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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 
Administration.

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: Request for copies must be received in writing on or before May 
19, 1994. 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 Records Appraisal and Disposition Division (NIR), 
National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC 20408. 
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. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service (N1-166-
94-1). Data collected to support subsidy payment programs.
    2. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (N1-57-93-5). 
Comprehensive schedule for National Mapping Division records. Preprint 
materials and routine housekeeping and administrative records.
    3. Department of Labor, Office of Worker's Competition Programs 
(N1-271-92-1). Comprehensive schedule.
    4. Department of Labor, Office of Federal Contract Compliance 
Programs (N1-448-93-1). Policy correspondence files, and working 
papers, internal memos, and drafts of new and revisions policy 
statements.
    5. Department of State (N1-59-94-10). Facilitative records relating 
to fraud prevention programs. Policy records are scheduled as 
permanent.
    6. Department of State (N1-84-94-1). Tax exemption files maintained 
at Foreign Service Posts.
    7. Department of State (N1-84-94-3). Safety, health, and 
environmental safety records maintained at Foreign Service Posts.
    8. ACTION, Office Management and Budget (N1-362-94-6). Working 
papers relating to program evaluations.
    9. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Publications and Special 
Studies (N1-257-93-2). Survey of employer provided training.
    10. Farm Credit Administration (N1-103-94-1). Personnel Database 
containing information duplicated in permanent records of the Office of 
Personnel Management.
    11. National Archives and Records Administration (N1-64-93-2). 
Regulation review case files.
    12. National Council on Disability (N1-220-94-4). Transcripts and 
audiotapes of meetings for which minutes have been compiled, drafts of 
reports, and citizen mail.
    13. National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, National 
Endowment for the Arts (N1-228-93-2). Update to Comprehensive Records 
Schedule.
    14. National Science Foundation (N1-307-93-1). Textual and 
electronic records of science and engineering surveys.
    15. Panama Canal Commission (N1-185-94-1). Marine Licensing 
Examination Records.

    Dated: March 19, 1994.
Trudy Huskamp Peterson,
Acting Archivist of the United States.
[FR Doc. 94-7994 Filed 4-1-94; 8:45 am]
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