awards (program files and winning
nomination case files are designated for preserva-tion).
6. Department of Housing and Urban Development (N1-207-96-7).
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Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Indian Program System.
7. Department of Justice (N1-60-97-2). Reduction in retention
period for disposable case files relating to habeas corpus proceedings.
8. Department of the Treasury, Office of Thrift Supervision (N1-
483-96-1). Branch Office Survey System comment sheets.
9. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
(N1-15-97-1). Electroencephalographic reports and tracings.
10. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Human Resources
Management (N1-15-97-2). Political appointee application files.
11. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
(N1-15-97-4). Quality management files.
12. Central Intelligence Agency (N1-263-97-1). Thrift savings plan
records.
13. Consumer Product Safety Commission (N1-424-97-1). Routine
correspondence from citizens regarding issues within the agency's
jurisdiction.
14. Defense Intelligence Agency (N1-373-96-1). Routine and
facilitative reports files.
15. Defense Logistics Agency (N1-361-97-3). Automated information
systems related to warehouse distribution and other routine
administrative functions.
16. Defense Logistics Agency (N1-361-97-2). Chaplain records
relating to routine administrative functions and to programs and
projects.
17. Tennessee Valley Authority (N1-142-96-5). Occupancy emergency
plans for TVA office buildings.
18. Tennessee Valley Authority (N1-142-97-3). Engineering Services
cross section and profiles field books and related data base.
19. U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (N1-383-97-1).
Comprehensive schedule update. Overall program records are permanent.
Records that are duplicative or facilitative are proposed for disposal.
Dated: February 14, 1997.
Michael J. Kurtz,
Assistant Archivist for Record Services--Washington, DC.
[FR Doc. 97-4393 Filed 2-21-97; 8:45 am]
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